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There were, further, a number of institutions
and schools under the direct administration and supervision
of the Hauptamt OrPo. These Included hospitals, officers
schools, research institutes, and general training schools
for the police.
M Heisameyer
j» Dienstelle SS-Obergruppenfulirer /(Bureau SS~Ober­
gruppenführer August Helssme/er) Chief of this office wa3
SS-oberrruppenfuhrer August Heissmeyer. This office, at-
tachod to Helssmeyer's Superior S S and Police Command in
Berlin, was responsible for the supervision of the National-
poll tische Erziehungsanstalten ("Napolis*) 1/ and the
Heimschulen (German Polk Schools). Both types of schools
were financed by the Government and were designed to train
run-of-the-mill Party leader«. Candidates of higher caliber
were trained at the Adolf Hitler Schulen and the Orden­
sburgen.
The first Napolis were established in 1933 to
take the place of former military schools for commissioned
officers; by the end of the war thirty-four schools of
this type were functioning. Their specific aim was to
train a corps of reliable commissioned officers and non-coms
1/ According to "a recent report, Genlt. d.P0i Kurt Gohrum
is believed to have replaced Heisameyer as Inspector-
General for Napoli and the Holmschulen in the letter
half of 1944 (oas CID 119740T"
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