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    The Germanic SS (German: Germanische SS) was the collective name given to paramilitary and political organisations established in parts of German-occupied...
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  • The III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps (III. (germanisches) SS-Panzerkorps) was a Waffen-SS armoured corps which saw action on the Eastern Front during World...
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    Felix Steiner (category SS-Obergruppenführer)
    German SS commander during the Nazi era. During World War II, he served in the Waffen-SS, the combat branch of the SS, and commanded several SS divisions...
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    Schutzstaffel (redirect from SS)
    opened up Waffen-SS recruiting to ethnic Germans that were not German citizens. In March 1941, the SS Main Office established the Germanische Leitstelle (Germanic...
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    the Allgemeine SS controlled the Germanic SS (Germanische SS), which were collaborationist organizations modeled after the Allgemeine SS in several Western...
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  • Schutzstaffel (SS) grew from eight members to over a quarter of a million Waffen-SS and over a million Allgemeine-SS members. Other members included the SS-Totenkopfverbände...
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  • Amt Germanische Leitstelle (Germanic Control) Amt Germanische Ergänzung (Germanic Recruitment) Amt Germanische Erziehung (Germanic Education) The SS-HA...
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    During World War II, Germanische Leitstelle was a department of the SS-Hauptamt under the command of Obergruppenführer Gottlob Berger. It oversaw the...
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    se/aventyret-lockade-svenskar-till-ss Of particular note was Swiss-born SS Colonel Hans Riedweg, the de facto leader of the Germanische Leitstelle's Germanic recruits...
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    populations. Himmler further attempted to expand the SS into Switzerland, with the formation of the Germanische SS Schweiz in 1942. A document named Aktion S,...
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