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- Founded in 1925, the “Schutzstaffel,” German for “Protective Echelon,” initially served as Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler’s (1889-1945) personal bodyguards, and later became one of the most powerful and feared organizations in all of Nazi Germany.
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The SS was the organisation most responsible for the genocidal murder of an estimated 5.5 to 6 million Jews and millions of other victims during the Holocaust. [3] Members of all of its branches committed war crimes and crimes against humanity during World War II (1939–45).
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The ideology of the Schutzstaffel ("Protection Squadron"; SS), a paramilitary force and an instrument of terror of the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, emphasized a racist vision of " racial purity ", primarily based on antisemitism and loyalty to Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany.
The uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel (SS) served to distinguish its Nazi paramilitary ranks between 1925 and 1945 from the ranks of the Wehrmacht (the German armed forces from 1935), the German state, and the Nazi Party .
Hitler created the SS in 1925 as a private army that would be loyal to him to the death. The young German volunteers, who joined the SS, dreamed of joining the Third Reich’s racial elite.
Dec 18, 2009 · The “Schutzstaffel” (German for “protective echelon”) was founded in 1925 and served as Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler’s (1889-1945) personal bodyguards. They later became one of the ...
Inside the SS: With Stefan Ashton Frank, Oskar Gröning, Hans Friedrich, Kurt Barkhausen. A three part documentary with footage of Hitler's SS troops. Describes their indoctrination often when still children, their war crimes, leaders, and how they controlled a country that started a world war.
