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==History==

==History==

The Nazi Party created the SS in 1925 as Adolf Hitler's personal bodyguard (Stabswache or Staff Guard), before the Nazis came to national power in January 1933. The SS was originally only a sub-branch of the [[Brownshirts|SA]]. It was a small exclusive group who only had loyalty to Adolf Hitler, not the Nazi Party or the SA. The SS superceded the SA after the [[Night of the Long Knives]].  When the Nazi Party came to power in 1933, the SS became a part of the German Government.<ref>[http://www.theholocaustexplained.org/ks4/the-nazification-of-germany/the-nazis-consolidate-power/the-role-of-the-ss-and-gestapo/#.WGUZKXpOlhE The role of the SS and Gestapo]</ref><ref>[Reinhard Heydrich: The Biography, Volume 1], p. 77</ref>

The SS was created in 1925 after Hitler ordered a new formation of a small personal bodyguard unit of the Nazi Party. The SS was originally only a sub-branch of the [[Brownshirts|SA]]. It was a small exclusive group who only had loyalty to Adolf Hitler, not the Nazi Party or the SA. When the Nazi Party came to national power in 1933, the SS became a part of the German Government.<ref>[http://www.theholocaustexplained.org/ks4/the-nazification-of-germany/the-nazis-consolidate-power/the-role-of-the-ss-and-gestapo/#.WGUZKXpOlhE The role of the SS and Gestapo]</ref><ref>[Reinhard Heydrich: The Biography, Volume 1], p. 77</ref> The SS officially became as independent organization from the SA after the purge of [[Night of the Long Knives]] in July 1934.

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