Organizational plan of the Reich Main Security Office (RSHA), including the security police and SD, administration, legal policy, "combatting of enemies" (churches, Jews), criminal department, foreign department, ideological department, and others

Subject: Plan of the Division of Work of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA)
Enclosed, the plan of the division of work of the RSHA is forwarded.
As far as plans are drawn up in the future for the inspectors of the Security Police, State police (Main) agencies, Criminal Police (Main) agencies and the Security Service (Main) Sections (SD), they are to be adapted as far as possible to the plan of the division of work of the RSHA.
Certified: PRAMM, Chancellery Employee
By order: 1st Dr. NECKMANN
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Berlin, 1 March 1941. Plan of the Division of work of the RSHA.
Status of 1 January 19hi.
Chief of the Security Police and of the SD . SS Major General
HEYDRICH
Chief Adjutant SS Major
Major of Protective Police POMME SS Major Regierungsrat Dr. PLOETZ SS Captain KLUCKHORN SS 1st Lieutenant WERTH SS Major SCHEIDLER SS Major RADKE
(at the same time on staff of Chief of Dept. VII)
Department (AMT) I Personnel
SS Brig Gen, Gen. of Police STRECKENBACH (Also inspector of schools of the Security Police and the SD) Regierungsoberinspektor SELBERG
Police Secretary HERR Police Secretary MEYER
Personnel matters of dept I Internal activity
Plan for distribution of work—filing plan—statistics. Need and distribution of space Business requirements Secret Registry '
Chancellery—G—Chancellery reading room Official activities of office employees.
Dept. Chief I:
Adjutant Deputy Chief
1st Adjutant
2nd Adjutant Adjutant, Registry Adjutant for special duties Personal Press Specialist
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GROUP l A PERSONNEL
Group Chief Deputies:
SS Colonel, Oberregierungsrat BRUNNER
Section Subject Specialist Partici- pants
I A 1 General matters of personnel of members of the Security Police and the S D SS Major RR MOHR 9
I A 2 Personnel matters of the Secret State Police (GESTAPO) SS Major RR TRENT Dept. IV
I A 3 Personnel matters of Criminal Police SS Major Reg.u.Krim. Rat SCHRAEPEL Dept. V
I A 4 Personnel matters of the Security Service (SD) SS Major BRAUNE Dept. Ill and VI
I A 5 Party and SS personnel matters
I A 6 Welfare SS Lt. Col OPR. TRINKL II C
GROUP 1 B
EDUCATION, TRAINING AND SCHOOLING.
Group Chief:
Deputy Chief:
I B 1 Ideological Education
IB. 2 Successors
SS Colonel SCHULZ SS Major Dr. SENDBERGER SS Major Dr. ENGEL Deputy:
SS Major ZEPP SS Major ' HOTZEL Deputy:
Major THOMAS
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1 B 3 Forming of the curricula of schools RR. SANDBERGER
all offices concerned Deputy:
Krim. Dir.
ZIRPINS
I B 4 Other curricula Reg.u.Krim.
Rat RENNAU Offices concerned on each occasion
GROUP IC
PHYSICAL TRAINING
Group Chief: SS Colonel and Oberregierungsrat von DANIELS
I C 1 General matters concerning physical training I C 2 Physical Education and military training.
GROUP ID PENAL AFFAIRS
Group Chief: Vacant now (Handled by SS Brig. Gen.
STRECKENBACH,
Deputy: SS Major HAENSCH
I D 1 Official Penal Matters SS Major RR. SCHULZ
I D 2 SS disciplinary matters SS Major RR. HAENSCH
Department II
Organization, Administration and Law Department Chief II SS Colonel, Colonel of Police
Dr. NECKMANN
Adjutant SS Captain Regierungsassessor
Dr. FINNBERG
Administration Office II
Chief at present vacant.
Deputy Chief SS Lt.Col. Police Inspector
TEMPELHAGEN Personnel matters, department II Internal activity
Plan of distribution of work—filing plan—statistics Need and distribution of space Business requirements Secret Registry
Chancellery—G—Chancellery reading room Official activity of office employees
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MAIN OFFICE
Polizeirat
POMMERENING
(Also subordinated to the Chief of the Security Police and the SD)
In charge of the business activity of the entire Main Office and of the official communications between the departments
1. Central handling of all incoming and outgoing matters, central card file, receiving and opening of mail, message centre.
2. Official activity of the entire building and official communications between the departments. Printing Office, Binding Office, Issue of official seal.
Building Commandant:
SS Colonel 1. Attitude and behavior of all persons, employed in the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA).
2. Security measures for the official buildings of the RSHA.
a. Direction and employment of the guard.
b. Military training of the guards.
c. Instruction on guard regulations.
d. Control of the official buildings and rooms of the guards of the identity cards and passes, of locks and vaults of visitors, workmen and charwomen.
e. Maintenance of the alarm card file.
3. Maintenance of cleanliness and order. Participation IIA
4. Raising of flags.
5. ARP, fire prevention.
6. Counter intelligence measures (Abwehr) in the RSHA (in cooperation with II A 4 and IV E)
7. Game room and canteen.
Group Chief: Deputy Chief:
GROUP II A Organization and Law.
At present vacant
SS Major, Oberregierungsrat Dr. BILFINGER
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Section Subject Specialist Participant
II A 1 Organization of the Security Police and of the SD. SS Captain Reg. Assessor Dr. SCHWEDER All offices concerned
II A 2 Legislation SS Major RR. NEIFEIND All offices concerned
II A 3 Justiciary matters; claims for indemnification SS Major RR. SUHR All offices concerned
II A 4 Reich defense matters SS Major RR. RENKEN All offices concerned
II A 5 Miscellaneous Determination of hostility toward people and state Confiscation of property of those, inimical to people and state, in Berlin Retraction of German citizenship SS Major rr. Trichter All offices concerned
Group II B
Basic questions of the passport system and of the immigration police Group Chief: Ministerialrat KRAUSE
Deputies:
Section Subject Specialist Participant
II B 1 Passports . RR. Dr. HOFFMANN IV
RR. Dr. BAUMANN VI
II B 2 Passports II RR. WEISTZ IV
V
VI
II B 3 Identification and RR. kelbling IV
identity cards VI
II B 4 Basic questions ORR. KROENING IV
for immigrant po- V
lice and border VI
security
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Group II C a
Budget and economy of the Security Police
Group Chief: SS Colonel
Ministerialrat Dr. SIEGERT
Deputies :
Section Subject Specialist Partici- pants
II Cl Budget and Salaries SS Colonel Min. Rat Dr. SIEGERT All offices concerned
IIC 2 . Welfare and material expenses SS Major RR. KREKLOW All offices concerned
IIC 3 Billeting and prisoners SS Major RR. Dr. BERGMANN IV, V
IIC 4 Economic Office SS Major RR. MEIER
Accounts of the Chief of the Security Police and of the SD. Auditor's office of the Chief of the Security Police and of the SD. Clothing accounts of the border police of the Secret State Police.
Group II Cb
Budget and Economy of the Security Service (SD) Group Chief: At present vacant
Deputies: SS Lt. Col BROCKE
Section Subject Specialist Partici- pants
IIC 7 Budget and salaries of the SD SS Captain RADTKE Departments III, VI
IIC 8 Procurement, insurance, contracts real estate, construction, motor vehicles SS Major SCHMIDT Departments III, VI
IIC 9 Auditing and examination SS Lt. Col BROCKE Departments III, VI
II C IO Finances and accounts. SS Lt. Col [?] Departments III, VI
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Group II D Technical Matters.
Group Chief: SS Lt. Col. RAUFF Deputies:
Section Subject Specialist Partici- pants
II D1 Wireless, photography, films SS Major GOTTSTEIN II A 1
IID 2 Teletype and telephone SS Major Pr. WALTER ' Assistant II A 1
II D 3a Motor vehicles of the Security Police SS Captain Captain of Protective Police PRADEL, Assistant II A 1 Dept. 1 i
II D 3b Motor vehicles of the SD SS Captain GAST SS Captain HEINRICH Assistant II A 1
II D 4 Ordnance SS Major Pr. LUTTER T.O.I. SCHEL-LIN Assistant I C and V
II D 5 Aviation SS Major and Major of Protective Police LEOPOLD
II D 6 Management of the technical funds of the Security Police and of the SD. PR. KEMPF Assistant
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Department III
GERMAN SPHERES OF LIFE'
Department Chief: SS Colonel OHLENDORF
Adjutant. Administrative Office III
Chief: SS Lt. Col. KLAUS
Deputy :
Matters of Personnel, Department I
Internal activity '
Plan of distribution of work—filing plan—statistics Need and distribution of space Business requirements Secret Registry
Chancellery—G—Chancellery reading room Official activity of office employees Group III A
Questions on the Legal Order and on the Structure of the Reich Group Chief: SS Major Dr. GENGENBACH
Deputy: SS Captain Dr. J. BEYER
Section
II A 1
III A 2 III A3
III A4
Subject Specialist Partici- pants
General questions on SS Captain All dep'ts
the work "Spheres of Life" Dr. BEYER concerned
Legal matters SS Captain All dep'ts
RR. Dr. MALZ concerned
Constitution and ad- At present I D II A 2
ministration including handled by the III A 4
direction in all legis- Group Chief III C
lative matters in the following fields : State and administrative law (unless directed by II A 2) ; holiday law, Reich citizenship law, and citizenship matters, colonial ad- III D 5
ministrative law. Also participation in all legislative matters, are handled under the direction of other sections of the RSHA
General national life At present vacant
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Group III B
National Character. (VOLKSTUM)
Group Chief: SS Lt. Col. Dr. EHLICH
Deputy Chief: SS Major, Regierungsrat Dr. MUELLER
directly subordinated to the Group Chief
a. Lectorate
b. Special questions and inspections
Section Subject Specialist Partici- pants
III B 1 Work on National Character (VOLKSTUM) SS Captain RUM|dITZSCH l Dep't IV and the sections of dep't III concerned
III B 2 Minorities at present vacant IV
III B 3 Race and national health SS Captain SCHNEIDER II A 2 III A 2
III B 4 Immigration and resettlement > SS Major RR Dr. MUELLER III D IV
III B 5 Occupied territories SS Major von LOEW ZU STEINFURTH III A III C III D
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. Gr oup III C
CULTURE
Group Chief: SS Major Dr. SPENGLER
Deputy Chief: SS Captain von KIELPINSKI
Section Subject Specialist | Participants
III C Auxiliary section directly subordinated to the group chief, Special questions (including inspection) III A 1
III Cl Science SS Captain Dr. TUROWSKI III B III D
III C2 Education and religious life SS Captain SEIBERT Concerned section of dep't HI, IV & V.
IIIC 3 National culture and art SS Captain Dr. ROESSNER Ill A 4
me 4 Press literature and radio SS Captain von KIELPINSKI IV B 4
Group III D Economy
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Group Chief Deputy Chief :
SS Major SEIBERT
Section Subject Specialist Partici- pants
HID Auxiliary Sections, directly subordinated to the Group Chief a. Lectorate including economic press and periodicals, and literature b. Special questions and inspections Direction in all legislative matters of economic, commercial and labor law. III A 2
III D 1 Food administration at present vacant
HID 2 Commerce, trade and SS Major
transportation SEIBERT
HID 3 Finance, currency, banks and stock exchanges, insurances SS Captain KROEGER III A'
IIID 4 Industry and power plants at present vacant
HID 5 Labor and social matters SS Major Dr. LEETSCH III B and C
. Department IV
Investigation and combatting of enemies Department Chief: SS Brig. Gen. Brig. Gen. of Police MUELLER Adjutant: SS 2nd Lt. DUCHSTEIN
Remark: Directly subordinated to the department chief:
IV (N) Information collection office IV (P) Communications with foreign police forces General border inspector : Department Chief IV
SS Brig. Gen. Brig. Gen. of Police MUELLER Deputy: SS Colonel kRICHBAUM
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Administrative office IV
Chief: at present vacant
Deputy: SS Captain, Polizeirat PIEPER
IV Cst a Personal matters dep't IV Internal activity
Plan of distribution of work—filing plan—statistics Need and distribution of space Business requirements Secret registry of dep't IV Official, activity of office employes b Reporting ;
Announcements of incidents
c office prison (i. e. in the. building) .
permanent service ;
Identification service Sign office (Zeichenstelle) ,
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Group IV A
Group Chief: SS Lt. Col. Oberregierungsrat PANZINGER
Deputies :
Section Subject Specialist Partici- pant
IV A 1 Communism, Marxism, and associated organizations, wartime crimes, illegal hostile propaganda SS Major KD. VOGT
IV A 2 Defense against sabotage, combatting of sabotage political-po-1 i c e counter intelligence (Abwehr) commissioners, Political forgeries SS Captain KK. KOPKOW
IV A 3 Reaction, opposition, Legitimism, Liberalism, emigrant affairs and treachery SS Major KD. LITZENBERG
IV A 4 Protective service, report of attempted assassinations, supervi-1 sions, special missions, searching troops (Fahndungstruppe) SS Major KD. SCHULZ RS D
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Group IV B
Group Chief: SS Major HARTL
Deputy: SS Major Regierungsrat ROTH
Section Subject Specialist Partici- pants
IV B 1 Political Catholicism SS Major RR ROTH
IV B 2 Political Protestant sects . SS Major RR ROTH
IV B 3 Other churches— Freemasonry at present vacant
IV B 4 Matters concerning Jews Matters concerning evacuations SS Major EICHMANN
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Group tV C
Group Chief: SS Lt. Col. Oberregierungsrat Dr, RANG
Deputy: SS Major Regierungs- und Kriminalrat Dr.
BERNDORFF
Section Subject Specialist Partici- pants
IV C 1 Evaluation, Main card file, administration of personnel files, information office, A-card file, Supervision of foreigners, Central Visa office. PR. METZKE II B
IV C 2 Matters of protective custody SS Major Reg. u. Krim. Rat DR. BERNDORFF
IV C 4 Matters of press and literature SS Major RR Dr. JAHR III Press specialist C.D.S.
IV C 4 Matters of party and its components, special cases SS Major K. R. STAGE
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Group IV D
Group Chief:. SS Lt. Col. Dr. . WEINMANN Deputy: ! SS Major Regierungsrat Dr. JONAK
Section Subject Specialist Partici- pants
IV D 1 Matters of the Protectorate Czechs in the Reich SS Major RR Dr. JONAK III
IV D 2 Matters of the General Gouvernement Poles in the Reich RA THIEMANN III. II B.
IV D 3 Confidential offices, foreigners hostile to the state SS Captain RR. SCHROE-DER II B
IV D 4 Occupied territories: France, Luxembourg, Alsace and Lorraine, Belgium, Holland, Norway, Denmark SS Major RR. BAETZ III
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Group IV E
Group Chief: SS Major Regierungsrat SCHELLENBERG
Deputy : ,
Section Subject Specialist Partici- pants
IV E 1 General counter-intelligence (Abwehr) matters, giving of opinion in matters of high treason and sedition and other matters in accordance to #5 of the directive on closed matters. Protection of plants and occupation o f guarding, Rights of the plant protection and of the guard occupation. SS Captain KK. LINDOW II A
IV E 2 General economic matters, industrial espionage defense RA SEBASTIAN III
IV E 3 Counter-intelligence (Abwehr) West SS Captain KR. Dr. FISCHER
IV E 4 Counter-intelligence (Abwehr) North KD. Dr. SCHAMBACHER
IV E 5 Counter-intelligence (Abwehr) East SS Major KD. KUBITZKY
IV E 6 Counter-intelligence (Abwehr) South SS Captain KR. Dr. SCHMITZ
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Department V Combatting of Crime
Department Chief: SS Brig Gen. Brig. Gen. of Police NEBE Adjutant: SS 2nd Lieutenant Kriminalkommisar
ENGELMANN
Administrative Office V
Chief: SS Major, Regierungs- and Kriminalrat HASEN-JAEGER
Deputy :
Personnel matters, department V Internal activity
Plan of distribution of work—filing plan—statistics
Need and distribution of space
Business requirements
Registry
Chancellery
Official activity of office employes
Group V A
Policy, in respect to crime, and its prevention.
Group Chief: SS Major Oberregierungsrat and Kriminalrat
WERNER
Deputy: Regierungs- and Kriminalrat Dr. WÄCHTER *
Section Subject Specialist , Partici- pants
V A1 Legal questions, international cooperation investigation of crime RR. Dr. WAECHTER II & III iv, vi, vn
VA2 Prevention SS Major RR. Dr. RIESE
V A3 Female Criminal Police KD WICKING I
* At the same time ordered to the colonial political department of the NSDAP and active in subject II A 1.
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Group V B Employment
Group Chief: Regierungs- and Kriminalrat GALZOW
Deputy: Regierungs- and Kriminalrat LOBBES
Section o Subject Specialist Partici- pants
V B1 Capital crimes RR. LOBBES Dept I & IV
V B 2 Embezzlement KD. RASSOW
V B 3 Moral crimes KD. NEUCK III/IV
Group V C
Identification service and pursuit
Group Chief: Oberregierungsrat and Kriminalrat BERGER
Deputy: Kriminaldirektor Dr. BAUM
Section Subject Specialist Partici- pants
VC1 Reich identification SS Major
service centre KD. HUELLER
VC2 Pursuit KD. Dr. BAUM I
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Group V D
Criminological Institute of the Security Police
Group Chief: SS Major Oberregierungs- and Kriminalrat Dr.
Ing. habil. HESSE
Deputy: SS Captain, Kriminalrat Dr. Ing. SCHADE
Section Subject Specialist Partici- pants
VD 1 Identification of clues SS Captain KR. Dr. SCHADE
V D2 Chemistry and Biology SS 2nd Lt. Dr. Ing. WID-MANN
V D 3 Examination of documents KR. mag. chem. WITTLICH
Department VI Foreign [Ausland]
Department Chief: SS Brig. Gen., Brig. Gen. of Police JOST Adjutant: SS 1st Lieutenant NYHOOGEN
Administrative Office VI .
Chief: SS 1st Lt, Polizeirat SAUER
Deputy: SS Captain HORN
Personnel matters of department VI Internal activity
Plan of distribution of work—filing plan—statistics Need and distribution of space Business requirements Secret Registry
Chancellery—G—Chancellery—reading room.
Official activity of office employes.
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. Group VI A General intelligence tasks abroad.
with seven sections
Group Chief: SS Lt Col. D. FILBERT
Deputy: SS Major Regierungsrat FINKE
The commissioner of department VI for the examination of all intelligence connections including the protection of the contact and courier routes and the employment of the intelligence facilities of the department VI at home and abroad.
Responsible: Group Chief VI A ,
Attached
Section Subject Specialist Partici- pants
The commissioners of department VI for the examination and security of the tasks abroad, assigned to the SD (main) sections.
Commissioner I (West) for j;he SD (Main,) sections : Münster, Aachen; Bielefeld, Dortmund, Cologne, Duesseldorf, Koblenz, Dassel, Frank-furt/M., Darmstadt, Neustadt Karlsruhe, Stuttgart SS Lt Col BERNHARD
C ommis sioner II (North) for the SD (Main) Sections: Bremen, Braunschweig Lueneburg, Hamburg, Kiel, Schwerin, Stettin, Neustettin SS Lt Col Dr. LEHMANN
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Section Subject Specialist Partici- pants
C o mm is si o ner III (East) for the SD (Main) sections: Danzig, Koenigsberg, Allenstein, Tilsitt, Thorn, Posen, Hohensalze, Litzmannstädt, Breslau, Liegnitz, Oppeln, Kattowitz, Troppau, General Gouvernement SS Major V. SALISCH
Commissioner TV (South) for the SD (Main) sections: Wien, Graz, Innsbruck, Klag-enfurt, Linz, Salzburg, Muenchen, Augsburg, Bayreuth, Nürnberg. Prag SS Major LEPPER A
Commissioner V (Central) for the SD (Main) sections: Berlin, Potsdam, Frankfurt/O., Dresden, Halle, Leipzig, Chemnitz, Dessau, Weimar, Magdeburg, Reichenberg, Karlsbad. SS Lt Col THIEMANN ' %
Group VI B
German and Italian sphere of influence in Europe, Africa and in
the near East.
with 10 Sections
Group Chief: At present vacant "
Deputy:
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Group VI C (East)
Rvœso-Japanese sphere of influence with 11 sections
Group Chief: At present vacant.
Deputy :
Group VI D
. . (West)
Anglo-American sphere of influence
with 9 Sections
Group Chief: ,
Deputy :
Group VI E
(Department Chief IV has factual directive rights) (Fachliches Weisungsrecht)
Investigation of ideological enemies abroad
with 6 Sections
Group Chief: SS Lt Col Dr. KNOCHEN
Deputy: SS Captain LOOSE
Group VI F
Technical aids of the intelligence service abroad with 7 Sections
Group Chief: SS Lt Col. RAUFF
Deputy: SS Lt Col. FUHRMANN
' Department VII
Ideological research and evaluation
Department .
Chief VII : SS Colonel Professor Dr. SIX Adjutant: (Attached for press matters)
. SS Major RADKE
Administrative Office VII
Chief: SS Captain BRAUNE
Deputy : .
Personnel matters of department VII Internal activity
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Plan of distribution of work—filing plan—statistics Need and distribution of space Business requirements Registry
Official activity of office employes
Group VII A Procurement of material
(Library, press, information and liaison office) Group Chief: SS Lt Col. Oberregierungsrat MYLIUS
Deputy :
Section Subject Specialist Partici- pants
VII Al Library SS Captain Dr.. BEYER
VII A 2 Reporting, translating service, inspection and administration of press material SS Captain MEHRINGER
VII A3 Information centre and liaison office SS Captain BURMESTER
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Group VII B Evaluation
Group Chief: At present vacant
Deputies:
Section Subject Specialist Partici- pants
VII B1 Freemasonry and Jewry vacant
VII B 2 Political churches SS Captain MURAWSKI
VII B 3 Marxism SS 2nd Lt MAHNKE
VII B 4 Other opposing groups SS 1st Lt MUEHLER
VII B 5 Scientific, individual investigations of internal problems SS Captain Dr. SCHICK
VII B 6 Scientific, individual investigations of foreign problems at present vacant
Group VII C
Archive, museum, and scientific special tasks.
Group Chief: at present vacant
Deputies:
Section Subject Specialist Partici- pants
VII Cl Archive SS Captain DITTEL
VIIC 2 Museum vacant
VIIC 3 Scientific special tasks SS 1st Lt. Dr. LEVIN
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Directly subordinated to the, Chief of the Securiti/ Police and, of the SD. '
I. SS and police jurisdiction
(SS Major, Regierungsrat Dr. HAENSCH)
II. Staff leader of the inspector for physical training
with the Reich Fuehrer SS and chief of the German police and specialist for matters of the Chief of the security police and of the SD within the sport association of the SS.
(SS Colonel VON DANIELS)
III. Special commissioner of the president of the international, criminal police commission.
(SS Colonel Dr. ZINDEL) .
IV. School of the Security police and of the SD (Inspector SS Brig Gen STRECKENBACH)
1. Leader school of the security Police in Berlin-Charlottenburg (SS Colonel SCHULTZ)
2. Security Police School, Fuerstenberg (SS Colonel Dr. TRUMMLER)
3. Security Service (SD) school in Bernau
4. Sport school in Pretzsch
(SS Colonel VON DANIELS)
for the time being still school for border police under SS Colonel Dr. TRUMMLER,
5. Radio school of the security police and of the SD in castle Grueneberg near Nepomuk-Protectorate
(SS Major HOFFMANN)
6. Shooting school, Zella-Mehlis (SS Colonel VON DANIELS)