| Home | Secret Service (Shutzstaffle) The Protective Squad or Secret Service, in German the Shutzstaffle (Known as the S.S.) This was Hitler's first guard for protecting the Nazi Camps and Hitler. A group of SS formed a smaller elite group whose members also served as Auxiliary Policemen, and further into the war, concentration camp guards. Eventually over ranking the Storm Troopers in importance, the SS became the private army of the Nazi party. |