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Here is your chance to own a nice period example of a SS pocket calendar. Dated as a 1944 on the title page, though the entries and written notes are all from January of 1945. A photo of Heinrich Himmler on the first page, as well as Himmler meeting SS Hitler Jugend on the last page. Lots of period regulation charts for rank and branch identification purposes. Also complete with a map. In good condition overall and will display great with other items!     Click HERE to view more images of this item!  The Schutzstaffel (SS) was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler  in Nazi   Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War   II. It began with a small guard unit known as the Saal-Schutz (“Hall Security”) made up of NSDAP volunteers to provide security for   party meetings in Munich. In 1925, Heinrich Himmler joined the unit,   which had by then been reformed and given its final name. Under his   direction (1929–45) it grew from a small paramilitary formation during   the Weimar Republic to one of the most powerful organizations in Nazi   Germany. From 1929 until the regime’s collapse in 1945, the SS was the   foremost agency of security, surveillance, and terror within Germany  and  German-occupied Europe. The two main constituent groups were the Allgemeine SS (General SS) and Waffen-SS (Armed SS). The Allgemeine SS was responsible for enforcing the racial policy of Nazi Germany and   general policing, whereas the Waffen-SS consisted of combat units  within  Nazi Germany’s military. A third component of the SS, the SS-Totenkopfverbände (SS-TV), ran the concentration camps and extermination camps. Additional subdivisions of the SS included the Gestapo and the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) organizations. They were tasked with the detection of actual or   potential enemies of the Nazi state, the neutralization of any   opposition, policing the German people for their commitment to Nazi   ideology, and providing domestic and foreign intelligence.        Free shipping ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD & I don’t charge PayPal fees like some of the other guys!