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The Allgemeine SS was responsible for enforcing the racial policy of Nazi Germany and general policing, whereas the Waffen-SS consisted of the combat units of the SS, with a sworn allegiance to Hitler.
Zadania SS opisał Adolf Hitler w swoim rozkazie z roku 1930 następująco: „Zadaniem SS jest przede wszystkim służba policyjna wewnątrz partii”. Od 1930 roku symbolem SS stały się dwie podobne do błyskawic runy. Początkowo SS podlegało dowództwu SA, które dbało o to, aby SS za bardzo nie urosło w siłę. Służył temu m.in ...
18 gru 2009 · The “Schutzstaffel” (German for “protective echelon”) was founded in 1925 and served as Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler’s (1889‑1945) personal bodyguards.
The German armed forces surrendered unconditionally in the west on May 7 and in the east on May 9, 1945, bringing an end World War II in Europe. Even at the height of its power and influence in 1942–1944, the SS was not all-powerful inside Nazi Germany.
3 paź 2024 · SS (abbreviation of Schutzstaffel [German: ‘Protective Echelon’]), the black-uniformed elite corps and self-described ‘political soldiers’ of the Nazi Party. Founded by Adolf Hitler in 1925 as a small personal bodyguard, the SS grew with the success of the Nazi movement and became virtually a state within a state.
Beginning in March 1933, the SS ran the network of concentration camps in which opponents of the Nazi regime were imprisoned, tortured, and often killed. From 1941, this included the death camps in Nazi-occupied Poland where millions of Jews were murdered during the Holocaust.
The Waffen-SS was the military branch of the SS in Nazi Germany. During World War II, they took part in most military campaigns.
