SS (Schutzstaffel)

The Schutzstaffel (SS), the elite paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party led by Heinrich Himmler, which demanded absolute loyalty and devotion from its members and operated as a key instrument of Nazi terror, including running concentration camps and carrying out the Holocaust.

Claims that use this term

• The SS rejected any task or value existing for its own sake
• The SS oath demanded absolute devotion beyond ordinary discipline or loyalty