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  2. Uniforms and insignia of the Sturmabteilung - Wikipedia

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    An SA unit insignia patch; here: Sturm 12/Standarte 93. In 1927, the officer rank of SA-Führer became known by the title of Sturmführer and a higher officer rank known as Sturmbannführer was created to be held by battalion formation commanders directly subordinate to the Standartenführer. In 1928, an expansion of SA enlisted ranks was ...

  3. Stennes revolt - Wikipedia

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    The elite corps remained as one man behind Hitler and even fought against their SA comrades. However, the SS remained part of the SA. Hitler was delighted with the SS's support and even claimed that the victory over Stennes was thanks to them. The SS remained loyal to its Führer and its slogan became Meine Ehre heißt Treue - My honor is loyalty.

  4. Sturmabteilung - Wikipedia

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    SA-Standarten operated in every major German city and were split into even smaller units, known as Sturmbanne and Stürme. The command nexus for the entire SA was the Oberste SA-Führung, located in Stuttgart. The SA supreme command had many sub-offices to handle supply, finance and recruiting. The SA also had several military training units.

  5. Adolf Hitler's bodyguard - Wikipedia

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    The SS uniform included a black tie and a black cap with a Totenkopf ("death's head") skull and bones symbol on it. After March 1927, the SS had stricter entry requirements than the general SA. [13] Although subordinate to the SA until the summer of 1934, its members behaved as though they were the Nazi Party elite. [12]

  6. Sicherheitspolizei - Wikipedia

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    [6] [7] The two police branches were commonly known as the Orpo and SiPo (Kripo and Gestapo combined), respectively. [5] The idea was to fully identify and integrate the party agency (SD) with the state agency (SiPo). [8] Most of the SiPo members were encouraged or volunteered to become members of the SS and many held a rank in both organisations.

  7. Gestapo - Wikipedia

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    The vast majority of Gestapo officers came from the police forces of the Weimar Republic; members of the SS, the SA, and the Nazi Party also joined the Gestapo but were less numerous. [104] By March 1937, the Gestapo employed an estimated 6,500 people in fifty-four regional offices across the Reich. [ 105 ]

  8. Einsatzkommando - Wikipedia

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    During World War II, the Nazi German Einsatzkommandos were a sub-group of the Einsatzgruppen (mobile killing squads) – up to 3,000 men total – usually composed of 500–1,000 functionaries of the SS and Gestapo, whose mission was to exterminate Jews, Polish intellectuals, Romani, and communists in the captured territories often far behind the advancing German front.

  9. Comparative ranks of Nazi Germany - Wikipedia

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    Waffen-SS & Allgemeine SS [14] [15] [16] [4] [17] No insignia: Oberster Führer der Schutzstaffel: Reichsführer-SS [a] SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer [b] SS-Ober­gruppen­führer: SS-Gruppen­führer: SS-Brigade­führer: SS-Ober­führer: SS-Standarten­führer: SS-Obersturmbann­führer: SS-Sturmbann­führer: SS-Hauptsturm­führer [c] SS ...