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Quiz about Hitlers Samurai The Waffen SS

Hitler's Samurai - The Waffen SS Quiz

Some of the things you didn't know about the much feared elite fighting force of WWII.

A multiple-choice quiz by kettenhunde. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
kettenhunde

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
85,532

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

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4016

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Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. What do the letters SS stand for? Hint

Sturm Squad

Spezial-Securite

Schutzstaffel

Schutzen Squad

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Question 2 of 10

2. When was the SS title first used? Hint

1933

1923

1938

1925

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Question 3 of 10

3. The Death's Head (Totenkopf) emblem which is closely associated with the SS was designed by Adolf Hitler.

True

False

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Question 4 of 10

4. To join the SS in the early days, candidates had to be able to trace back their 'Aryan' ancestry to what year? Hint

1750

1800

1870

1845

5. A branch of the SS used the Totenkopf (Death's Head) device on its collar patches as well as its caps instead of the Sigrunen. This branch was known as the Totenkopfverb�nde and was formed in 1933 at Dachau to guard the newly established Concentration Camps. Who was the first Totenkopf unit commander? Hint

Ernst Roehm

Victor Lutze

Reinhard Heydrich

Theodor Eicke

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Question 6 of 10

6. The SS 'Sigrunen' (Nordic lightning runes) badges signified what? Hint

victory

worship of Odin

pure Aryan blood

protection from Odin

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Question 7 of 10

7. Heinrich Himmler firmly believed that a trained SS man could survive on a diet of porridge and mineral water alone.

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. What was Hitler's pet name for Himmler? Hint

My Harry

My Heini

My Ignatius Loyola

Heinrich the Fowler

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Question 9 of 10

9. On what date did the Waffen SS candidates take their oath to Adolf Hitler? Hint

9 November

1 January

20 April

2 May

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Question 10 of 10

10. Heinrich Himmler served with distinction in the Bavarian Artillery during WWI.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What do the letters SS stand for?

Answer: Schutzstaffel

Literally, 'die Schutzstaffel' means 'protective squad'.

2. When was the SS title first used?

Answer: 1925

The SS title became official on 9 November 1925. Hitler's bodyguard had previously known as "Stosstrupp (Shock Troop) Adolf Hitler" and was led by Julius Schreck, Hitler's bodyguard/driver and a veteran of the Erhardt Brigade. (The forerunner, the "Stosstrupp Adolf Hitler" was founded in mid 1923).

3. The Death's Head (Totenkopf) emblem which is closely associated with the SS was designed by Adolf Hitler.

Answer: False

The Totenkopf emblem was adopted by the SS from the German Freikorps (Volunteer Corps), a loose coalition of disenchanted WWI veterans, mercenaries and German citizens who were vehemently anti-Communist, whom Hitler admired. However, the military death's head emblem has a long history and dates back at least to the beginning of the reign of Frederick II (the Great) of Prussia in 1740.

Its use at sea (by pirates) in the 'Jolly Roger' is even older.

4. To join the SS in the early days, candidates had to be able to trace back their 'Aryan' ancestry to what year?

Answer: 1750

This requirement was watered down in later years.

Answer: Theodor Eicke

Theodor Eicke was an ex-policeman and a long standing friend of Hitler. It was Eicke who shot Ernst Roehm during the infamous 'Night of the Long Knives'.

6. The SS 'Sigrunen' (Nordic lightning runes) badges signified what?

Answer: victory

Hitler (and more particularly Himmler) used a number of old and novel symbols which were intended to suggest the creation of a new order that was rooted in the Germanic past.

7. Heinrich Himmler firmly believed that a trained SS man could survive on a diet of porridge and mineral water alone.

Answer: True

Himmler was a vegetarian and believer in homeopathic and herbal medicines. Germany's entire mineral water bottling and distribution industry was nationalized under the SS economic administration department.

8. What was Hitler's pet name for Himmler?

Answer: My Ignatius Loyola

Hitler called him this because of Himmler's admiration of Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Though Himmler was not a religious man, he did admire the structure and moral code of the Jesuits. He also called him "der getreue Heinrich" ("Loyal Heinrich").

9. On what date did the Waffen SS candidates take their oath to Adolf Hitler?

Answer: 20 April

There were annual oath ceremonies on Hitler's birthday.

10. Heinrich Himmler served with distinction in the Bavarian Artillery during WWI.

Answer: False

Himmler volunteered for service but was too young to serve. He joined the Freikorps after WWI.

Source: Author kettenhunde

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