SS

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Nazi organization instrument of state terror paramilitary organization

The SS was a paramilitary organization of Nazi Germany that became one of the principal instruments of terror, repression, and mass murder, including the systematic genocide of Jews and other targeted groups during World War II.

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Label Occurrences
SS canonical 199
SS leadership 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi organization ⓘ
instrument of state terror ⓘ
paramilitary organization ⓘ
activeDuring World War II ⓘ
branch Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
surface form: Allgemeine SS

Reich Main Security Office ⓘ
Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
surface form: SS-Totenkopfverbände

Waffen-SS ⓘ
commandStructure directly subordinate to Adolf Hitler ⓘ
controlled concentration camps ⓘ
extermination camps ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
dissolved 1945 ⓘ
foundedBy Adolf Hitler ⓘ
HeinrichHimmler ⓘ
surface form: Heinrich Himmler
function intelligence ⓘ
internal security ⓘ
management of concentration camp system ⓘ
policing occupied territories ⓘ
headquartersLocation Berlin ⓘ
ideology Nazism ⓘ
antisemitism ⓘ
fascism ⓘ
racism ⓘ
involvedIn Einsatzgruppen ⓘ
surface form: Einsatzgruppen operations

Holocaust ⓘ
crimes against humanity ⓘ
ethnic cleansing ⓘ
forced labor system ⓘ
mass shootings ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
leader HeinrichHimmler ⓘ
surface form: Heinrich Himmler

ReinhardHeydrich ⓘ
surface form: Reinhard Heydrich
legalStatusAfterWar declared criminal organization at Nuremberg Trials ⓘ
motto Meine Ehre heißt Treue ⓘ
notableFor participation in the Holocaust ⓘ
persecution and murder of Roma ⓘ
persecution and murder of Slavic populations ⓘ
persecution and murder of disabled people ⓘ
persecution and murder of political opponents ⓘ
systematic genocide of Jews ⓘ
partOf Nazi Party ⓘ
recruitmentPolicy loyalty to Adolf Hitler ⓘ
racially selective ⓘ
role principal instrument of mass murder in Nazi Germany ⓘ
principal instrument of repression in Nazi Germany ⓘ
principal instrument of terror in Nazi Germany ⓘ
subordinateTo Nazi Party officials ⓘ
surface form: Nazi Party leadership

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Holocaust → perpetratedBy → SS ⓘ
WannseeConference → attendeeOrganization → SS ⓘ
subject surface form: Wannsee Conference
Warsaw Uprising → opponent → SS ⓘ
Polish Armed Forces in the East → primaryEnemy → SS ⓘ
Wehrmacht → cooperatedWith → SS ⓘ
Martin Luther (diplomat) → memberOf → SS ⓘ
Martin Luther (diplomat) → detainedBy → SS ⓘ
General Government (Nazi-occupied Poland) → securityForces → SS ⓘ
Nuremberg Party Rally → notableParticipant → SS ⓘ
Zyklon B → usedByOrganization → SS ⓘ
Silver Star → abbreviation → SS ⓘ
Gestapo → partOf → SS ⓘ
Kristallnacht → perpetrator → SS ⓘ
Treblinka → operatedBy → SS ⓘ
Intelligenzaktion → perpetratedBy → SS ⓘ
LebensraumPolicy → associatedWithOrganization → SS ⓘ
Foreign Office of Nazi Germany → cooperatedWith → SS ⓘ
Gleiwitz incident → perpetrator → SS ⓘ
Sobibor → operatedBy → SS ⓘ
Belzec → operatedBy → SS ⓘ
Ministry of the Interior of Nazi Germany → collaboratedWith → SS ⓘ
Porajmos → perpetrator → SS ⓘ
Einsatzgruppen → partOf → SS ⓘ
Chelmno → operatedBy → SS ⓘ
subject surface form: Chełmno extermination camp
Majdanek → operatedBy → SS ⓘ
Home Army (Armia Krajowa) → enemyOf → SS ⓘ
subject surface form: Home Army
Buchenwald → establishedBy → SS ⓘ
Final Solution → implementedBy → SS ⓘ
Josef Bühler → memberOf → SS ⓘ
Nazism → associatedWithParamilitaryWing → SS ⓘ
Schutzstaffel (SS) → shortName → SS ⓘ
subject surface form: Schutzstaffel
Auschwitz III-Monowitz → operatedBy → SS ⓘ
German occupation of Poland → mainPerpetrator → SS ⓘ
Waffen-SS → partOf → SS ⓘ
Reich Main Security Office → parentOrganization → SS ⓘ
Home Army → opponent → SS ⓘ
Nazi war crimes → perpetratedBy → SS ⓘ
Auschwitz death marches → perpetrator → SS ⓘ
Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories → collaboratedWith → SS ⓘ
Plaszow concentration camp → operatedBy → SS ⓘ
Gustav Adolf Steengracht von Moyland → memberOf → SS ⓘ
Kraków Ghetto → administeredBy → SS ⓘ
Third Reich → securityApparatus → SS ⓘ
Wilhelm Stuckart → memberOf → SS ⓘ
Operation Anthropoid → opponent → SS ⓘ
German-occupied Europe → controlledBy → SS ⓘ
Reich government → usedSecurityApparatus → SS ⓘ
Operation Reinhard → perpetrator → SS ⓘ
German AB-Aktion in Poland → perpetrator → SS ⓘ
SS Planning Office → subordinateTo → SS ⓘ
this entity surface form: SS leadership