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

of PW's were returned mad sent to SS headquarters to equip foreign p.guate«
(Source* Ustfo Bruno Sierka and Fred loch , OSS doo* XL-11146,
At a relatively late stage in tiie war, HT»3Pi seem to kvs baen given
functions of a specific military nature*. An order of Hitler of 7 .-September
1944 ordered the ESSPf Rhoin-Westraark to join th* GaBBancle:,' o ia-ois XII
•with all his foroee in the event of airborne landings and appointed the ESSPf
as successor to ohe Cctwaandar, should the latter become a oat In
a sens©, thie arrangement reaffirmed tie H3SPf in a iunotion h a prohf..
anticipated at the time his office was created. W.s extraordinary executive
passers made the H£SPf the logical choice as the "strong man" wi'Sh authority
tc decree and enforce internal security in case of smergenoy, e.g. war. By
th© same token, che HS£'P£ was given a tei.t on the Dafenea GoaaniSto© sot up
by the Ministerial Council for the Defense of the Raich in each Faioh Defense
Zone. In some occupied territories, a-g.» the Irotactorato, fcltjxaMa, and
(from preceding page)
police offices *.»hich *are centered ii tl e Secretary of Stt.te_ for iaourity and
Highe;.; SS and Polioe loader for the 3C years of
age (Poland #15) j compelling the «Jewish Councils to assist in the consoripti
end induction of Da wish forced labor (Poland #22); creating ghettos in eaoh
of ths five districts of the GG., and ordering Jot's to be deported from all
other places of rasidwioe (Poland #1:28 end #129).
Aooordinj; to other decrees issued by the Governor Gene re 1 >a Kas to
organise forced labor battel ions from all Jewish inhabitants of the GG (Pola*:
and to assist in tha saizure of Jewish property (Poland #24)
Under tho Sighed SS and Polios Leader responsibility for the "supervision"
of Jere in Poland -aas lodged in the ^canarder of the Soourity J'olios (Blerkampf) 0
1« Per further dataila on the lower eofcelens see Chart on tha Allgemeine SS,
Obarabschnitt Organization.
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