Schutzstaffel
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The Schutzstaffel was a major paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II.
Bundesarchiv Bild 183 H04436, Klagenfurt, Adolf Hitler, Ehrenkompanie
Bundesarchiv Bild 101III Lerche Stereo 046 03, Metz, Sepp Dietrich bei Ordensverleihung
Himmler besichtigt die Gefangenenlager in Russland. Heinrich Himmler inspects a prisoner of war camp in Russia, circa... NARA 540164
Bundesarchiv Bild 183 R97512, Berlin, Geheimes Staatspolizeihauptamt
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
Schutzstaffel
…general policing, whereas the Waffen-SS consisted of the combat units of the SS, with a sworn allegiance to Hitler. A third component of the SS, the SS-Totenkopfverbände (SS-TV; "Death's Head Units"), ran the concentration camps and extermination camps. Additional subdivisions of the SS included the Gestapo and the…
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