Definition of Schutzstaffel

1. Noun. Special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps.

Exact synonyms: Ss
Generic synonyms: Constabulary, Law, Police, Police Force
Terms within: Gestapo

Definition of Schutzstaffel

1. Noun. (historical) The internal security force of Nazi Germany; the SS. ¹

2. Noun. A division or corps of this force. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Schutzstaffel

Schultze's mechanism
Schultze's membrane
Schultze's phantom
Schultze's sign
Schulz
Schumacherian
Schumann
Schumann-Heink
Schumpeter
Schumpeterian
Schutz' bundle
Schutz' law
Schutz rule
Schutzian
Schutzstaffel
Schuyler
Schwabach test
Schwalbe
Schwalbe's corpuscle
Schwalbe's nucleus
Schwalbe's ring
Schwalbes
Schwann
Schwann cell
Schwann cell unit
Schwartz
Schwartz tractotomy

Literary usage of Schutzstaffel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Catalog of Files and Microfilms of the German Foreign Ministry Archives by George O. Kent (1972)
"SS (schutzstaffel) 840, 842; Kroatien, Werbung zur Waffen SS 841. SAARGEBIET 113, 170, 202, 257, 286, 330, 371, 396, 404, 407, 537, 572, 656, 700, 720, 733; ..."

2. Cracow by Hunter Publishing Staff, Andrew Beattie (1999)
"... head of the schutzstaffel (the SS: highly disciplined political soldiers), and his deputy Reinhard Heydrich, at a conference held in the Berlin suburb ..."

3. Cracow by Andrew Beattie, Timothy Pepper (2002)
"The 'Final Solution' was devised - with Hitler's support - by Heinrich Himmler, German Interior Minister and head of the schutzstaffel (the SS: highly ..."

4. Nazi Gold: U.S. & Allied Efforts to Recover & Restore Gold & Other Assets by William Z. Slany (1997)
"... Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces SI, Secret Intelligence Branch, Office of Strategic Services SS, schutzstaffel SSU, Strategic Services ..."

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