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remained responsible for SS administrative matters such as manpower allocation, supplies, personnel transfers, and promotions. The SS-HA had 11 departments (Ämter or
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Commissioner for Germanic Resettlement (RKFDV)
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279:and placed in command of all SS units within
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1251:Police and security services
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371:Nazi concentration camps
1398:Order Police battalions
1309:Reichssicherheitsdienst
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1258:Uniformed police (Orpo)
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402:(Chief Medical Officer)
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444:Germanische Leitstelle
426:(Ideological Training)
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170:Chef des SS-Hauptamtes
1442:SS Division Totenkopf
1437:SS Division Das Reich
1432:Leibstandarte (LSSAH)
933:The SS: A New History
893:McNab, Chris (2009).
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136:Prinz-Albrecht-Straße
94:SS-Oberführerbereiche
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366:SS-Totenkopfverbände
218:SS-Totenkopfverbände
146:Minister responsible
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1426:SS-Verfügungstruppe
1418:Waffen-SS divisions
1371:Rollkommando Hamann
978:Schiffer Publishing
897:. Amber Books Ltd.
745:, pp. 118–119.
733:, pp. 296–298.
656:in the dock at the
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375:extermination camps
336:SS Führungshauptamt
323:SS-Verfügungstruppe
302:SS-Verfügungstruppe
297:concentration camps
211:SS-Verfügungstruppe
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1231:Das Schwarze Korps
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935:. Little, Brown.
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895:The SS: 1923–1945
885:978-0-231-51819-2
864:978-0-19-162212-0
772:, pp. 14–15.
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