Allgemeine SS
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The Allgemeine SS was a major branch of the Schutzstaffel paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany; it was managed by the SS Main Office. The Allgemeine SS was officially established in the autumn of 1934
Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler leads an SS ceremony on the anniversary of the death of Heinrich I at Quedlinburg, July 1938.
1939 photograph; shown from left to right are Franz Josef Huber, Arthur Nebe, Heinrich Himmler, Reinhard Heydrich and Heinrich Müller. According to the archival caption, these men are planning the investigation of the bomb assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler of 8 November 1939 in Munich.
Jews from Carpathian Ruthenia arriving at Auschwitz concentration camp, 1944
SS-Totenkopfverbände
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SS-Totenkopfverbände was a major branch of the Nazi Party's paramilitary Schutzstaffel organisation. It was responsible for administering the concentration camps and extermination camps of Nazi German
Right collar insignia (second version, 1934–1945)
SS-TV officers at Gusen concentration camp (October 1941)
SS-TV officers at Sachsenhausen concentration camp, 1936
Heinrich Himmler (front right, beside prisoner) inspecting Dachau concentration camp on 8 May 1936