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Führer (Adolf Hitler) Oberster SA-Führer and SS Member no. 1 Adolf Hitler at SA Parade in Nürnberg, September 1935; SA at the left; SS- Sturmbannführer Jakob Grimminger behind car. Inspection by the Nazi party and Himmler at the Dachau concentration camp on 8 May 1936. Prior to 1934 the SS were nominally under the command of the ...
The Schutzstaffel (SS; also stylised as ᛋᛋ with Armanen runes; German pronunciation: [ˈʃʊtsˌʃtafl̩] ⓘ; lit.'Protection Squadron') 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.
The Waffen-SS (German: [ˈvafn̩ʔɛsˌʔɛs]; lit.'Armed SS') was the combat branch of the Nazi Party 's paramilitary Schutzstaffel (SS) organisation. Its formations included men from Nazi Germany, along with volunteers and conscripts from both German-occupied Europe and unoccupied lands. [ 3 ] It was disbanded in May 1945.
SS- Obersturmführer. First lieutenant, 1 September 1942 – 17 October 1943; [7][better source needed] promoted to captain (Hauptsturmführer) after Himmler 's visit on 12 February 1943. [6] Deputy kommandants. Gustav Wagner. SS- Oberscharführer. Staff sergeant, deputy commandant (Quartermaster, sergeant major of the camp) [5] [6] Johann Niemann.
Schutzstaffel. Units and commands of the Schutzstaffel were organizational titles used by the SS to describe the many groups, forces, and formations that existed within the SS from its inception in 1923 to the eventual fall of Nazi Germany in 1945. The SS unit nomenclature can be divided into several different types of organizations, mainly the ...
The SS command of Auschwitz concentration camp refers to those units, commands, and agencies of the German SS which operated and administered during World War II.Due to its large size and key role in the Nazi genocide program, the Auschwitz Concentration Camp encompassed personnel from several different branches of the SS, some of which held overlapping and shared areas of responsibility.
The SS Personnel Main Office ( German: SS Personalhauptamt) was established on 1 June 1939 from the personnel department in Himmler's personal staff. [ 1] It was responsible for the administration of personnel matters regarding all leaders and officers of the Schutzstaffel (SS) of Nazi Germany. This included the Allgemeine SS (General SS ...
List of Waffen-SS divisions. All Waffen-SS divisions were ordered in a single series of numbers as formed, regardless of type. [1] Those with ethnic groups listed were at least nominally recruited from those groups. Many of the higher-numbered units were divisions in name only, being in reality only small battlegroups (Kampfgruppen).