Editing Rudolf Aziones (section)

== Allgemeine SS career ==
Aziones was born on 14 March 1910 in [[Comodoro Rivadavia]], [[Argentina]]. In 1944, he worked in Jan Paap's personal security while Paap recruited followers in [[Rada Tilly]].<ref name="paap-argentina"/> He joined the approximately 3,400-member expedition organized in Argentina and reached Tanoa with the expedition on 9 August 1944.<ref name="tanoa-expedition"/>

After the [[Allgemeine SS]] was established during the consolidation of Tanoan control, Aziones entered the organization with the rank of [[SS-Obersturmführer]].<ref name="allgemeine-history"/> He was posted to eastern Tanoa as '''SS-Sicherheitsführer Osttanoa''', where he directed armed searches and arrests against resistance groups. When [[SS-Oberabschnitt Osttanoa]] was formally established on 1 November 1944 under [[Héctor Germán Reinoso]], Aziones remained within its territorial command and later moved into regional administration.

On 17 April 1955, Aziones ordered SS forces to surround the ancient village of [[Nakoriva]] after its inhabitants refused to recognize the authority of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen. He ordered the village burned and prevented its inhabitants from leaving. Aziones remained at the site and personally participated in the execution of inhabitants who survived the fires. All 162 inhabitants were killed.

On 1 July 1955, Aziones was promoted to [[SS-Brigadeführer]] and appointed deputy commander of SS-Oberabschnitt Osttanoa under Reinoso. On 3 August 1958, Reinoso left the eastern command after being promoted to [[SS-Obergruppenführer]] and appointed '''Chef des Stabes der Reichsführung-SS''' in [[Georgetown]]. Aziones was promoted to [[SS-Gruppenführer]] on the same date and succeeded Reinoso as commander of SS-Oberabschnitt Osttanoa. The rank of SS-Gruppenführer was used for senior officers responsible for regional commands.<ref name="ss-ranks"/>

Aziones commanded the eastern SS district for the next five years. His authority covered the Allgemeine SS territorial structure in eastern Tanoa, including the subordinate SS district commands and their security forces.