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it was the name of the batallion responsible for guarding many camps.

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The SS organisations originally responsible for guarding concentration camps was the SS Totenkopfverbande Standarten, or SS 'Death's Head' Regiments. With the outbreak of war, these regiments were absorbed into the Waffen-SS, eventually becoming the 3rd SS Division Totenkopf, and responsibility for guarding the camps was taken over by elements of the Allgemeine SS (General SS).

Junior officers and other ranks of the SS Totenkopf regiment and division can be identified by the death's head symbol worn on their right-hand collar patch.

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