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  2. ß - Wikipedia

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    In Swiss Standard German, ss usually replaces every ß . [15] [16] This is officially sanctioned by the reformed German orthography rules, which state in §25 E2: "In der Schweiz kann man immer „ss“ schreiben" ("In Switzerland, one may always write 'ss'"). Liechtenstein follows the same practice.

  3. Schutzstaffel - Wikipedia

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    The Schutzstaffel (German: [ˈʃʊtsˌʃtafl̩] ⓘ; lit. ' Protection Squadron '; SS; also stylised with Armanen runes as ᛋᛋ) was a major paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II.

  4. Units and commands of the Schutzstaffel - Wikipedia

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    SS-Schar ("SS-Squad"): SS-Squads were eight to ten man formations that served as the primary mustering unit within each SS-Company. There were 3 for each Trupp. [11] Such units were commanded by an SS-Scharführer with an Assistant Squad Leader rated as an Unterscharführer. SS-Rotte ("SS-Section"): This was the smallest unit of the General-SS ...

  5. Uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel - Wikipedia

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    2nd pattern SS Totenkopf, 1934–45. While different uniforms existed [1] for the SS over time, the all-black SS uniform adopted in 1932 is the most well known. [2] The black–white–red colour scheme was characteristic of the German Empire, and it was later adopted by the Nazi Party.

  6. Allgemeine SS - Wikipedia

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    The Allgemeine SS was officially established in the autumn of 1934 to distinguish its members from the SS-Verfügungstruppe (SS Dispositional Troops or SS-VT), which later became the Waffen-SS, and the SS-Totenkopfverbände (SS Death's Head Units or SS-TV), which were in charge of the Nazi concentration camps and extermination camps. SS ...

  7. Ranks and insignia of the Waffen-SS - Wikipedia

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    This table contains the final ranks and insignia of the Waffen-SS, which were in use from April 1942 to May 1945, in comparison to the Wehrmacht. [1] The highest ranks of the combined SS ( German : Gesamt-SS ) was that of Reichsführer-SS and Oberster Führer der SS ; however, there was no Waffen-SS equivalent to these positions.

  8. Social Security Fairness Act has bipartisan support, but time ...

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    The House-passed Social Security Fairness Act enjoys rare bipartisan support on Capitol Hill, yet the odds of it getting enacted are growing smaller with each passing day.

  9. Long s - Wikipedia

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    The present-day German letter ß (German: Eszett or scharfes s; also used in Low German and historical Upper Sorbian orthographies) is generally considered to have originated in a ligature of ſz (which is supported by the fact that the second part of the ß grapheme usually resembles a Fraktur z: , hence ſ ; see ß for details), although in ...