Austrian SS

The Austrian SS was founded in 1930 and, by 1934, was acting as a covert force to bring about the Anschluss with Germany, which occurred in March 1938.

Hiding on a train and on a ship that traveled to Passau, he would return with money and orders for Austrian comrades.

[2] Kaltenbrunner was arrested for a second time in 1937, by Austrian authorities on charges of being head of the illegal Nazi Party organisation in Upper Austria.

Although its de facto leaders were Adolf Eichmann and later Alois Brunner, Huber was still responsible for the mass deportation of Austrian Jews.

He became the commandant of the Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp in Płaszów (who was portrayed in the film Schindler's List by Ralph Fiennes).

With Kaltenbrunner (on the far left), Heinrich Himmler talks to camp commander, Franz Ziereis , during an official visit to Mauthausen concentration camp in 1941. Austrian Gauleiter August Eigruber (wearing a pre-war Allgemeine SS uniform) accompanies them along with other SS officials.