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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.

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

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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