The SS, in general during World War Two and more specifically in Night, were a military arm of the Nazi party. The initials "SS" stood for Schutzstaffel. "Schutz" translates in English to "protection" and "staffel" translates to squadron; put together, this name translates to the "protection squadron."
There were several arms of the SS, one of which was charged with overseeing the concentration camp system -- from the creation of, and policing of, ghettos to the transport of prisoners to concentration camps and then to the guarding of the camps themselves.
After the war was over, many former SS soldiers were convicted of crimes against humanity. The Nuremberg trials, a famous post-war tribunal, found that the SS had committed numerous criminal acts during the Nazi regime.
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