Sicherheitsdienstn.
/ˈzɪxəhʌɪtsˌdiːnst/ The security branch of the Schutzstaffel (SS) of the Nazi party, set up in 1931–2. Also attributive.
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Sicherheitsdienst1947
society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > political police > [noun] > secret service or police > other spec.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > German politics > [noun] > principles or policies > Hitlerism or Nazism > security branch of Nazi party
S.D.1947
Sicherheitsdienst1947
1947 H. Trevor-Roper Last Days of Hitler i. 28 Otto Ohlendorf was head of R.S.H.A. Amt III (also called S.D. or Sicherheitsdienst).
1958 P. Kemp No Colours or Crest i. 9 His murder at the hands of Gestapo or Sicherheitsdienst.
1966 N. Freeling Dresden Green i. 44 The highly successful delivery of five of the area Sicherheitsdienst group, trousers round their ankles.
1976 T. Allbeury Only Good German iv. 23 The SD, the Sicherheitsdienst, were an SS outfit under Walter Schellenberg.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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