Waffen-SS
military branch of the Nazi SS
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Summary
Waffen-SS is a military branch[1]. Waffen-SS ranks in the top 1% of military branch entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27,122 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Nazi Germany[3], Germany[4]
- Headquarters location: Berlin[5]
- Military branch: army[6]
- Part of: Schutzstaffel[7]
- Commons category: Waffen-SS[8]
- Has part(s): 3rd SS Division Totenkopf[9], Waffen-SS foreign member[10]
- Inception: March 17, 1933[11]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: May 8, 1945[12], October 10, 1945[13]
- Participated in conflict: World War II[14]
- Parent organization or unit: Schutzstaffel[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Waffen-SS[16]
- Allegiance: Adolf Hitler[17]
- Replaces: SS-Verfügungstruppe[18]
- Motto text: My honour is loyalty[19], Meine Ehre heißt Treue[20], הכבוד שלי הוא נאמנות[21], Min ære heter troskap[22]
- Native label: Waffen-SS[23]
- Commanded by: Heinrich Himmler[24]
- Has works in the collection: NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies[25], Overloon War Museum[26], Liemers Museum[27]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Waffen-SS include HIAG[28], a pressure group[29], in West Germany[30], founded in 1951[31], headquartered in Bonn[32].
Why It Matters
Waffen-SS has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Waffen-SS is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]
Entities named for Waffen-SS include HIAG[28], a pressure group[29], in West Germany[30], founded in 1951[31], headquartered in Bonn[32].