us-005578-irn507373-irn615060
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biographical history: The Geheime Staatspolizei (German for Secret State Police, abbreviated “Gestapo”) was the secret police of Nazi Germany, and its main tool of oppression and destruction, which persecuted Germans, opponents of the regime, and Jews. It later played a central role in helping carry out the Nazi's"Final Solution" The Gestapo was formally organized after the Nazis seized power in 1933. Hermann Göring, the Prussian minister of the interior, detached the espionage and political units of the Prussian police and proceeded to staff them with thousands of Nazis. On April 26, 1933, Göring became the commander of this new force that was given power to shadow, arrest, interrogate, and intern any"enemie" of the state. At the same time that Goring was organizing the Gestapo, Heinrich Himmler was directing the SS (Schutzstaffel, German for “Protective Echelon”), Hitler's elite paramilitary corps. In April 1936, he was given command of the Gestapo as well, integrating all of Germany's police units under Himmler. Later in 1936, the Gestapo was merged with the Kriminalpolizei (or “Kripo,” German for Criminal Police). The newly integrated unit was the called the Sicherheitspolizei(or “Sipo,” German for Secret Police). In 1939, during the reorganization of the German armies, the Sipo was joined with an intelligence branch of the military known as the Sicherheitsdienst (“SD,” meaning Security Service). After this merger, the Sipo became known as the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (“RSHA,” meaning Reich Security Central Office), and was headed by Reinhard Heydrich. Because of these frequent changes, the functions of the Gestapo became blurred, and often overlapped with those of the other branches of the German forces. During World War II, the Einsatzgruppen "Task Forc", mobile killing squads) was formed, and came to be an integral part of the Gestapo. It was the Einsatzgruppen's job to round up all the Jews and other “undesirables” living within Germany's newly conquered territories, and to eith…
record resource structure: Fond 1164 (1931-1945). Opis 1, Delo 1-115. Selected records arranged in two series: 1. Investigative cases against Soviet, Ukrainian, and Polish citizens imprisoned in concentration and labor camps in Germany; 2. Questionnaires for obtaining visas and passports, registration cards, statistics, and newspaper clippings. Note: Location of digital images; Partial microfilm reel 394: Image #644-914.
identifier: irn615060
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn507373-irn615060/acquisitions/1
type: RecordSet
conditions of use: Copyright Holder: Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv
is or was included in: us-005578-irn507373
record resource extent: 1 microfilm reel (partial), 16 mm 270 digital images, JPEG
has or had some members with language: deu
has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1944-12-31
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has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1933-01-01
scope and content: Investigation cases against Soviet, Polish and Ukrainian citizens, registration and employment records of Ukrainian refugees from Poland, questionnaires for residents of Nilvingen (Germany), passports, certificates, questionnaires of Soviet and Polish citizens sent for forced labor camps in Germany, clippings, leaflets with reports of escaped Soviet prisoners of war and civilian workers from concentration camps, prisons, and labor work places; statistics of the death of Soviet prisoners of war in the concentration camp in Gross-Rosen and Stalag 318/VIII F (344) (Łambinowice, Poland), various statistics and registration cards on Soviet, Yugoslav, Ukrainian and Polish citizens. Note: USHMM Archives holds only selected records.
has or had holder: us-005578
title: German Police Units Dokumentarmaterial der Polizeiorgane über polnische und sowjetische Bürger, die vor dem Zeiten Weltkrieg in Deutschland lebten oder im Krieg in deutsche Kriegsgefangenschaft gerieten (sowjetische Zusammenstellung)(Fond 1164)
archival history: Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv
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has record set type: Item
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