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RSHA
Reich Main Security Office
Organized into 7 AMTs (services)

AMT I - PERSONNEL and ORGANIZATION
Recruitment and assignments for all of RSHA.

AMT II -ADMINISTRATION and FINANCE
Payroll and logistical support for all of RSHA.

II A - Organization and Law
II A1 - Organization
II A2 - Legislation
II A3 - Indemnification
II A4 - Defence
II A5 - Confiscations

II B - Passports
II CA - SIPO Budget
II CB - SD Budget
II D - Technical Matters

AMT III - INTERNAL POLICE INTELLIGENCE

III A - Law and Legal Structures
III B - Racial, Ethnic Matters
III C - Cultural, Religious Matters
III D - Industry, Commerce
III G - High Society

AMT IV - GESTAPO (Geheime Staatspolizei) The German Secret State Police that operated above the law with unlimited powers of arrest throughout the Reich. Organized into six subsections.

IV A - Enemies
IV A1 - Communists
IV A2 - Counter-sabotage
IV A3 - Reactionaries, Liberals
IV A4 - Assassinations

IV B - Sects and Churches
IV B1 - Catholics
IV B2 - Protestants
IV B3 - Freemasons
IV B4 - Jews

IV C - Card Index, Party Affairs

IV D - Occupied Territories
IV D1 - Opponents of the Regime
IV D2 - Churches and Sects
IV D3 - Records and Party Matters
IV D4 - Western Territories
IV D5 - Counter-espionage
IV D6 - Aliens

IV E - Counter-Intelligence
IV E1 - In the Reich
IV E2 - Policy Formation
IV E3 - In the West
IV E4 - In Scandinavia
IV E5 - In the East
IV E6 - In the South

IV F - Frontier Police

AMT V - KRIPO The German Criminal Police with powers of arrest in ordinary police matters.

V A - Preventative Measures
V B - Repressive Measures
V C - Identification
V D - Technical Criminal Institute

AMT VI - EXTERNAL POLICE INTELLIGENCE Operated outside of Germany.

VI A - Organization of Intelligence Services
VI B - Espionage in the West
VI C - Espionage in Russia/Japan
VI D - Espionage in American Sphere
VI E - Espionage in Eastern Europe
VI F - Technical Matters

AMT VII - WRITTEN RECORDS

VII A - Administration
VII B - Evaluation

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