R S H A
Reichssicherheitshauptamt
Reich Main Security Office

R.E.T.Heydrich

Heads

__of the RSHA__

E.Kaltenbrunner

SS Obergruppenfuhrer
Reinhard Eugen Tristan Heydrich
(1939.09.27 - 1942.06.30)

 

SS Obergruppenfuhrer
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
(1943.01.30 - 1945.05.09)

Central Headquarters of the RSHA were on Prinz Albrecht-Strasse

Amt I - PERSONNEL AND ORGANIZATION OF THE RSHA

Heads: Karl Werner Best (till July 1940);
Bruno Streckenbach (July 1940-till beg. 1943);
Schultz - (beg. 1943 - November 1943);
Erlinger - (November 1943 - May 1945).

Amt II - ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE

Abteilung II A - Funding and Offices

___ Referat II A 1 - Organization
Referat II A 2 - Legislation
Referat II A 3 - Indemnification
Referat II A 4 - Defence
Referat II A 5 - Confiscations

Abteilung II B - Economical Matters, contacts with the Ministry of Justice
Abteilung II C A - SiPo Budget
Abteilung II C B - SD Budget
Abteilung II D - Technical Matters

Heads: Best - till July 1940; Dr. Hans Nockmann; Singerd; Schpazill.

Amt III - INTERNAL POLICE INTELLIGENCE (Inland-SD)

Abteilung III A - Law, Legal and Reich Structures
Abteilung III B - Racial and Ethnic Matters
Abteilung III C - Cultural, Sciene, Religious and Media Matters
Abteilung III D - Economical, Industry and Commerce Matters
Abteilung III G - Espionage inside the High Society

Amt IV - GESTAPO (Geheime Staatspolizei), German Secret State Police

Abteilung IV A - Enemies of the Regime.

___ Referat IV A 1 - Communists
Referat IV A 2 - Counter-sabotage
Referat IV A 3 - Reactionaries and Liberals. Emigration
Referat IV A 4 - Assassinations

Abteilung IV B - Activities of the Sects and Churches

___ Referat IV B 1 - Catholics
Referat IV B 2 - Protestants
Referat IV B 3 - FreeMasons
Referat IV B 4 - Jews

Abteilung IV C - Card Index, DNSAP Affairs
Abteilung IV D - Occupied Territories. Non-German worker inside the Reich

___ Referat IV D 1 - Opponents of the Regime
Referat IV D 2 - Churches and Sects
Referat IV D 3 - Party Matters and Records
Referat IV D 4 - Western Territories
Referat IV D 5 - Counter-Espionage
Referat IV D 6 - Aliens. Control of Aliens inside the Reich

Abteilung IV E - Counter-Intelligence

___ Referat IV E 1 - In the Reich
Referat IV E 2 - Police Formations
Referat IV E 3 - Counter-Intelligence in the Western Countries
Referat IV E 4 - Counter-Intelligence in Scandinavia
Referat IV E 5 - Counter-Intelligence in the Eastern Countries
Referat IV E 6 - Counter-Intelligence in the Sounthern Countries

Abteilung IV F - Border Police

Head: SS Obergruppenfuhrer Heinrich Muller

Amt V - KriPo (Kriminal Polizei), German Criminal Police

Abteilung V A - Preventatite KriPo Measures
Abteilung V B - Repressive KriPo Measures
Abteilung V C - Searching and Identification
Abteilung V D - SiPo (Sicherherheits Police) Technical Criminal Institute

Head: SS Gruppenfuhrer Artur Nebe till July 20, 1944. A. Nebe was also commander of the Einsatzgruppe B which acted in Byelourussia. He was sentenced to death and was hanged after failure of the assassination against Hitler.

Amt VI - EXTERNAL POLICE INTELLIGENCE (Ausland-SD)

Abteilung VI A - Organization of Intelligence Services
Abteilung VI B - Espionage in the Western Europe and North Africa

___ Referat VI B 1 - France
Referat VI B 2 - Spain and Portugalia
Referat VI B 3 - North Africa

Abteilung VI C - Espionage in the USSR, his influence area and Japan
Abteilung VI D - Espionage in American Sphere
Abteiling VI E - Espionage in Eastern Europe
Abteilung VI F - Technical Matter for using in Amt VI only

Heads: SS Oberfuhrer Heinz Jost (September 27, 1939 - June 22, 1941);
SS Brigadefuhrer Walter Schellenberg (June 22, 1941 - May 9, 1945)

Basically Amt VI had hundreds of acting agents and spys. Most known was Elias Basna, allias Cicero.
In 1942 the new Abteilung G was founded by Schellenberg. It was created in order to use all scientific information. Also special Abteilung S was founded under command of Otto Skorzenny.

Amt VII - WRITTEN RECORDS

Abteilung VII A - Investigation of the Records and Indexes
Abteilung VII B - Evaluation of the Records ang Biographies
Abteilung VII C - Centralisation of all Archives. Clasification, Index, Musseums, Libraries, Photo Archives

Head: SS Standartenfuhrer Franz-Alfred Siegs; Dr. Paul Dittel

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