SS(Schutzstaffel) AUTHORITY
The SS, or Schutzstaffel, were an important security force that carried out the Nazi Parties racial ideas. The SS was founded in 1925. The group was led by Heinrich Himmler, and grew in power largely due to loyalty to Hitler. Over time, the SS took over multiple government agencies and acted as the supreme law enforcement in Germany and the conquered lands.
In the year of 1944, when the SS was at its highest, the group contained over 800,000 members. Of these members, about 250,000 men were both fighting alongside the regular German army in World War II, and carrying out the Nazi's racism acts.
In 1945, as the German defeat was becoming more prominent, the SS began to get unpopular. Without content from Hitler, Himmler gave the allies for the war an offer of surrenderance. When this was brought to Hitler's attention, he removed Himmler from all of his offices, and requests his arrest. He was arrested May 20, 1945, and commited suicide May 23, 1945.
In the year of 1944, when the SS was at its highest, the group contained over 800,000 members. Of these members, about 250,000 men were both fighting alongside the regular German army in World War II, and carrying out the Nazi's racism acts.
In 1945, as the German defeat was becoming more prominent, the SS began to get unpopular. Without content from Hitler, Himmler gave the allies for the war an offer of surrenderance. When this was brought to Hitler's attention, he removed Himmler from all of his offices, and requests his arrest. He was arrested May 20, 1945, and commited suicide May 23, 1945.