Schutzstaffel
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| - | '''''The Kindly Ones''''' ([[French language|French]]: ''Les Bienveillantes'') is a novel, in the form of [[historical fiction]], written in [[French language|French]] by the [[United States|American]]-born author [[Jonathan Littell]]. It tells the story of a former [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] officer who helped carry out massacres during [[World War II]]. The 900-page book was awarded two of the most prestigious French literary awards, the [[Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française]] and the [[Prix Goncourt]] in 2006. This book is the first novel written in French by Littell; he published an earlier [[science-fiction]] book ''[[Bad Voltage]]'' in 1989. | + | The '''''Schutzstaffel''''' (ϟϟ) was a major [[paramilitary]] organization under [[Adolf Hitler]] and the [[Nazi Party]] (NSDAP). It began at the end of 1920 as a small, permanent guard unit known as the "Saal-Schutz" (Hall-Protection) made up of NSDAP volunteers to provide security for Nazi Party meetings in [[Munich]]. Later in 1925, [[Heinrich Himmler]] joined the unit which had by then been reformed and renamed the "Schutz-Staffel". Under Himmler's leadership (1929–45), it grew from a small paramilitary formation to one of the largest and most powerful organizations in the [[Nazi Germany|Third Reich]]. Built upon the [[Nazism|Nazi]] ideology, the SS under Himmler's command was responsible for many of the [[crimes against humanity]] during [[World War II]] (1939–45). The SS, along with the Nazi Party, was banned in [[Germany]] as a criminal organization after 1945. |
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | * [[Glossary of Nazi Germany]] | ||
| + | * [[List of SS personnel]] | ||
| + | * [[Nazi gold]] | ||
| + | * ''[[SS marschiert]]'' | ||
| + | * [[SS State of Burgundy]] | ||
| + | *[[Table of ranks and insignia of the Waffen-SS|Table of ranks and insignia of the ''Waffen-SS'']] | ||
| + | * ''[[Wenn alle untreu werden]]'' | ||
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The Schutzstaffel (ϟϟ) was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP). It began at the end of 1920 as a small, permanent guard unit known as the "Saal-Schutz" (Hall-Protection) made up of NSDAP volunteers to provide security for Nazi Party meetings in Munich. Later in 1925, Heinrich Himmler joined the unit which had by then been reformed and renamed the "Schutz-Staffel". Under Himmler's leadership (1929–45), it grew from a small paramilitary formation to one of the largest and most powerful organizations in the Third Reich. Built upon the Nazi ideology, the SS under Himmler's command was responsible for many of the crimes against humanity during World War II (1939–45). The SS, along with the Nazi Party, was banned in Germany as a criminal organization after 1945.
See also
- Glossary of Nazi Germany
- List of SS personnel
- Nazi gold
- SS marschiert
- SS State of Burgundy
- Table of ranks and insignia of the Waffen-SS
- Wenn alle untreu werden
