Reich Security Main Office
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intelligence service, police • Secret police • Intelligence agency
| Reich Security Main Office link () | |
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| Predecessor | .mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}, Sicherheitspolizei, (SiPo), Sicherheitsdienst, (SD) |
| Formation | 27 September 1939 |
| Extinction | 8 May 1945 |
| Type | • Secret police • Intelligence agency |
| Subgroups | Gestapo, Sicherheitsdienst, (SD), Sicherheitspolizei, (SiPo), Kriminalpolizei, (Kripo) |
| Staff | 50,648 |
| The organization's stated duty was to fight all "enemies of the [Nazi German] Reich" | |
See also Sicherheitsdienst, SS or Gestapo
The Reich Security Main Office (German:Reichssicherheitshauptamt, RSHA) was an organization under Heinrich Himmler in his dual capacity as Chef der Deutschen Polizei (Chief of German Police) and Reichsführer-SS, the head of the Nazi Party's Schutzstaffel (SS). The organization's stated duty was to fight all "enemies of the Reich" inside and outside the borders of Nazi Germany.
