SS Security Service (SD)
E14043
The SS Security Service (SD) was Nazi Germany’s intelligence and security agency of the SS, responsible for surveillance, repression, and ideological control within the Third Reich and occupied territories.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SS Security Service | 1 |
| SS Security Service (SD) canonical | 1 |
| SS security apparatus | 1 |
| SS security services | 1 |
| Security Police and SD | 1 |
| Security Service | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T128109 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SS Security Service (SD) Context triple: [Gestapo, subordinateTo, SS Security Service (SD)]
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A.
United Nations Security and Safety Service
The United Nations Security and Safety Service is the specialized unit responsible for protecting UN personnel, facilities, and visitors, particularly at UN Headquarters in New York.
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B.
Infrastructure Security Division
The Infrastructure Security Division is a component of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency responsible for protecting and enhancing the resilience of the nation’s critical physical infrastructure.
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C.
SCS
SCS is Carnegie Mellon University's renowned School of Computer Science, recognized globally for pioneering research and education in computing and related fields.
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D.
Office of SIGINT Operations
The Office of SIGINT Operations is a specialized unit responsible for managing and conducting signals intelligence activities within the Directorate of Science and Technology.
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E.
DEA Intelligence Division
The DEA Intelligence Division is the branch of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating drug-related intelligence to support law enforcement operations and policy decisions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SS Security Service (SD) Target entity description: The SS Security Service (SD) was Nazi Germany’s intelligence and security agency of the SS, responsible for surveillance, repression, and ideological control within the Third Reich and occupied territories.
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A.
United Nations Security and Safety Service
The United Nations Security and Safety Service is the specialized unit responsible for protecting UN personnel, facilities, and visitors, particularly at UN Headquarters in New York.
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B.
Infrastructure Security Division
The Infrastructure Security Division is a component of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency responsible for protecting and enhancing the resilience of the nation’s critical physical infrastructure.
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C.
SCS
SCS is Carnegie Mellon University's renowned School of Computer Science, recognized globally for pioneering research and education in computing and related fields.
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D.
Office of SIGINT Operations
The Office of SIGINT Operations is a specialized unit responsible for managing and conducting signals intelligence activities within the Directorate of Science and Technology.
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E.
DEA Intelligence Division
The DEA Intelligence Division is the branch of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating drug-related intelligence to support law enforcement operations and policy decisions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nazi organization
ⓘ
intelligence agency ⓘ security service ⓘ |
| activity |
collection of political intelligence
ⓘ
preparation of situation reports ⓘ support for mass murder operations ⓘ support for occupation policies ⓘ surveillance of Nazi Party members ⓘ surveillance of churches ⓘ surveillance of cultural life ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Einsatzgruppen
ⓘ
Gestapo ⓘ German Ordnungspolizei ⓘ
surface form:
Ordnungspolizei
|
| country | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1945 ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
HeinrichHimmler
ⓘ
surface form:
Heinrich Himmler
ReinhardHeydrich ⓘ
surface form:
Reinhard Heydrich
|
| hasPart |
Ausland-SD
ⓘ
Inland-SD ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Berlin ⓘ |
| ideology |
Nazism
ⓘ
anti-communism ⓘ antisemitism ⓘ racism ⓘ |
| inception | 1931 ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| legalStatusAfterWar | criminal organization (Nuremberg Trials) ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Reich Main Security Office
ⓘ
surface form:
Sicherheitsdienst des Reichsführers-SS
|
| notableCommander |
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
ⓘ
ReinhardHeydrich ⓘ
surface form:
Reinhard Heydrich
Walter Schellenberg ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
Third Reich
ⓘ
occupied Europe ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Reich Main Security Office
ⓘ
surface form:
Reich Main Security Office (RSHA)
|
| partOf |
Reich Main Security Office
ⓘ
surface form:
Reich Main Security Office (RSHA)
Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
domestic intelligence
ⓘ
foreign intelligence ⓘ ideological control ⓘ monitoring public opinion ⓘ persecution of Jews ⓘ persecution of Roma ⓘ persecution of political dissidents ⓘ political surveillance ⓘ repression of political opponents ⓘ |
| shortName | SD ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
HeinrichHimmler
ⓘ
surface form:
Heinrich Himmler
Reichsführer-SS ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: SS Security Service (SD) Description of subject: The SS Security Service (SD) was Nazi Germany’s intelligence and security agency of the SS, responsible for surveillance, repression, and ideological control within the Third Reich and occupied territories.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Security Service
this entity surface form:
SS security services
this entity surface form:
SS security apparatus
this entity surface form:
Security Police and SD