Chief of the Reich Main Security Office

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Nazi government office security leadership position

The Chief of the Reich Main Security Office was the top Nazi security official overseeing the Gestapo, criminal police, and intelligence services, and played a central role in organizing the Holocaust and other state terror operations.

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nazi government office ⓘ security leadership position ⓘ
associatedWithCrime	crimes against humanity ⓘ genocide ⓘ war crimes ⓘ
considered	central coordinating office for Nazi security policy ⓘ key organ of Nazi terror apparatus ⓘ
country	Nazi Germany ⓘ
createdBy	HeinrichHimmler ⓘ surface form: Heinrich Himmler
endDate	1945-05 ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Berlin ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Third Reich ⓘ World War II ⓘ
ideology	Nazism ⓘ antisemitism ⓘ
jurisdiction	Nazi Germany ⓘ surface form: German Reich German-occupied Europe ⓘ
legalStatus	part of SS and police leadership structure ⓘ
nativeLabel	Chef des Reichssicherheitshauptamtes ⓘ
oversaw	Gestapo ⓘ Kripo ⓘ surface form: Kriminalpolizei Reich Main Security Office ⓘ Sicherheitsdienst ⓘ
partOf	Reich Main Security Office ⓘ
positionHeldBy	Ernst Kaltenbrunner ⓘ ReinhardHeydrich ⓘ surface form: Reinhard Heydrich
responsibleFor	coordination of Nazi security and intelligence services ⓘ counterintelligence operations ⓘ deportations to concentration and extermination camps ⓘ mass shootings in Eastern Europe ⓘ organization of the Holocaust ⓘ persecution of Jews ⓘ persecution of Roma and Sinti ⓘ persecution of political opponents ⓘ political repression in Nazi Germany ⓘ security policy in occupied territories ⓘ state terror operations ⓘ suppression of resistance movements ⓘ
startDate	1939-09-27 ⓘ
subordinateTo	HeinrichHimmler ⓘ surface form: Heinrich Himmler Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
usedFor	coordination of Einsatzgruppen ⓘ enforcement of racial laws ⓘ implementation of the Final Solution ⓘ surveillance of population ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ReinhardHeydrich → positionHeld → Chief of the Reich Main Security Office ⓘ

subject surface form: Reinhard Heydrich