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conceived a3 that of a liaison officer betwsen the RF-SS and ths HQ of the
Föhrer» As Chief of Staff he coordinated the activity of the miscellaneous
offices. They included:
W Rohstof-taint RF-SS (Raw Materials Department PF--SS). '.'his of floe
had. its headquarters in Berlin and branch offices in various foreign coun­
tries. AH bulk purchases for the'SS except leather and textilo goods had
to be handled through this office. la addition, tha Rohstoffaiii'v aided SS
authorities in theb. individual purchaser and prescribed appropriate «sources
of supply,, It is possible that this office was in charge of disposition of
bulk goods confiscated during SS operations,,
(2^ SS Mannsjhaftahauser (SS Mens' Halls). Strictly spetking these
Institutions were an office (Dienststelle V of the Allgemeine SSt actually
they were administered by SS-Oborfttbror Ellersieck fror, his office on the
personal staff of its RF-SS. The function of the Lien's Halls Was to train
3S officers who intended to take up careers in the professions cr civil
service -- in shor: in occupations outside the professional SS career. The
intent was to secure SS influence in aroas of German life which in general
were less accessibj.e to political prensure. It was In a sense tha SS coun­
terpart of the old student fraternity. Activitias were carried on in Halls
in the larger cities where the students would meet for tea, political
l ° QrgRniaB.tion3bvch der NSDAP. 1943, p. 420. '»Der Chef des ^ersSnlichen
Stabc3 ist st&äd'.fler Verbinduncsfflhrer des Eeishsfflhrers-SS im Führertjaupt.fiiifirt.i'^r
und bearbei'oet dort alle Fragen ier SS einschliesslich,
der Waffen-SS und der PollaeiP
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