Schutzstaffel

The Schutzstaffel or SS was an armed Nazi group that was personally loyal to Adolf Hitler. It was known for being ideologically driven. The SS committed many war crimes, and members of the SS ran the death camps. The leader of the SS was Heinrich Himmler.

One unit of the SS was the SS Handschar, composed mainly of Bosnian Muslims. Himmler said about them, "[I] have nothing against Islam because it educates the men in this division for me and promises them heaven if they fight and are killed in action. A very practical and attractive religion for soldiers." The SS Handschar killed many Serbs.