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The RSHA, or '''Reichssicherheitshauptamt''' (Reich Security Main Office), was a subsidiary organization of the SS created by Heinrich Himmler on September 22 1939 , through the merger of the '' Sicherheitsdienst '' (SD, or Security Agency), the '' Gestapo '' (Secret State Police) and the '' Kriminalpolizei '' (Criminal Police). The organization's stated duty was to fight all "enemies of the Reich" within and outside the borders of Nazi Germany . Included within the rubric of "enemies" were Communists , Freemasons , Jew s, Gypsies and other "racial undesirables." The first director of the RSHA was Reinhard Heydrich , who led the organization until his Assassination on June 4 , 1942 . Ernst Kaltenbrunner replaced him for the remainder of World War II . The director of the RSHA oversaw the Einsatzgruppen Death Squad s that followed the invasion forces of the German Army into the eastern territories. The organization itself was divided into seven offices (or ''Ämter''):
The RSHA also supplied security forces on an "as needed" basis to local SS And Police Leader s. EXTERNAL LINK |
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