The Schutzstaffel History Of Hitler

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The Schutzstaffel (SS) started off as Adolf Hitler’s personal bodyguards. They later became one of the most feared and powerful organizations in all of Germany. Founded in 1925, the SS started off as a small group of eight members who were lead initially by Julius Schreck, a dedicated Hitler loyalist. The SS crew grew to more than 250,000 by the start of World War II. The SS did more than just guard Hitler; they guarded the concentration camps, and the Waffen-SS specialized in brutalizing and murdering people in territories occupied by the Nazi’s. The SS guards had an important role for Germany in World War II because they did most of Hitler’s work. The SS-VT were the SS guards that actually fought in the war, they were later named the Waffen-SS, who also caused terrorism. The regular SS’s guarding of Hitler, and of concentration camps affected the war in a major way.

The SS was started four years after Hitler became the leader of the Nazi party. It started off as a small group to personally guard Hitler and other Nazi officials. The SS later started to gain popularity and members when Hitler appointed Heinrich Himmler to be commander of the SS. Himmler wanted to separate the SS from the SA (Hitler’s original guards) and make them a larger and more powerful elite group of guards. By 1932, Himmler had built up the SS to thousands of members. When Hitler became chancellor of Germany in 1933, the SS grew to over 50,000 members. That year, Hitler announced the opening of the first concentration camp for anyone who opposed Nazi’s. By the start of World War II, the SS had more than 250,000 members. At this point, Himmler established the Waffen SS. The Waffen SS were troops that specialized in brutalizing and murdering people in th...

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...types of SS, there were ones who fought, ones who guarded, and ones who executed and caused extreme terror. All of these different SS had their own important role in World War II. The original SS started off as a small amount of people as just Hitler, and other Nazi officials, personal guards. They soon became much more than that and had a major effect on the war and the holocaust. The SS guards had an important role for Germany in World War II because they did most of Hitler’s work. The SS-VT, later named the Waffen SS, were the SS guards that actually fought in the war and they also caused terror for people who opposed Nazi’s. The regular SS’s guarding of Hitler, and of concentration camps affected the war in a major way, also. The SS is a very important topic in the discussion of World War II, they come up with anything that has to do with Germany in the war.