Originally organised by Hermann Goering, the gestapo was Prussia's secret state police. However, it eventually became part of the SS and operated throughout Germany and in occupied areas. Members of the Gestapo generally operated in civilian clothing but, in occupied areas, often wore SS uniform with police-style (rather than SS) rank insignia. Membership of the Gestapo didn't necessarily mean membership of the SS.
The Nazi SS stormtroopers wore brown shirts and uniforms from 1929 to 1932. However, the Nazi SS soldiers also wore uniforms that were black in color and shirts that were brown. With time, there were other changes to the SS Nazi uniform in terms of insignia, colors, and to show the different ranks.
The SS stood for Schutzstaffel and were the Gestapo and ran the concentration camps.
No 'unidenitified groups' were involved. The Kristallnacht was carried out by Nazi stormtroopers, members of the SS and Hitler Youth, acting on orders. Many of them were ordered to wear civilian clothes in order to create the impression that enraged members of the public were acting spontaneously. However, the Nazi regime, like all dictatorships, did not like genuinely spontaneous action.
SS stands for Schutzstaffel, which is German for "Protection Staff". It was originally Nazi Party members who served as Adolf Hitler's personal bodyguard. After Hitler took control of Germany, the SS took control of all police, intelligence, and security agencies. The SS was also largely responsible for carrying out the Holocaust.
Originally organised by Hermann Goering, the gestapo was Prussia's secret state police. However, it eventually became part of the SS and operated throughout Germany and in occupied areas. Members of the Gestapo generally operated in civilian clothing but, in occupied areas, often wore SS uniform with police-style (rather than SS) rank insignia. Membership of the Gestapo didn't necessarily mean membership of the SS.
there probably aren't very many. It would be dangerous if they were to tell anyone that they were in the SS. They probably keep it quite so it's impossible to calculate what it would be. I am just going to guess and say around fifty or one hundred.
Adolf Eichman, Nazi SS Major
The Nazi SS stormtroopers wore brown shirts and uniforms from 1929 to 1932. However, the Nazi SS soldiers also wore uniforms that were black in color and shirts that were brown. With time, there were other changes to the SS Nazi uniform in terms of insignia, colors, and to show the different ranks.
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Waffen-SS but its is called just SS mostly. It constituted the armed wing of the Nazi Party's Schutzstaffel ("Protective Squadron"). They had 38 divisions, at start they had about 18,000 members at start...
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The Schutzstaffel (help·info) (German for "Protective Echelon"), abbreviated SS- or (Runic)- was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. The SS grew from a small paramilitary unit to a powerful force that served as the Führer's "Praetorian Guard," the Nazi Party's "Shield Squadron" and a force that, fielding almost a million men (both on the front lines and as political police), managed to exert as much political influence as the Wehrmacht.
The SS stood for Schutzstaffel and were the Gestapo and ran the concentration camps.
He was the leader of the Nazi SS (Reichsfuhrer - SS).