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SS means protection squad

Their purpose in Germany is many things because SS is not a thing it a squad of types of SS, the most popular is

Waffen- SS

SS Death Squad (Einsatzgruppen)

The Waffen-SS were frontline combat troops trained to fight in Germany's battles during World War II. During the early campaigns against Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland, military SS units were of regiment size and drawn from existing armed SS formations:

  • Hitler's personal bodyguard.

  • The Death's-Head Battalion, which administered the concentration camps.
  • The Dispositional Troops,

The SS Death squad (Einsatzgruppen) were special units of the SS that were formed on an 'as-needed' basis under the authority of the Sicherheitspolizei and later the RSHA, whose commander was Heydrich. The first Einsatzgruppen were created in 1938 for use during the Anschluss of Austria and again in 1939 for the annexation of Czechoslovakia The original purpose of the Einsatzgruppen was to 'enter occupied areas, seize vital records, and neutralize potential threats'. In Austria and Czechoslovakia, the activities of the Einsatzgruppen were mainly limited to Nazification of local governments and assistance with the establishment of new concentration camps. They were in charge of the shootings at the concentration camps, extermination camps and the death camps.

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