Protection Squadron

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Protection Squadron is the English translation of "Schutzstaffel," the paramilitary organization that served as Adolf Hitler’s elite guard and a central instrument of repression in Nazi Germany.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi organization
paramilitary organization
secret police organization
security force
controls Gestapo
Kripo
SD
country Nazi Germany
dissolved 1945
foundedBy Adolf Hitler
Heinrich Himmler NERFINISHED
hasAbbreviation SS
hasBranch Allgemeine SS
Reich Main Security Office
SS-Junkerschulen
SS-Totenkopfverbände
SS-Verfügungstruppe
Waffen-SS
hasOriginalName Schutzstaffel
headquartersLocation Berlin
ideology Nazism
antisemitism
fascism
racism
inception 1925
languageOfName German
notableLeader Heinrich Himmler NERFINISHED
Josef Dietrich NERFINISHED
Reinhard Heydrich
partOf Nazi Party
power structure of the Third Reich
recognizedAs criminal organization at Nuremberg Trials
responsibleFor crimes against humanity
genocide of European Jews
mass murder of Roma and Sinti
persecution of political opponents
war crimes
role central instrument of repression in Nazi Germany
combat operations
elite personal guard of Adolf Hitler
enforcement of Nazi racial policies
intelligence gathering
internal security
management of concentration camps
organization and execution of the Holocaust
significantEvent Kristallnacht
Night of the Long Knives
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Reinhard
invasion of Poland
translationOfName Schutzstaffel

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Schutzstaffel
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