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
opponent
CommissarOrderImplementation
perpetrator

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