Heinrich Himmler was the head of the SS for all of Nazi Germany, Although Sepp Dietrich was the Troop leader which Himmler was jealous and to a certain extent admired. Himmler was previously a poultry farmer who attended many occultist meetings, which is where his fascination began at an early age in German mythology.
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Hugo Ruf - Waffen SS - died on 1945-05-02.
2 types SS and Waffen SS
SS-Totenkopfverbande, or 'Death's Head Units', were set up in the 1930s to guard German concentration camps, the first being established at Dachau. By the outbreak of the war, the SS-Totenkopfverbande, together with the SS-Verfugungstruppe and the SS-Leibstandarte 'Adolf Hitler', had formed the core elements of what became known as the Waffen-SS. Within the Waffen-SS, the SS-Totenkopfverbande eventually became the elite Totenkopfdivision (Death's Head Division).After becoming part of the Waffen-SS, the Totenkopf regiments were no longer responsible for guarding concentration camps, that role being taken over by older members of the Algemeine-SS (General SS).
Answer The SS is an abbreviation for Schutz Staffeln. The Waffen-SS was a military arm of the SS and were highly trained and equpped. Names of Ranks of Waffen-SS Schütze Oberschütze Sturmann Rottenführer Unterscharführer Scharführer Standartenjunker Oberscharführer Hauptscharführer Standarten-Oberjunker Sturmscharführer Untersturmführer Obersturmführer Hauptsturmführer Sturmbannführer Obersturmbannführer Standartenführer Oberführer Brigadeführer Gruppenführer Obergruppenführer Oberstgruppenführer Reichsführer
Hitler's personal guard regiment was the Waffen SS. Which was an elite subdivision of the German SS forces.