Ss Company Profile

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Company Name	Ss
Website	https://www.britannica.com
Snippet	SS (abbreviation of Schutzstaffel [German: ‘Protective Echelon’]), the black-uniformed elite corps and self-described ‘political soldiers’ of the Nazi Party. Founded by Adolf Hitler in 1925 as a small personal bodyguard, the SS grew with the success of the Nazi movement and became virtually a …
Type	Paramilitary
Formed	4 April 1925[1]
Dissolved	8 May 1945
Employees	800,000 (c. 1944)
Headquarters	Prinz-Albrecht-Straße, Berlin.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}52°30′26″N 13°22′57″E / 52.50722°N 13.38250°E / 52.50722; 13.38250
Jurisdiction	Nazi GermanyGerman-occupied Europe
Parent agency	Nazi PartySturmabteilung (until July 1934)
Child agencies	Allgemeine SS, Waffen-SS, SS-Totenkopfverbände (SS-TV), Sicherheitspolizei (SiPo; until 1939, when folded into the RSHA), Sicherheitsdienst (SD), Ordnungspolizei (Orpo)
Preceding agencies	Sturmabteilung (SA), Stabswache
Reichsführer responsible	Heinrich Himmler (longest serving)Julius Schreck (first)Karl Hanke (last)

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