SS Totenkopf

A still image from The Office, with Michael Scott's head replaced by a totenkopf. Below, text reads 'You know what? I'm gonna start extremisming even harder.'

Also appears as: Death’s Head

Used in the insignia of multiple organizations under the SS (Schutzstaffel) in Nazi Germany, and which was as a pin by some guards overseeing extermination camps.

The SS Totenkopf is a popular symbol in modern Neo-Nazi propaganda. It is used to invoke Nazi Germany, the SS, and the Holocaust specifically. Although the Nazi Totenkopf was influenced by Prussian designs, it is visually distinct from its Prussian predecessors.

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