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coordinated the other bureaus of the RuSHA.' It was
responsible for all problems of organization, personnel,
and equipment. It probably controlled Personalstelle
RuSHA (Personnel Section) which, it is believed, dealt
with the administration of the personnel of RuSHA and
its regional officers ard staffs«
II. Rassenamt or Ra3sennrmptamt (Racial
Office) Chief of tils office wa^ SS-Cruf. Harald Turnero
This office had the general task of demonstrating and
publicising the basic racial dogma of the SS that "blood"
alone determines history, ethics, lpiw, and economics0
It probably absorbed most of the functions of the
former Sippenamt which wa3 responsible for;
1) Maintenance of doctrines of family or
tribal solidarity in the SS as a whole»
2) Supervision of general welfare of the SS,
especially the welfare of dependents of SS men in Armed
Forces.
5) Examination of racial fitness and ancestral
descent of both present members of SS and of new entrants
into SS; maintenance of the Slppenbuch (Oenealogieal Book)
of the SS*
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