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Schutzstaffel
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Schutzstaffel German [ˈʃʊtsʃtafəl]
n pl -feln [-fəln]
(Historical Terms) See SS
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Noun1.Schutzstaffel - special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps
constabulary, police, police force, law - the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him"
Gestapo - the secret state police in Nazi Germany; known for its terrorist methods


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