R & A No. 3113.7 / Principal Nazi Organizations Involved in the ...

la. Operations and Intelligence
lb. Supply
IIa. Officer Personnel
lib. Other Ranks Personnel
IVa. Admirlstration
IVb. Medical
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A second inportent category of functionaries uithin the Personal
Staff was the group of Special Officer;» responsible to Himmler personally,
but immediately subordinate to the Fgl/ikonmyaidostui." In. They were:
(l^) Chef des Pernmeldewesens beim RF-SS und Rtj__drI (Chief cf Com-
mvnications on tho Staff of RF-SS and Minister of Inferior). Tho communi­
cations chief, SS-C^ereruppenfflhrer and General de? ^affea-SS Ernst Sachs,
hsxl his headquarters in Berlin. He van charged with the Supervision of all
signal communications for the Police„ i'»S, and MIniit:*y of the Interior.
His office conducted technical research in com; unica^ions and trained of~
fleers and enlisted personnel, both men and women, in signal services.
(2^) Reichsarzt SS und Polizei (Kelch Medical Officer of SS and Police).
S§-Oberfgruppenfuhj'er und General der ffaf^en^SS. Ernst Robert Grawitz, the
head of tho SS Medical Bureau, served on the Personal Staff as advisor to
Hlnmler. His office was responsible for medical service in all SS and
Police installations. His office also supervised thn training of SS medical
officers and conducted special medics 1 research. In this connection the
possibility exist« that he may have been associated vith the utilisation of
concentration ca.np prisoners for wedictl experiments. Outside thj SS he
held the office of executive president of the Geraen Red Crosu. Within the
1. See OSS, R4A, Field Memo 257 (FS-^5), 10 May 19/5, P. 27«
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