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The '''SS''' (short for '''Schutzstaffel''', German for "Protective Squadron") was a major para-military branch of the [[National Socialism|Nazi party]], controlled for the majority of its existence by [[Heinrich Himmler]] (who became its leader in 1929). It was noted for its devotion to [[Adolf Hitler]], for its hostility to Jews, for its fanaticism in combat; and especially for its control of the concentration camps and death camps during the [[Holocaust]].

The '''SS''' (short for '''Schutzstaffel''', German for "Protective Squadron") was a major para-military branch of the [[National Socialism|Nazi Party]], controlled for the majority of its existence by [[Heinrich Himmler]] who became its leader in January 1929. It was noted for its devotion to [[Adolf Hitler]], for its hostility to Jews, for its fanaticism in combat; and especially for its control of the concentration camps and death camps during the [[Holocaust]].

==History==

==History==