SS Security Service (SD)

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The SS Security Service (SD) was Nazi Germany’s intelligence and security agency of the SS, responsible for surveillance, repression, and ideological control within the Third Reich and occupied territories.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi organization
intelligence agency
security service
activity collection of political intelligence
preparation of situation reports
support for mass murder operations
support for occupation policies
surveillance of Nazi Party members
surveillance of churches
surveillance of cultural life
collaboratedWith Einsatzgruppen
Gestapo
Ordnungspolizei
country Nazi Germany
dissolved 1945
foundedBy Heinrich Himmler
Reinhard Heydrich
hasPart Ausland-SD
Inland-SD
headquartersLocation Berlin
ideology Nazism
anti-communism
antisemitism
racism
inception 1931
language German
legalStatusAfterWar criminal organization (Nuremberg Trials)
nativeName Sicherheitsdienst des Reichsführers-SS
notableCommander Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Reinhard Heydrich
Walter Schellenberg
operatedIn Third Reich
occupied Europe
parentOrganization Reich Main Security Office (RSHA)
partOf Reich Main Security Office (RSHA)
Schutzstaffel (SS)
responsibleFor domestic intelligence
foreign intelligence
ideological control
monitoring public opinion
persecution of Jews
persecution of Roma
persecution of political dissidents
political surveillance
repression of political opponents
shortName SD
subordinateTo Heinrich Himmler
Reichsführer-SS

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Anglo-American intelligence cooperation ("Security Service")
includesOrganization
Inland-SD ("SS Security Service")
partOf
Gestapo
subordinateTo

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