Schutzstaffel (Under the Reich)

Schutzstaffel (SS)

Formed: 1925

Preceding: Sturmabteilung (SA)

Nation: Greater German Reich

Engagements: World War II

Ministers: Hermann Göring

Responsible: Heinrich Himmler

Headquarters: Berlin

Parent agency: NSDAP

Child agencies: Allgemeine SS (General SS)                        Waffen-SS (Armed SS)                         SS-Totenkopfverbände (SS-TV)                        RSHA - Sicherheitspolizei (SiPo)                        Sicherheitsdienst (SD)                         Ordnungspolizei