In his book about the Battle of Berlin, historian Antony Beevor talks about women "in black uniform" serving in the SS as infantry and driving tanks. What do we know about women in the SS in general and in the late war specifically?

by flobota

He specifically mentions them while covering the Halbe Pocket, late April 1945.

From what I understand of the role of women in the Third Reich, they were not allowed to fight and only in later stages were recruited as Funkhelferinnen and Flakhelferinnen. The SS strikes me as the last place to make an exception for this but then again everything is possible in April '45.

voyeur324

/u/commiespaceinvader has answered 'What role did women play in the Holocaust ?' and provided an overview, including women in the Schutzstaffel and the social workers from Hell.