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SSGerman in full Schutzstaffel (“Protective Echelon”)Paramilitary corps of the Nazi Party. Founded in 1925 by Adolf Hitler as a personal bodyguard, it was directed from 1929 by Heinrich Himmler, who enlarged its membership from fewer than 300 to more than 250,000. Wearing black uniforms and special insignia (lightning-like runic S's, death's-head badges, and silver daggers), the SS considered itself superior to the SA, whom they purged on Hitler's orders in 1934. The corps was divided into the General SS (Allgemeine-SS), which dealt with police matters and included the Gestapo, and the Armed SS (Waffen-SS), which included the concentration-camp guards and the 39 regiments in World War II that served as elite combat troops. SS men were schooled in racial hatred and absolute obedience to Hitler. They carried out massive executions of political opponents, Roma (Gypsies), Jews, communists, partisans, and Russian prisoners. In 1946 the SS was declared a criminal organization at the Nürnberg trials. SS (metallurgy) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| 1) He has looked beyond the traditional compartmentalization of German wartime atrocities, in which blame is usually placed solely upon the Schutzstaffel (SS), and argues that the German Army was not only complaisant, but actively encouraged the murders, wanton destruction, and brutality associated with the anti-partisan campaign in Russia. A final, more developed example of a New Historical approach establishes a meaningful parallel between two different forced-labor camps in the novel; in the first camp the women produce official stationery for the Schutzstaffel (or SS), the elite Nazi police force that administered the concentration camps, and in the second camp they produce anti-aircraft shells for the German army. The lead character, also named Olga, is taken prisoner by the Nazi Schutzstaffel or S. |
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