Kommandostab Reichsführer-SS

Kommandostab Reichsführer-SS
FormationMay 1941
TypeWaffen-SS
PurposeNazi security warfare in the Army Group Rear Areas and civilian-administered territories (Reichskommissariat)
Participation in the Holocaust
Region
Nazi Germany
German-occupied Europe
Key people
Heinrich Himmler
Kurt Knoblauch

The Kommandostab Reichsführer-SS (lit. 'Command Staff Reich Leader-SS') was a paramilitary organisation within the SS of Nazi Germany under the personal control of Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS. Established in 1941, prior to the German invasion of the Soviet Union, it consisted of the Waffen-SS security forces deployed in German-occupied territories. The units perpetrated mass murder against Jews and other civilians.

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