The SS organization (“Schutzstafteln” - “security detachments”) - armed elite formations of the NSDAP in 1923-1945. From the very beginning, SS units were part of the assault detachments; from 1934, the SS was separated from the assault detachments and began to be included only in the NSDAP as a “specially selected” group to perform “special tasks.” As Rudolf Hess wrote: “Units of the SS troops... are better suited than other armed units to carry out... the special tasks facing us in the occupied eastern territories, thanks to their intensive training in the spirit of National Socialism, in matters of race and nationality.” The most serious crimes of German fascism are associated with the SS detachments. During the Nuremberg trials, the SS were declared a criminal organization. The presented book contains documents and materials testifying to the crimes of the SS men. A distinctive feature of this book is its strict documentation, its irrefutable authenticity. It contains secret orders of Nazi leaders and commanders of SS units and formations, testimony and official documents from trials of German war criminals, and materials from various SS institutions. A special place in the book is occupied by official materials of the Nuremberg trials.