SS / Schutzstaffel

Question 1

Founded when? Leader?

Answer 1

1925, Himmler from 1929

Question 2

Main functions?

Answer 2

After 1925- Part security/Hitler’s personal bodyguards
After 1933- Be in charge of all other state security services
‘Totenkopf’- Death’s Head Unites, run concentration camps

Question 3

Distinctive features?

Answer 3

• 1932 onwards, members wore black shirts
• Answered only to Hitler/Himmler
• Only Aryan