Schutzstaffel (SS)

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The Schutzstaffel (SS) was Nazi Germany’s paramilitary organization that became a central instrument of terror, overseeing the police state, racial persecution, and the operation of extermination and concentration camps during the Holocaust.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi organization
paramilitary organization
security organization
controlled German police forces
security services in occupied territories
country Nazi Germany
dateFounded 1925
declaredCriminalOrganizationBy International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg
linked to: Nuremberg trials
declaredCriminalOrganizationIn Nuremberg Trials
linked to: Nuremberg trials
dissolved 1945
dissolvedAfter defeat of Nazi Germany
distinctFrom SA
Wehrmacht
engagedIn ethnic cleansing
forced labor system
genocide
medical experiments on prisoners
foundedBy Adolf Hitler
grewFrom Hitler’s personal bodyguard unit
ideology Nazism
antisemitism
fascism
racism
leaderTitle Reichsführer-SS
loyalTo Adolf Hitler
Führerprinzip
militaryBranch Waffen-SS
nativeLanguage German
nativeName Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
notableLeader Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Heinrich Himmler
linked to: HeinrichHimmler

Karl Hanke
Reinhard Heydrich
linked to: ReinhardHeydrich
operatedDuring World War II
oversaw concentration camps
extermination camps
police state apparatus
partOf Nazi Party
peakMembership over one million members
placeFounded Munich
predecessor Stoßtrupp-Hitler
primaryFunction enforcement of Nazi racial policy
internal security
suppression of opposition
responsibleFor Holocaust
crimes against humanity
mass murder of Jews
mass murder of Roma
mass murder of political opponents
war crimes
shortName SS
subOrganization Allgemeine SS
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)

Gestapo
Kripo
Reich Main Security Office
SS-Totenkopfverbände
linked to: Waffen-SS

Sicherheitsdienst
Waffen-SS
symbol SS runes
translation Protection Squadron
uniformColor black

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Auschwitz-Birkenau operatedBy Schutzstaffel (SS)
subject linked to: AuschwitzBirkenau
Italian campaign opponent Waffen-SS
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Nazi Germany securityOrganization Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
SS branch Allgemeine SS
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
SS branch SS-Totenkopfverbände
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Martin Luther (diplomat) memberOf Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Treblinka perpetratorOrganization SS-Totenkopfverbände
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
GeneralplanOstPolicies implementedBy Schutzstaffel (SS)
Sobibor operatedBy SS-Totenkopfverbände
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Belzec operatedBy SS-Totenkopfverbände
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Night of the Long Knives carriedOutBy Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Night of the Long Knives relatedOrganization Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Einsatzgruppen partOf Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Chełmno extermination camp perpetrator Schutzstaffel
subject linked to: Chelmno
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Heinrich Himmler memberOf Schutzstaffel
subject linked to: HeinrichHimmler
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Heinrich Himmler oversaw Schutzstaffel
subject linked to: HeinrichHimmler
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Majdanek operatedBy Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Reinhard Heydrich memberOf Schutzstaffel
subject linked to: ReinhardHeydrich
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Reinhard Heydrich militaryBranch Schutzstaffel
subject linked to: ReinhardHeydrich
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Dachau concentration camp operatedBy Schutzstaffel
subject linked to: Dachau
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Nazi Party paramilitaryWing Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Buchenwald operatedBy Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Bergen-Belsen operatedBy Schutzstaffel
subject linked to: BergenBelsen
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising opponent SS and Police Leader Jürgen Stroop's forces
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Eberhard Schöngarth militaryBranch Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Eberhard Schöngarth memberOf Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
SS-Obersturmbannführer partOf Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
SS-Obersturmbannführer usedBy Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
SS-Obersturmbannführer usedBy Allgemeine SS
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
SS-Obersturmbannführer branch Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
SS-Obersturmbannführer serviceBranchContext Allgemeine SS
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Sturmabteilung rivalOrganization Schutzstaffel
subject linked to: SA
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Josef Bühler memberOf Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
SS Security Service (SD) partOf Schutzstaffel (SS)
Joachim von Ribbentrop memberOf Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Schutzstaffel nativeName Schutzstaffel
subject linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Schutzstaffel subOrganization Allgemeine SS
subject linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Otto Hofmann memberOf Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Otto Hofmann employer Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Sturmabteilung rivalOrganization Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Rudolf Lange memberOf Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Wilhelm Bittrich memberOf Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Waffen-SS partOf Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Heinrich Klopfer memberOf Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Reich Main Security Office subordinateTo Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Wilhelm Keppler memberOf Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Adolf Eichmann memberOf Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Rudolf Höss memberOf Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Rudolf Höss employer SS-Totenkopfverbände
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
Plaszow concentration camp perpetratorOrganization Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)