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

A major ohange, however. >ccvrred under the Kazi ra|.i_ats in ac­
cordance wiv.h an agreement of thj IteiohsffShrer-SS und Chef dar dtmtgahen
Polizei Himmler, the lahnpo'lizei also acted as auxiliprie? to the Security
Police forctSp and canto, therefo:?e, taxier the teiohasichere h 3:l t shauptaint anda
to the extent to ^licb its members were engaged in Security Pel ice (Sipo)
duties, undor the Qhgf_ dor aleuts-sher Itolizeio
The fta;in3ohutgpoli8e"i iter') i branch of '.ha Bahtipoliseic ?Jhen,
together with the Poatachuta, r similar orgar.ination of tic postal authoriti03
it Tunas taker, over in lat© 1942 b;r the SS, under 3S Obergruppenführer Berg.
they were btth reorganized and a third, the SS Ponkschuts, was formed to
rd and police radio installations, such as tha Hundfund"aoe (Central
Broadcasting louse) in Berlin, and transmitters and power giantso
Parscmel o£ these special. :;mits presumably were 1 ill time members
of the Allgemeine SS end wore tha alack unifcm ->£ that branch of the SS
iihen an duty» rhsy were armed and received military truiiir
(b) Other \mi"E; The various Oberabao irifrt» and Abschnitt«
also controlled the activities o.J auxiliary bn-nshes, sctna o*' «thick ware*
SS Sports There was one nucb organizeti.cn within JBO.I Qb?>rabBchnitto
It was orgariaed into SS Sportab-te llungen (Sections) and >£ ogortaannschaiten
(teams) 9 which trained with the llifclor Youth and with the Pertervs of the
Allgemeine 5S>
S3 Werlcspolizel (Industrial Police)» Thla or^aniz itim» trained and
controlled by the SS, furnished offisers for the Workg^husz '.special pro­
tective services ix* factories) o Its functions included c n.ater=espionag
counter-sabotage, and counter-pri>pj.ganda«. In addition t? taese general
duties were added «mergenoy dutios during air-raids and aieaft' attacks,.
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