11-19-2008, 07:03 PM
Do you know that SS stands for SchutzStaffel???
does it not? (Defence or Protection Team or Squadron)
Schutzstaffel (German), in the Nazi regime: an elite paramilitary unit, originally of bodyguards to party leaders, later of ruthless and feared enforcers of Nazi policy in all areas, of which the Gestapo formed a part.
[1940s: German, meaning 'defence squadron'.]
As for the Democratic Republic's STASI that stood for Staats Sicherheits Dienst
Stasi German
abbreviation the name of the former East German secret police which was abolished in 1990.
[1990s: German, a shortened form of Staatssicherheitsdienst state security service.]
does it not? (Defence or Protection Team or Squadron)
Schutzstaffel (German), in the Nazi regime: an elite paramilitary unit, originally of bodyguards to party leaders, later of ruthless and feared enforcers of Nazi policy in all areas, of which the Gestapo formed a part.
[1940s: German, meaning 'defence squadron'.]
As for the Democratic Republic's STASI that stood for Staats Sicherheits Dienst
Stasi German
abbreviation the name of the former East German secret police which was abolished in 1990.
[1990s: German, a shortened form of Staatssicherheitsdienst state security service.]