SS

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Nazi organization instrument of state terror paramilitary organization

The SS was a paramilitary organization of Nazi Germany that became one of the principal instruments of terror, repression, and mass murder, including the systematic genocide of Jews and other targeted groups during World War II.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
SS canonical	199
SS leadership	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nazi organization ⓘ instrument of state terror ⓘ paramilitary organization ⓘ
activeDuring	World War II ⓘ
branch	Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ surface form: Allgemeine SS Reich Main Security Office ⓘ Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ surface form: SS-Totenkopfverbände Waffen-SS ⓘ
commandStructure	directly subordinate to Adolf Hitler ⓘ
controlled	concentration camps ⓘ extermination camps ⓘ
country	Nazi Germany ⓘ
dissolved	1945 ⓘ
foundedBy	Adolf Hitler ⓘ HeinrichHimmler ⓘ surface form: Heinrich Himmler
function	intelligence ⓘ internal security ⓘ management of concentration camp system ⓘ policing occupied territories ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Berlin ⓘ
ideology	Nazism ⓘ antisemitism ⓘ fascism ⓘ racism ⓘ
involvedIn	Einsatzgruppen ⓘ surface form: Einsatzgruppen operations Holocaust ⓘ crimes against humanity ⓘ ethnic cleansing ⓘ forced labor system ⓘ mass shootings ⓘ war crimes ⓘ
leader	HeinrichHimmler ⓘ surface form: Heinrich Himmler ReinhardHeydrich ⓘ surface form: Reinhard Heydrich
legalStatusAfterWar	declared criminal organization at Nuremberg Trials ⓘ
motto	Meine Ehre heißt Treue ⓘ
notableFor	participation in the Holocaust ⓘ persecution and murder of Roma ⓘ persecution and murder of Slavic populations ⓘ persecution and murder of disabled people ⓘ persecution and murder of political opponents ⓘ systematic genocide of Jews ⓘ
partOf	Nazi Party ⓘ
recruitmentPolicy	loyalty to Adolf Hitler ⓘ racially selective ⓘ
role	principal instrument of mass murder in Nazi Germany ⓘ principal instrument of repression in Nazi Germany ⓘ principal instrument of terror in Nazi Germany ⓘ
subordinateTo	Nazi Party officials ⓘ surface form: Nazi Party leadership

Referenced by (200)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Holocaust → perpetratedBy → SS ⓘ

WannseeConference → attendeeOrganization → SS ⓘ

subject surface form: Wannsee Conference

Warsaw Uprising → opponent → SS ⓘ

Polish Armed Forces in the East → primaryEnemy → SS ⓘ

Wehrmacht → cooperatedWith → SS ⓘ

Martin Luther (diplomat) → memberOf → SS ⓘ

Martin Luther (diplomat) → detainedBy → SS ⓘ

General Government (Nazi-occupied Poland) → securityForces → SS ⓘ

Nuremberg Party Rally → notableParticipant → SS ⓘ

Zyklon B → usedByOrganization → SS ⓘ

Silver Star → abbreviation → SS ⓘ

Gestapo → partOf → SS ⓘ

Kristallnacht → perpetrator → SS ⓘ

Treblinka → operatedBy → SS ⓘ

Intelligenzaktion → perpetratedBy → SS ⓘ

LebensraumPolicy → associatedWithOrganization → SS ⓘ

Foreign Office of Nazi Germany → cooperatedWith → SS ⓘ

Gleiwitz incident → perpetrator → SS ⓘ

Sobibor → operatedBy → SS ⓘ

Belzec → operatedBy → SS ⓘ

Ministry of the Interior of Nazi Germany → collaboratedWith → SS ⓘ

Porajmos → perpetrator → SS ⓘ

Einsatzgruppen → partOf → SS ⓘ

Chelmno → operatedBy → SS ⓘ

subject surface form: Chełmno extermination camp

Majdanek → operatedBy → SS ⓘ

Home Army (Armia Krajowa) → enemyOf → SS ⓘ

subject surface form: Home Army

Buchenwald → establishedBy → SS ⓘ

Final Solution → implementedBy → SS ⓘ

Josef Bühler → memberOf → SS ⓘ

Nazism → associatedWithParamilitaryWing → SS ⓘ

Schutzstaffel (SS) → shortName → SS ⓘ

subject surface form: Schutzstaffel

Auschwitz III-Monowitz → operatedBy → SS ⓘ

German occupation of Poland → mainPerpetrator → SS ⓘ

Waffen-SS → partOf → SS ⓘ

Reich Main Security Office → parentOrganization → SS ⓘ

Home Army → opponent → SS ⓘ

Nazi war crimes → perpetratedBy → SS ⓘ

Auschwitz death marches → perpetrator → SS ⓘ

Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories → collaboratedWith → SS ⓘ

Plaszow concentration camp → operatedBy → SS ⓘ

Gustav Adolf Steengracht von Moyland → memberOf → SS ⓘ

Kraków Ghetto → administeredBy → SS ⓘ

Third Reich → securityApparatus → SS ⓘ

Wilhelm Stuckart → memberOf → SS ⓘ

Operation Anthropoid → opponent → SS ⓘ

German-occupied Europe → controlledBy → SS ⓘ

Reich government → usedSecurityApparatus → SS ⓘ

Operation Reinhard → perpetrator → SS ⓘ

German AB-Aktion in Poland → perpetrator → SS ⓘ

SS Planning Office → subordinateTo → SS ⓘ

this entity surface form: SS leadership