Kripo

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criminal police organization law enforcement agency subdivision of the SS

Kripo was the criminal police branch of Nazi Germany, responsible for investigating non-political crimes under the broader control of the SS.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	criminal police organization → law enforcement agency → subdivision of the SS →
activeDuring	Nazi era →
collaboratedWith	Gestapo → Sicherheitsdienst →
controlledBy	SS →
country	Nazi Germany →
dissolvedAfter	defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945 →
distinctFrom	Gestapo → Ordnungspolizei → Sicherheitsdienst →
headquartersLocation	Berlin →
ideologicalAlignment	National Socialism →
involvedIn	Nazi system of repression → enforcement of racial policies → persecution of Roma and Sinti → persecution of so-called habitual criminals →
jurisdiction	civilian population of Nazi Germany →
languageOfName	German →
legalBasis	Nazi criminal law →
nameMeaning	criminal police →
notableFor	integration into Nazi security apparatus → participation in Nazi crimes →
operatedIn	Germany →
organizationalStructure	centralized under SS control →
oversightBy	Heinrich Himmler →
partOf	Reich Main Security Office →
responsibleFor	criminal investigations → investigation of non-political crimes →
shortFor	Kriminalpolizei →
subordinateTo	Reich Security Main Office →
successor	post-war German criminal police forces →
timePeriod	1930s → 1940s →
typeOfCrimesInvestigated	fraud → murder → sexual offenses → theft →
usedMethods	coercive interrogation → informant networks → surveillance →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chief of the Reich Main Security Office ("Kriminalpolizei") → Reich Main Security Office ("Kriminalpolizei") → Reich Main Security Office →	oversaw
SD →	collaboratedWith
Protection Squadron →	controls
Inland-SD →	cooperatedWith
Kripo ("criminal police") →	nameMeaning
Reich Main Security Office ("Kriminalpolizei") →	precededBy
Kripo ("Kriminalpolizei") →	shortFor
Schutzstaffel →	subOrganization