Schutzstaffel

Summary

Schutzstaffel is a paramilitary organization^[1]. Schutzstaffel ranks in the top 0.57% of paramilitary_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33,685 views/month, #1 of 176).^[2]

Key Facts

• Schutzstaffel's field of work was political repression^[3].
• Schutzstaffel's field of work was genocide^[4].
• Schutzstaffel's field of work was war^[5].
• Schutzstaffel's field of work was oppression^[6].
• Schutzstaffel's field of work was counter-insurgency^[7].
• Schutzstaffel is in the country of Weimar Republic^[8].
• Schutzstaffel is in the country of Nazi Germany^[9].
• Schutzstaffel's instance of is recorded as paramilitary organization^[10].
• Schutzstaffel's instance of is recorded as squadron^[11].
• Schutzstaffel's instance of is recorded as military organization^[12].
• Schutzstaffel's headquarters location is recorded as Berlin^[13].
• Schutzstaffel's headquarters location is recorded as Munich^[14].
• Schutzstaffel is a type of Nazi Party^[15].
• Schutzstaffel's child organization or unit is recorded as Allgemeine SS^[16].
• Schutzstaffel's child organization or unit is recorded as SS-Totenkopfverbände^[17].
• Schutzstaffel's child organization or unit is recorded as Sicherheitspolizei^[18].
• Schutzstaffel's child organization or unit is recorded as SD-Hauptamt^[19].
• Schutzstaffel's child organization or unit is recorded as Ordnungspolizei^[20].
• Schutzstaffel's child organization or unit is recorded as SS-Verfügungstruppe^[21].
• Schutzstaffel's child organization or unit is recorded as Waffen-SS^[22].
• Schutzstaffel's child organization or unit is recorded as SS-Ärztliche Akademie^[23].
• Schutzstaffel's Commons category is recorded as SS (Nazi Germany)^[24].
• Schutzstaffel's chairperson is recorded as Reichsführer-SS^[25].
• Schutzstaffel comprises SS-Hauptamt^[26].
• April 4, 1925 marks the founding of Schutzstaffel^[27].

Body

Founding

April 4, 1925 marks the founding of Schutzstaffel^[27].

Leadership

Schutzstaffel's chairperson is recorded as Reichsführer-SS^[25]. Directors / managers include Julius Schreck^[28], Joseph Berchtold^[29], Erhard Heiden^[30], Heinrich Himmler^[31], and Karl Hanke^[32].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Berlin^[13], a seat of government^[33], in Margraviate of Brandenburg^[34], founded in 1244^[35] and Munich^[14], a college town^[36], in Germany^[37], founded in 1158^[38]. Schutzstaffel's parent organization or unit is recorded as Nazi Party^[39]. Subsidiaries include Allgemeine SS^[16], a paramilitary organization^[40], in Nazi Germany^[41], founded in 1934^[42]; SS-Totenkopfverbände^[17], a military unit^[43], in Nazi Germany^[44], founded in 1934^[45], headquartered in Oranienburg^[46]; Sicherheitspolizei^[18], an organization^[47], in Germany^[48], founded in 1936^[49], headquartered in Berlin^[50]; SD-Hauptamt^[19], an intelligence agency^[51], in Nazi Germany^[52], founded in 1931^[53], headquartered in Berlin^[54]; Ordnungspolizei^[20], a police^[55], in Nazi Germany^[56], founded in 1936^[57], headquartered in Berlin^[58]; and SS-Verfügungstruppe^[21], a military branch^[59], in Nazi Germany^[60].

Industry

Fields of work include political repression^[3]; genocide^[4], a destruction^[61]; war^[5], a type of conflict^[62]; oppression^[6]; and counter-insurgency^[7], a warfare^[63].

Dissolution

Dissolution dates include May 8, 1945^[64] and October 10, 1945^[65].

Why It Matters

Schutzstaffel ranks in the top 0.57% of paramilitary_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33,685 views/month, #1 of 176).^[2] Schutzstaffel has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[66] Schutzstaffel is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[67]

Works attributed to Schutzstaffel include The Black Book^[68], a Wikimedia information list^[69], founded in 1940^[70], written by Walter Schellenberg^[71].