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supervised the SS Prontarbelterdur£hr;aniT,8larer
(SS Front Labor Transit Camps) which were set up
throughout Europe.
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go SS-Peraonal Hauptamt 1/(SS Personnel Kaln Office)
Address: berlin-Charlottenburg
v.ilnersdorferstrasse 98-99
Chief of the SS Personelhauptant (PHA) was 3S~0ber-
gruppenfuhrer, General d«r Uaffen-SS and Lt. Cen. of
tho Police Maximilian von Herff. Deputy Chief of the
SS-Personal Hauptamt was SS-Brlgf. Adolf Katz. The SS
Personnel Main Office (SS Personal Hauptamt) was a
development of an earlier 3s central administrative in­
stitution, the SS-Per8cnalkanzlei (Personnel Chancellery)
In the reorganization of the *>s central offices that took
plqce in 1940, the Personalkaizlei wns raised to the
status of a Hauptamt and given its present title.
The PHA w«s responsible for the selection and ap­
pointment of ^S personnel in all strategic positions«
Its principle functions *7ere:
1) Maintenance of the personnel records
of all officers of the SS, Allgemeine
S3, SD, and ^affen-S3, including the
(: ermani s che-SS.
1/ A substantial part of this information is ba3e