Schutzstaffel

[shoots-shtah-fuhl]

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noun

German.

an elite military unit of the Nazi party that served as Hitler's bodyguard and as a special police force. SS

Schutzstaffel

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noun

See SS

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Schutzstaffel¹

Literally, “defense echelon”

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The SS, or Schutzstaffel, were a Nazi paramilitary group active in the 1930s and 1940s.

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“Like the Russian pro-invasion Z, the infamous SS symbol used by the Nazi Schutzstaffel — two ancient runes that resemble lightning bolts—also stands for victory,” he wrote at the time.

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To enforce his absolute authority as the leader, or Führer, of the Nazi regime, Hitler created his own private army composed of fanatical Nazis called the Schutzstaffel, or SS.

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Carefully drawn with a felt-tip pen is an SS symbol for the Schutzstaffel, a Nazi paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler.

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“But they were slanted S’s,” Austin recalled, which made them look like the Nazi Schutzstaffel logo.

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�� was the Schutzstaffel?

The Schutzstaffel, abbreviated to SS, was a Nazi military unit that originally served as Adolf Hitler’s bodyguards. The Schutzstaffel had many responsibilities, including managing the concentration camps and serving as elite military units.The Schutzstaffel was created by Adolf Hitler, the ruler of Germany from 1933 to 1945. The Schutzstaffel supervised the German concentration camps and secret police (the Gestapo) and were directly responsible for many other atrocities committed during World War II. Because of this, the Schutzstaffel is often remembered as the most powerful and notorious division of the Nazi party.

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