Schutzstaffel. I don't know what it translates to.
The Gestapo was actually a branch of the SS. The were known as the Nazi secret police.
SS-Totenkopfverbande, or 'Death's Head Units', were set up in the 1930s to guard German concentration camps, the first being established at Dachau. By the outbreak of the war, the SS-Totenkopfverbande, together with the SS-Verfugungstruppe and the SS-Leibstandarte 'Adolf Hitler', had formed the core elements of what became known as the Waffen-SS. Within the Waffen-SS, the SS-Totenkopfverbande eventually became the elite Totenkopfdivision (Death's Head Division).After becoming part of the Waffen-SS, the Totenkopf regiments were no longer responsible for guarding concentration camps, that role being taken over by older members of the Algemeine-SS (General SS).
The 'SS' in 'SS Maheno' stands for 'Steamship'.
No known sn data. @ turn of the century
The white armband featuring a black circle and gold SS letters was worn by members of the Schutzstaffel (SS), a paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Germany. This armband was a symbol of their affiliation and loyalty to the SS, which played a central role in the execution of the Holocaust and other war crimes during World War II. The SS was known for its brutal enforcement of Nazi ideology and was responsible for various atrocities.
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The SS in 'SS Great Britain' stands for 'Steamship'.
Chelmno was a killing centre and not a conventional camp. There were only two (!) known survivors, one of the being a Piepel ...
It's known to be that 700 SS Guards were killed due to heavy resistance by the prisoners in the camps and Ghettos, most of this was done during the Warsaw uprising where 300 SS guards were killed and 1,000 wounded. However, if you include during liberation then 900 SS Guards were killed, most of them were from Dachau, this was known as the Dachau massacre. see related links.
The specifications of a Chevrolet Cobalt SS are depending on which model, the SS Naturally-aspired, the SS Supercharged or the SS Turbocharged. The top speed of the SS Naturally-aspired is 129 mph, the SS Supercharged is 158 mph and the SS Turbocharged is 155 mph.
Hemoglobin SS disease (Hb SS)
The majority of SS officers fought in the Waffen-SS. Others, however, were in the Totenkopfverbaende and ran the concentration camps and death camps. Many Waffen-SS units comitted appalling atrocities.