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Schutzstaffel (SS) | |
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Founded | November 9, 1925 |
In | Germany |
Years active | 1925-1945 |
Territory | Nazi Germany |
Ethnicity | German |
Criminal activities | Killed millions of people during The Holocaust |
The Schutzstaffel ( Schutzstaffel (info • help) (SS) or better known as the SS was a large security and military organization controlled by the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party) in Germany. "SS" was sometimes written in Runic as , and this symbol was put on the SS flag and insignia. It was formed in 1925 in Weimar Germany or better known as the Weimar Republic . In 1934 the SS became powerful after the execution of the head of the Sturmabteilung (SA) leader Ernst Röhm in Night of the Long Knives .