schutzstaffel (Meaning)
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schutzstaffel (n)
special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps
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schutzstaffel Sentence Examples
- The Schutzstaffel (SS) was a paramilitary organization under the control of the Nazi Party.
- The SS played a key role in the Holocaust, rounding up and escorting Jews to concentration camps.
- Heinrich Himmler was the Reichsführer-SS, the highest-ranking member of the SS.
- The SS oath swore loyalty to Adolf Hitler personally.
- The SS wore black uniforms and insignia, including a skull and crossbones.
- The SS had its own intelligence and security service, the Sicherheitsdienst (SD).
- The SS was responsible for the operation of the concentration camps.
- The SS also carried out ethnic cleansing and population transfers.
- After the war, the SS was declared a criminal organization by the Nuremberg Tribunal.
- Many former SS members were tried and executed for war crimes.
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special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps
No synonyms found.
No antonyms found.
The Schutzstaffel (SS) was a paramilitary organization under the control of the Nazi Party.
The SS played a key role in the Holocaust, rounding up and escorting Jews to concentration camps.
Heinrich Himmler was the Reichsführer-SS, the highest-ranking member of the SS.
The SS oath swore loyalty to Adolf Hitler personally.
