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The '''SS''' (short for '''Schutzstaffel''', German for "Protective Squadron") was a major [[paramilitary]] branch of the German [[National Socialist]] 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 camp]]s and death camps during the [[Holocaust]].

The '''SS''' (short for '''Schutzstaffel''', German for "Protective Squadron") was a major [[paramilitary]] branch of the German [[National Socialist]] 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 camp]]s and death camps during the [[Holocaust]].

==Notes==

==Notes==

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==References and further reading==

==References and further reading==

* Wegner, Bernd. ''The Waffen-SS: Organization, Ideology and Function'' (1990)

* Wegner, Bernd. ''The Waffen-SS: Organization, Ideology and Function'' (1990)

* Williams, Max. ''Reinhard Heydrich: The Biography (Vol. 1)'' (2001)

* Williams, Max. ''Reinhard Heydrich: The Biography (Vol. 1)'' (2001)

[[Category:Nazis]]

[[Category:Nazis]]