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;he S.J Wiia controlled by th« re.Coh^ahaber {Inspekteur) dar S•ichor«
helfespoliaal una de? SD (BdS-Cccanander (Inspector) of the Security
Police aad the Secu.-ity Service) -afco was directly responsible to
the gohej^e SS und Poli.z,oi Fuhrer (HSSPf-Higher 86 and Police Leader)
within each Wehrkreis (Militaiy district) The IdS was the psraanent
deputy of the HSSPf and, through the ESSPf„ was responsible for liaison
between 3iPo enti SD on the one hand, and governnu.nt authorities and
Sfesi Party and nilitary officials» on the other, Che term n Befehl»
sha'ber" (commtnder) ia in uto for SiPc and SD'officer« in occupied
and frontier areas whose functions£ owing to the astivities of
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pitrti sen forces were of a s«m:.=>Tailitary natnre The execution of
punitive actions against part:, sen forces and of collective reprisals
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bucua en«, of the sajor responsibilities of the :JdSc Altogether th®
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