Which paramilitary organization, led by Heinrich Himmler, eventually became the primary agency of surveillance and terror in Nazi Germany?
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Correct answer: The SS (Schutzstaffel)
Originally Hitler's personal bodyguard, the SS expanded under Himmler to control the police and the concentration camp system. It became a 'state within a state' responsible for implementing the regime's most radical racial policies.
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