Amt VI
E104902
Amt VI was the foreign intelligence branch of Nazi Germany’s Reich Main Security Office (RSHA), responsible for espionage and intelligence operations abroad.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Amt VI canonical | 1 |
| Amt VI (SD-Ausland) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T882772 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Amt VI Context triple: [Reich Main Security Office, hasPart, Amt VI]
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A.
Amt III
Amt III was the domestic intelligence branch of Nazi Germany’s Reich Main Security Office, responsible for internal security and surveillance within the Third Reich.
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B.
Amt VII
Amt VII was a department of Nazi Germany’s Reich Main Security Office responsible for ideological research, propaganda, and the production of antisemitic and other racist materials.
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C.
Amt V
Amt V was the criminal police department (Kriminalpolizei) within Nazi Germany’s Reich Main Security Office, responsible for investigating and suppressing criminal activity under the regime.
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D.
Amt I
Amt I was the personnel office of Nazi Germany’s Reich Main Security Office (RSHA), responsible for administration and staffing of its security and police apparatus.
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E.
Amt II
Amt II was a department within Nazi Germany’s Reich Main Security Office responsible for organizational, administrative, and legal affairs supporting the security and police apparatus.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Amt VI Target entity description: Amt VI was the foreign intelligence branch of Nazi Germany’s Reich Main Security Office (RSHA), responsible for espionage and intelligence operations abroad.
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A.
Amt III
Amt III was the domestic intelligence branch of Nazi Germany’s Reich Main Security Office, responsible for internal security and surveillance within the Third Reich.
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B.
Amt VII
Amt VII was a department of Nazi Germany’s Reich Main Security Office responsible for ideological research, propaganda, and the production of antisemitic and other racist materials.
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C.
Amt V
Amt V was the criminal police department (Kriminalpolizei) within Nazi Germany’s Reich Main Security Office, responsible for investigating and suppressing criminal activity under the regime.
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D.
Amt I
Amt I was the personnel office of Nazi Germany’s Reich Main Security Office (RSHA), responsible for administration and staffing of its security and police apparatus.
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E.
Amt II
Amt II was a department within Nazi Germany’s Reich Main Security Office responsible for organizational, administrative, and legal affairs supporting the security and police apparatus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
department of the Reich Main Security Office
ⓘ
foreign intelligence agency ⓘ |
| activeDuring | World War II ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Sicherheitsdienst
ⓘ
surface form:
Amt VI des Reichssicherheitshauptamtes
Reich Main Security Office ⓘ
surface form:
Office VI of the RSHA
|
| country | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1945 ⓘ |
| dissolvedAsResultOf | defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II ⓘ |
| employer |
Gestapo and SD personnel
ⓘ
SS officers ⓘ |
| function |
analysis of foreign political developments
ⓘ
collection of political and military intelligence abroad ⓘ covert operations in foreign states ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Nazi Party officials
ⓘ
surface form:
Nazi Party leadership
Higher SS and Police Leader (HSSPF) ⓘ
surface form:
SS leadership
|
| hasType | state security intelligence agency ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Berlin ⓘ |
| ideology | Nazism ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
Nazi occupation policies abroad
ⓘ
intelligence support for German military operations ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | foreign countries ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Allied powers
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| parentOrganization |
Reich Main Security Office
ⓘ
surface form:
RSHA
Reich Main Security Office ⓘ |
| partOf |
Nazi security and police structure
ⓘ
Reich Main Security Office ⓘ
surface form:
RSHA
Reich Main Security Office ⓘ SS security apparatus ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
espionage abroad
ⓘ
foreign intelligence ⓘ intelligence operations abroad ⓘ |
| scope |
cultural and ideological intelligence
ⓘ
economic intelligence ⓘ military intelligence ⓘ political intelligence ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
Nazi Party
ⓘ
surface form:
NSDAP
Nazi Party ⓘ
surface form:
National Socialist German Workers Party
|
| subordinateTo |
HeinrichHimmler
ⓘ
surface form:
Heinrich Himmler
Reichsführer-SS ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Nazi era ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
clandestine networks
ⓘ
diplomatic cover ⓘ propaganda and disinformation ⓘ undercover agents ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Amt VI Description of subject: Amt VI was the foreign intelligence branch of Nazi Germany’s Reich Main Security Office (RSHA), responsible for espionage and intelligence operations abroad.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Amt VI (SD-Ausland)