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

Signal Office at the FtthrunKshauptaat.
(&) Liaison office with SS Legal Department,,
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{p^ Section for Rest Homes for ?affen-SS men on furlough. This office
managed at least six rest camps for SS men on furlough and their families.
(6) Attached Section of the Hitler Youth (Kommandierte Abteilung HJ).
which was divided into (Streifendienst) Patrol Service and (Landdienst) Land
Service. This was one of the organisations, attached to the SS, which car­
ried on terroristic activity. The cliief contact between SS and HJ was or­
ganized in and through the SS Hauptamt» The SS provided officers for the
HJ Streifendienste instructors for the so-called Wehrertflchtlgungslager
(Defense Training Camps), and bot- officers and instructors for the Land-
djLens£. In turn, the SS drew its HJ recruits mainly from the HJ Streifen­
dienst .
(7^) Front Service of the German Post Office (Fronthilfe DRP). This
was special transport service for the Wafl'en-SS r/ith vehicles provided by
the German Post Office.
(8^) Finnish Liaison Section (Finnische Verbindungsstelle)»
(9.) Office of Garrison Commands (Standortffihrungsamt).
(lO^ Office for Administration of Regulations (Vorscriften Verwaltung)»'
(U.) Schools and Camps.
The SS Behnschutz (SS Railroad Guards) and the SS Postschutz (SS Postal
Guards) w~re reported to have been, at .least temporarily, under the juris­
diction of the Chief of the SS Hauptamt. Effective as of 1 October 1944 Himmler,
by decree of the Fuhrer, was given the custody of all internees and prisoners
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