R S H A
Reichssicherheitshauptamt
Reich Main
Security Office
Heads __of the RSHA__ |
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SS Obergruppenfuhrer |
SS Obergruppenfuhrer |
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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