us-005578-irn599728
type: RecordSet
archival history: Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv
biographical history: The Reich Main Security Office (German: Reichssicherheitshauptamt, RSHA) was an organization subordinate to Heinrich Himmler in his dual capacities as Chef der Deutschen Polizei (Chief of German Police) and Reichsführer-SS, the head of the Nazi Party's Schutzstaffel (SS). The organization's duty was to fight all"enemies of the Reic" inside and outside the borders of Nazi Germany. The RSHA was created by Himmler on 27 September 1939. Himmler's assumption of total control over all security and police forces in Germany was the"crucial preconditio" for the establishment and growth of the SS state. He combined the Nazi Party's Sicherheitsdienst (SD; SS intelligence service) with the Sicherheitspolizei (SiPo;"Security Polic"), which was nominally under the Interior Ministry. The SiPo was composed of two sub-departments, the Geheime Staatspolizei (Gestapo;"Secret State Polic") and the Kriminalpolizei (Kripo;"Criminal Polic"). The RSHA was often abbreviated to"RSi-" in correspondence to avoid confusion with the SS-Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt (RuSHA;"SS Race and Settlement Offic"). The creation of the RSHA represented the formalization, at the top level, of the relationship under which the SD served as the intelligence agency for the security police. A similar coordination existed in the local offices. Within Germany and areas which were incorporated within the Reich for the purpose of civil administration, local offices of the Gestapo, criminal police, and SD were formally separate. They were subject to coordination by inspectors of the security police and SD on the staffs of the local higher SS and police leaders, however, and one of the principal functions of the local SD units was to serve as the intelligence agency for the local Gestapo units. In the occupied territories, the formal relationship between local units of the Gestapo, criminal police, and SD was slightly closer. Throughout the course of wartime expansion, the RSHA continued to grow at an enormous rate and …
conditions of use: Copyright Holder: Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv
has beginning date: 1934-01-01
has end date: 1934-12-31
has end date: 1944-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 2
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: deu
has or had subject: 000181
has or had subject: 427
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn599728
record resource extent: 1 microfilm reel (partial), 35 mm 113 digital images, JPEG
record resource structure: Fond 1241 (1934-1944).Opis 1; Dela 53. Arranged in two series: 1. Reports, directives and newspapers clippings, 1939-1943; 2. Catholic Church and catholic clergy, list of members of the New Apostolic Church in Weimar, 1938-1940; Selected records arranged in one series: 1. Reports, directives and newspapers clippings, 1939-1943. Note: Location of digital images; Partial microfilm reel # 80: Image#65-178.
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: Consists of the 1939 reports of the SD sector in Eisenach; printed materials on the activities of the Institut zur Erforschung und Beseitigung des jüdischen Einflusses auf das deutsche kirchliche Leben "Institute for the Investigation and Removal of Jewish Influence on German Religious Lif"); a 1942 Himmler directive and other reports and regulations on strengthening SS and police combat forces in occupied Poland and the Eastern Territories, including the recruitment of Ukrainians, Balts, and White Ruthenians under the coordination of SS Brigade Leader Odilo Globočnik. Also included is a report about an Ordnungspolizei special action (Sondereinsatz) in Marseilles in January 1943. Note: USHMM Archives holds only selected records.
title: SD-Guide Sections Weimar und Erfurt SD-Leitabschnitte Weimar und Erfurt (Fond 1241)