Schutzstaffel

The Schutzstaffel (colloquially referred to as the SS) was a Nazi Secret Service that began during Hitler's reign of Germany. It was commanded by Heinrich Himmler (PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus) and Reinhard Heydrich. (PROSE: Illegal Alien)

SS insignia was represented by two lightning flashes, a symbol which was typically worn on the collars of its members. Other insignia included a silver death's head. (PROSE: Illegal Alien)

The Waffen-SS served as the military wing of the Schutzstaffel. They operated with German forces during the Second World War. (AUDIO: A Thousand Tiny Wings) They played a role in the North Africa Campaign (PROSE: The Turing Test) and the Battle of the Bulge. The 1st SS Panzer Division was a tank division of the Waffen-SS. (PROSE: Autumn Mist)

The SS was responsible for the management of concentration camps, such as those built in occupied Poland. The SS used prisoners of concentration camps as slave labourers, (PROSE: The Crawling Terror) and orchestrated the genocide of Jews and other so-called "undesirables" in the Holocaust through the concentration camp system. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus)

Membership of the SS was limited to Aryans only. Initially, they had to have A-positive blood. (AUDIO: The Dying Room) In 1943 Paris, disguised himself as an SS commander, using a Teutonic psychic perception filter to hide his non-Aryan appearance. (TV: Spyfall)

The SS had a women's division, the SS-Gefolge. Elizabeth Volkenrath was a member. (AUDIO: Daleks Among Us)

During the War Lords' attempt to assist Nazi Germany win the Second World War, they used their technology to control SS soldiers, to the point where they were able to reanimate their corpses. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus)

SS Brigadier General Kraus, a member of the Schutzstaffel, was sent by Himmler to the Le Mur Engineering compound in Nazi-occupied Jersey to receive a report on the Cybermen found there. (PROSE: Illegal Alien)

Under the command of Hans Grau, the SS seized control of the Institute of Alien Technology and hunted its director Dr Elbaum. The institute was later renamed to Project Hermod. Prior to SS intervention, it had significant autonomy to operate in Germany. Members of the project were forced to work in conjunction with the Third Reich government, while a number of other members were shot due to their tolerance of "lower races and degenerates". (AUDIO: The Dying Room)

The SS guarded the Reichschancellery. In 1938, SS guards were present outside as Erich Zimmerman arrived at the building. (TV: Let's Kill Hitler)

Koenig, an SS lieutenant, led a group of SS that landed on the British coast in 1941. They attempted to use a piece of Chronosteel which would block British radio signals, allowing German ships to attack without being detected. The plan was foiled by George Woods and the time-travelling Clyde Langer. (TV: Lost in Time)

In 1944, the SS commanded "Project Chronos", the German effort to create a Wunderwaffe known as Die Glocke, led by SS General Hans Kammler. The construction and testing took place in Wenceslas Mine in the Sudeten Mountains. The experiments were unsuccessful and numerous scientists died. Kammler ordered the concentration camp inmates working on the project murdered in the same way to keep the experiment a secret. By the end of the Second World War, Kammler and Die Glocke were secretly transported away from Poland in a U-boat bound for the secret Nazi base in Neuschwabenland, Antarctica. (PROSE: The Crawling Terror)