The Austrian SS was that portion of the Schutzstaffel (SS) membership from Austria. The term and title was used unofficially. They were never officially recognized as a separate branch of the SS. Austrian SS members were seen as regular personnel and they served in …

Austrian SS members served in every branch of the SS. Austrians constituted 8 per cent of Nazi Germany's population and 13 per cent of the SS; 40 per cent of the staff and 75 per cent of commanders at death camps were Austrian.

SS Austria was a steamship of the Hamburg America Line which sank on 13 September 1858, in one of the worst transatlantic maritime disasters of the nineteenth century, claiming the lives of 449 passengers and crew. The Austria was built by Caird & Co. of Greenock, Scotland, and was launched on 23 June 1857.

2024年3月10日 · Although Austrians comprised only 8 percent of the Third Reich’s population, over 13 percent of the SS were Austrian. Many of the key figures in the extermination project of the Third Reich (Hitler, Eichmann, Kaltenbrunner, Globocnik, to name a few) were Austrian, as were over 75 percent of commanders and 40 percent of the staff at Nazi death ...

2025年2月5日 · The Austrian SS was founded in 1930 and, by 1934, was acting as a covert force to bring about the annexation of Austria with Germany, which occurred in March 1938. Early Austrian SS leaders included Ernst Kaltenbrunner and Arthur Seyss-Inquart. The Austrian SS was never officially recognised as a separate branch of the SS.

Die österreichischen SS-Einheiten wurden in drei Standarten zusammengefasst, wobei die 11.Standarte Wien, die SS-Standarte in Linz (Oberösterreich, Salzburg, Tirol) und die 38. Standarte in Graz (Steiermark, Kärnten) ihren Sitz hatte.

The Austrian SS was a segment of the SS developed in 1934 as a covert force to influence the Anschluss with Germany which would occur in 1938. The early Austrian SS was led by Ernst Kaltenbrunner and Arthur Seyss-Inquart. The Austrian SS was technically under the command of the German SS and...

Kaltenbrunner is indicted under Counts One, Three and Four. He joined the Austrian Nazi Party and the SS in 1932. In 1935 he became leader of the SS in Austria. After the Anschluss he was appointed Austrian State Secretary for Security and when this position was abolished in 1941 he was made Higher SS and Police Leader.

2025年1月6日 · Austrian soldiers played a significant role in the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS during World War II. Following the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in 1938, the Austrian military was integrated into the German military, and many Austrians served in …

The Austrian branch of the SS developed in 1934 as a covert force to influence the Anschluss with Germany which would occur in 1938. The early Austrian SS was led by Ernst Kaltenbrunner and Arthur Seyss-Inquart. The Austrian SS was technically under the command of the German SS and Heinrich Himmler but acted independently concerning Austrian ...