The Sicherheitspolizei (security police) was a term used in Nazi Germany to described the combined forces of the Gestapo and Sicherheitsdienst (the SD) between 1934 and 1939. The term originated after the SS absorbed the Prussian Secret Police (predecessor of the Gestapo) and the Gestapo and SD were placed under the central command of Reinhard Heydrich. In practice, however, the Gestapo and SD frequently came into jurisdictional conflict with each other, due in large part that Heinrich Müller, head of the Gestapo, found the SD an incompetent agency. Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... The Deaths Head emblem similar to Skull and crossbones, often used as the insignia of the Gestapo The (contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei; secret state police) was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. ... Sicherheitsdienst (SD) sleeve insignia. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The infamous double-sig rune SS insignia. ... The Prussian Secret Police (German: Preußische Geheimpolizei) was the state police agency of the German state of Prussia in the 19th century and early 20th century. ... Reinhard Heydrich as SS-Gruppenführer Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich (March 7, 1904 – June 4, 1942, Prague) was an SS-Obergruppenführer, chief of the Reich Security Main Office (which included the Gestapo, security agency and criminal police) and Reich governor of Bohemia and Moravia. ... Heinrich Müller (May 28, 1900-?) was the head of Nazi Germanys RSHAs Amt IV and led the Gestapo from 1939 until his mysterious disappearance at the close of World War II. He served as a Military Pilot 1917-1919 [[1]] and received the Iron Cross [1st and...

In 1936, with the creation of the Ordnungspolizei and the Kriminalpolizei, the Sicherheitspolizei became the top tier of a three level state police force. The three branches were commonly known as the Sipo, Kripo, and Orpo. 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Flag of the Ordnungspolizei The Ordnungspolizei was the name for the regular German police force that existed in Nazi Germany between the years of 1936 and 1945. ... The Kriminalpolizei was the professional detective service of Germany between 1936 and 1945. ...

In 1939, with the founding of the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA), the Sicherheitspolizei as a functioning office ceased to exist. The term survived in common usage, however, and was most often used by local security force commanders who adopted the title Inspektor des Sicherheitspolizei und SD. Such personnel typically had command over all SD, Gestapo, Kripo, and Orpo units in their area of responsibility and performed duties befitting a modern day Chief of Police. The Inspectors of the Security Police answered to both the RSHA and to local SS and Police Leaders. RSHA, or the Reichssicherheitshauptamt, was a subsidiary organization of the SS created by Heinrich Himmler on September 22, 1939, through the merger of the Sicherheitsdienst, the Gestapo and the Kriminalpolizei. ... Chief of Police is the title typically given to the head of a police department, particularly in the United States and Canada. ... Higher SS and Police Leaders were senior Nazi Party officials that commanded large units of the SS during and prior to the Second World War. ...

Following the end of the Second World War, the phrase Sicherheitspolizei appeared in East Germany as a title for some components of the East German secret police forces. These forces were considered by many to be direct successors to Nazi agencies such as the Gestapo and SD. Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II... GDR redirects here. ...

The organizations of the Schutzstaffel (SS) view • talk • edit
SS branches
Allgemeine-SS | Waffen-SS
Leadership
Reichsführer-SS | Regional leaders
Headquarters
Office of the Reichsführer-SS | Head Administrative Office | Head Operational Ofice | Reich Central Security Office | Police Office | Economics and Administration Office | Office of Race and Settlement | Main Office for Ethnic Germans | Office of the Reich Commissioner for Germanic Resettlement | SS Courts Office | Personnel Office | Education Office
Special services
Concentration camp guards | Death squads | Hitler's bodyguards | Intelligence service (SD)
Police units
Regular police (Orpo) | Criminal police (Kripo) | Secret police: Gestapo and Sipo
Waffen-SS units
Waffen-SS corps | Waffen-SS divisions