Key term for AQA GCSE History, used in Germany: Democracy and Dictatorship (1890–1945).
Originally Hitler's personal bodyguards, they grew into the primary paramilitary organization enforcing the Nazi police state, led by Heinrich Himmler.
SS (Schutzstaffel) appears in AQA GCSE History revision content for Period Studies, especially Germany: Democracy and Dictatorship (1890–1945) and Control and Opposition.
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