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SS Guards were guards and security troops from the SS, not the regular army- strictly speaking they were auxiliary Police, as the SS was a Police agency. there were some purpose-trained executioners who did the real dirty tasks such as working the release valves for the Cyclone-B Cyanide pellets at the Concentration camps- then there were humorously nicknamed (Gold Diggers) who were damage-control men who field stripped dead prisoners for belongings, gold, teeth fillings, eyeglass frames, a most cruel and inhuman ( recycling) n atually this stuff was melted down and recycled for Money for the Hate Machine. whew! ___ The concentration camps and extermination camps were run by the SS Death Head units. They saw themselves as an elite, superior to the armed forces.
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Quotes made by a SS Officer during the Holocaust?
they didnt make any quotes
How much did the Holocaust cost in terms of money?
There was no budget for the Holocaust and the victims had to pay for their own sufferings and their death. In 1939-40 the SS became in part a vast business entreprise. The Holocaust was financed by slave labour hired out (under SS discipline) to private entreprise. About 2,000 (!) German corporations used SS slave labour ... In addition, the victims' assets and personal possessions were seized by the SS and stolen. In all, the SS made money from the Holocaust. According to the Holocaust historian Raul Hilberg, the Nazis made more from Jewish slave labour than from seized assets.
What does death's head look like on the soldiers uniforms in the holocaust?
a skull, but it was not on soldier's uniforms, it was on the uniforms of a divivsion of the SS.
What did the ss army stand for?
SS stands for Schutzstaffel, which is German for "Protection Staff". It was originally Nazi Party members who served as Adolf Hitler's personal bodyguard. After Hitler took control of Germany, the SS took control of all police, intelligence, and security agencies. The SS was also largely responsible for carrying out the Holocaust.
When during the Holocaust was the death march?
Death marches were the marching of inmates from one concentration camp to another.
