SS units
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SS units were paramilitary organizations of Nazi Germany’s Schutzstaffel that played a central role in enforcing Nazi policies, including widespread atrocities and war crimes during World War II.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military unit
→
paramilitary organization → |
| activeIn |
Holocaust
→
World War II → |
| allegiance |
Adolf Hitler
→
Nazi Party → |
| commandStructure |
under control of Reichsführer-SS
→
|
| country |
Nazi Germany
→
|
| disbanded |
1945
→
|
| hasPart |
Allgemeine SS units
→
Einsatzgruppen units → SS police units → SS-Totenkopfverbände units → Waffen-SS units → |
| ideology |
Nazism
→
|
| involvedIn |
anti-partisan warfare
→
ethnic cleansing → extermination of Jews → mass deportations → persecution of Roma → persecution of political prisoners → |
| jurisdiction |
German-occupied Eastern Europe
→
occupied Europe → |
| legalStatusAfterWar |
criminal organization (declared at Nuremberg Trials)
→
|
| notableCommander |
Heinrich Himmler
→
|
| notableFor |
crimes against humanity
→
war crimes → widespread atrocities → |
| partOf |
Schutzstaffel
→
|
| recognizedAs |
terror instrument of Nazi regime
→
|
| role |
combat operations
→
enforcement of Nazi policies → guarding concentration camps → implementation of racial persecution → internal security → occupation duties → participation in genocide → participation in mass shootings → suppression of political opposition → |
| subclassOf |
armed wing of Nazi Party
→
|
| symbol |
SS runes
→
|
| timePeriod |
1930s
→
1940s → |
| trainingFocus |
ideological indoctrination
→
military training → |
| uniformFeature |
black SS uniforms (early period)
→
|
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Slovak National Uprising
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opponent |
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CommissarOrderImplementation
→
|
perpetrator |