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Kid Berwyn

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2. The SS
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 12:32 PM
Jul 2

The SS (Schutzstaffel, or Protection Squads) was originally established as Adolf Hitler’s personal bodyguard unit. It would later become both the elite guard of the Nazi Reich and Hitler’s executive force prepared to carry out all security-related duties, without regard for legal restraint.

1.) From the beginning of the Nazi regime, Hitler entrusted the SS first and foremost with the removal and eventual murder of political and so-called racial enemies of the regime.

2.) The SS became a virtual state within a state in Nazi Germany, staffed by men who perceived themselves as the “racial elite” of the Nazi future.

3.) The SS was specifically charged with the leadership of the “Final Solution,” the murder of European Jews.

Source: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/ss

Project 2025 hires by the book: Mein Kampf.

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