Schutzstaffel- roughly protective staff or units. The Waffen-SS was in effect the fourth branch of the German armed forces, alongside the Army ( Heer), Navy ( Kriegsmarine) and Luftwaffe ( Air Force) the Nazis did not have a Marine corps or specific amphibious assault troops, by the way.
AnswerThere was no such term as 'SS-Gestapo'. The Gestapo was one of the Nazi's secret police organisations which, like all German police organisations, came under the control of the SS. Membership of the Gestapo did not necessarily mean membership of the SS.
the Gestapo arrested them and the SS imprisoned them
No it was the Gestapo or Schutzstaffel (SS)
The Waffen SS was formed by Hitler to be his personal bodyguards, but by 1942 the Waffen SS or SS for short was 500,000 strong. The Gestapo were German Military Police they were a branch of the SS, many feared the gestapo (if you disobeyed them they would shoot you on site even for women and children)
Heinrich Himmler was head of the SS. Reinhard Heydrich was head of the Gestapo.
The 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler .
the Gestapo arrested them and the SS imprisoned them
The Gestapo was actually a branch of the SS. The were known as the Nazi secret police.
the Gestapo was the party police force and the SS were the party para-military (army) force.
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 SS stood for Schutzstaffel and were the Gestapo and ran the concentration camps.
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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 SS and the gestapo
Head of the SS and GESTAPO
No it was the Gestapo or Schutzstaffel (SS)
The Waffen SS was formed by Hitler to be his personal bodyguards, but by 1942 the Waffen SS or SS for short was 500,000 strong. The Gestapo were German Military Police they were a branch of the SS, many feared the gestapo (if you disobeyed them they would shoot you on site even for women and children)
The 'SS' in 'SS Maheno' stands for 'Steamship'.