 The Germanic SS were foreign branches of the Allgemeine SS. | |
 Headquarters of the Schalburg Corps in Copenhagen, Denmark, c.1943. | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | September 1940 |
| Dissolved | 8 May 1945 |
| Jurisdiction | Germany and German-occupied Europe |
| Headquarters | SS-Hauptamt |
| Employees | ~35,000 c.1943 |
| Minister responsible |
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| Parent agency |  Schutzstaffel |
The Germanic SS (German: Germanische SS) was the collective name given to paramilitary and political organisations established in parts of German-occupied Europe between 1939 and 1945 under the auspices of the Schutzstaffel (SS). The units were modeled on the Allgemeine SS in Nazi Germany and established in Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Norway—population groups who were considered to be especially "racially suitable" by the Nazis. They typically served as local security police augmenting German units of the Gestapo, Sicherheitsdienst (SD), and other departments of the German Reich Security Main Office (RSHA), rendering them culpable for their participation in Nazi atrocities.