Organization
head of a branch office of the RSHA in the occupied territories
Be the first in the room — members see you arrive.
Join the roomBefehlshaber der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD (BdS), or Commanders of the Security Police and the SD, were regional commanders of the Nazi Sicherheitspolizei (SiPo – security police) and the Sicherheitsdienst (SD – security service). They reported directly to the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA) of the Schutzstaffel (SS). The first of these positions was created in 1939 before the Second World War to administer security and intelligence functions in German-occupied Europe. They were instrumental in executing the Nazi policy of terror, mass murder and genocide during the Holocaust.
