Schutzstaffel
Hitler's protection squad
Schutzstaffel is the German term for the SS, the Nazi paramilitary organization that operated concentration camps and carried out the Holocaust.
The word means "protection squadron," originally referring to Hitler's personal bodyguard unit before expanding into a vast apparatus of state terror.
Usually encountered in historical contexts: The Schutzstaffel ran the death camps.
German fascist party member
- paramilitaryUnofficial armed organization
- ReichGerman word for empire
- GestapoNazi secret police
- blackshirtsFascist paramilitary members
hierarchy · membership · oath · recruitment · insignia · ranks · divisions · units
Nazi genocide of Jews
- genocideSystematic annihilation of a people
- concentration campsFacilities for mass detention
- AuschwitzNazi extermination camp
- exterminationComplete destruction of a group
deportation · death squads · atrocities · mass murder · gas chambers · victims · prisoners · ghettos
Old Germanic script
- skullHead's bone casing
- lightning boltsElectrical sky discharges
- Hugo BossGerman luxury fashion brand
- regaliaCeremonial emblems of authority
eagles · swastika · death's head · insignia · armbands · flags · iconography · occult
Illegal acts during conflict
- denazificationEliminating fascist ideology institutionally
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- survivorsThose still alive after
archives · prosecution · accountability · justice · memory · education · museums · memorials
Nazi
German fascist party member
- paramilitaryUnofficial armed organization
- ReichGerman word for empire
- GestapoNazi secret police
blackshirts · hierarchy · membership · oath · recruitment · insignia · ranks · divisions · units · command
Holocaust
Nazi genocide of Jews
- genocideSystematic annihilation of a people
- concentration campsFacilities for mass detention
- AuschwitzNazi extermination camp
extermination · deportation · death squads · atrocities · mass murder · gas chambers · victims · prisoners · ghettos · roundups
runes
Old Germanic script
- skullHead's bone casing
- lightning boltsElectrical sky discharges
- Hugo BossGerman luxury fashion brand
regalia · eagles · swastika · death's head · insignia · armbands · flags · iconography · occult · mysticism
war crimes
Illegal acts during conflict
- denazificationEliminating fascist ideology institutionally
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
survivors · archives · prosecution · accountability · justice · memory · education · museums · memorials · remembrance
combat
Armed hostile engagement
- divisionsSeparate portions of something
- Eastern FrontSoviet-German combat theater
- PanzerGerman armored fighting vehicle
Wehrmacht · soldiers · battles · campaigns · Normandy · veterans · uniforms · regiments · conscription · foreign volunteers
Schutzstaffelresistance fighters
Armed opponents of occupation
liberators · Oskar Schindler · White Rose · humanitarians · freedom fighters
SchutzstaffelWehrmacht
Nazi Germany's armed forces
regular army · Red Army · conscript army · Bundeswehr · national guard