Schutzstaffel
The SS insignia
Formed	April 4, 1925
Dissolved	May 8, 1945
Ministers responsible	Adolf Hitler (Führer) Heinrich Himmler (Reichsführer)

The Schutzstaffel (lit. Protection Squadron), also known as the SS, was a major paramilitary organization in Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler's rule. The SS, under Heinrich Himmler's command, was responsible for most of the atrocities committed by the Reich during World War II. After 1945, the SS was banned in Germany, along with the Nazi Party, as a criminal organization.

In the parodiesEdit

Many of the characters in Downfall are members of the SS, including Otto Günsche, Heinz Linge, Wilhelm Mohnke, Ernst-Günther Schenck, Hermann Fegelein, Peter Högl, Erich Kempka, Ernst-Robert Grawitz and of course, his mentor and organization head Heinrich Himmler. Some parodies, such as those by MoarHitlerParodies, may depict the SS as an anticological organization, thus making their superb loyalty to Hitler a lie in those parodies.

GalleryEdit

Otto Günsche

Hermann Fegelein and Heinrich Himmler

Real Himmler

Fegelein

Ernst-Günther Schenck

Tellermann

Stehr

Werner Haase

Wilhelm Mohnke

Real Mohnke

Heinz Linge

Erich Kempka

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