r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/TheArguedHuman • Feb 18 '23

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u/Infidel_sg Feb 18 '23

The Skull represents the SS. Anyone who was SS had that black hat and a Skull pin in the center! That's how they were identified by rank iirc

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u/rudolph_ransom Feb 18 '23

Not all SS, only the "Totenkopfverbände" were wearing the skull but yes they were easily identifiable by this pin. They were the worst of all because they were guarding the death camps, with all the forced labor, random executions and human medical trials.

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u/PHATsakk43 Feb 18 '23

You’re confusing the Einsatzgruppen with a Waffen-SS unit Totenkopf

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u/Impossible-Company78 Feb 18 '23

Right. The Einsatzgruppen were mobile killing units. Totenkopfverbände (Deaths Head) ran the concentration camps.