SS Race and Settlement Main Office
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The SS Race and Settlement Main Office (Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt der SS, RuSHA) was the organization responsible for "safeguarding the racial 'purity' of the SS" within Nazi Germany.[1]
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SS christening of a child born through the RuSHA's Lebensborn program in 1936 | |
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Formed | c. 1931 |
Dissolved | May 8, 1945 |
Jurisdiction | Germany German-occupied Europe |
Headquarters | SS Main Office, Prinz-Albrecht-Straße, Berlin |
Employees | 1,500 (c. 1942) |
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Parent agency | Allgemeine SS |
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One of its duties was to oversee the marriages of SS personnel in accordance with the racial policy of Nazi Germany. After Heinrich Himmler introduced the "marriage order" on December 31, 1931, the RuSHA would only issue a permit to marry once detailed background investigations into the racial fitness of both prospective parents had been completed and proved both of them to be of Aryan descent back to 1800.[2][3]