THE GERMAN POLICE [Die Deutsche Polizei], 15 February 1943.
SS-Gruppenfuehrer Kaltenbrunner appointed Chief of the Security Police and of the SD.
Berlin, 30 January 1943
Upon suggestion of the Reichfuehrer SS and Chief of German Police, the Fuehrer has appointed SS-Gruppenfuehrer and Major General of Police Dr. Ernst Kaltenbrunner as Chief of the Security Police and of the SD as successor of SS-Obergruppenfueh-rer and Lieutenant General of Police Reinhard Heydrich, who passed away 4 June 1942.
SS-Gruppenfuehrer Dr. Ernst Kaltenbrunner was up to the present active as Fuehrer of the SS-Oberabschnitt Donau (SS Region Danube) and as Superior SS and Police Fuehrer with the Reich Governors [Reichsstatthalter] in Vienna, Lower Danube and Upper Danube. '
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Announcement of Kaltenbrunner's appointment as the chief of the security police and the SD
Authors
Date: 15 February 1943
Literal Title: Extract from" "Die Deutsche Polizei" . . . SS-Gruppenfuehrer Kaltenbrunner Appointed Chief of the Security Police and of the SD
Defendant: Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-3427
Citation: IMT (page 1972)
HLSL Item No.: 451739
Notes:The announcement is dated 30 January 1943 and was published on 15 February 1943. The notice states that Hitler made the appointment based on Himmler's suggestion.