R & A No. 3113.7 / Principal Nazi Organizations Involved in the ...

as 1931. Whea the association of the S3 with the Polio© began :.n 1936, the
SO, although teoiuvleally still a part of the SS., rms integrated functionally
into the SiPo (Soourity Police) and hie therefore x'?equentJ.y been considered
as a apecial "branch" of tfie SS.
The outbrualc of the war extended the security functions of the SS in
occupied areas., Moreover it witnesses the full emergence of the VYt.ffen SS
(Combat SS).. which was formed, originiliy, from part of the SS Vori ftgun/ratruppen
and, later, througa recruitment of zwaubsxa of the AllgeBKiit^ SS (General SS)„
of ths Hitler Youth, and,, to a. considerable extent« of. so-called Yclkedeutsone
(fiaoial Gemans) or youth from Ganaan-occupied and satellite eoimtrieso The
employment of non-oitisens within the Waffen SS produced the eo called
germanische 83 (Germanic SS), a oategiry which comprised three groupsi
Germanic volunteers and units within 5b9 regular Wa.?fan SS^ the native Germanic
SS in Flandors, Holland, and Norway, und Germanic workers inside Gtrmny
organised in so-called Germanic Sturmaaane (battalions) staffed by German»
Dutch«. and Flemioh SS mon and officer »*
f. Btaaerica.l Growth. The multltuce of tiisks assigned to the SS
resulted in an eno:mous increase of i;c membership. In 1925, the £8 consisted
of 250 man organized in so-called "Ze.ui y staff ein" (Squads of Ten) scattered
all over the country and set up only »t Party strengholdfl. When Himmler became
Reichafuhrer SS, the total strength of the SS wao 280. By 1950, the SS had 40C
professional guard* and 1500 part tim» volunteers. When the Party seised power
in January 2933, t'xe SS was 52,000 st.-eog,, Fron 1933 to 1955, «.ccru&l of new
members was considerably reduced by systematic weed:.ng out, resulting in an
expulaion of a total of 60«000. But by 1935 SS membership had reached 210,000*
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