Freiwillige Schutstaffel

  • Volunteers protective squadron
  • FS
Identifier
392
Type of Entity
Corporate Body

History

Promoted by Dieter Wisliceny, Adolf Eichmann’s representative in Czechoslovakia, the Freiwillige Schutstaffel operated against Jews and was organized on the model of the German SS.

Places

  • Founded in Germany.

Sources

  • Dictionary of the Holocaust : Biography, geography, and terminology / E.J. Epstein, P. Rosen. – Westport, 1997. – p. 95