point Frick was fully informed about the shift in power relations in Himmler’s favour that had already occurred. See also doc. PS-775, in
IMT
, vol. 26, pp. 289 ff., undated memo by Daluege in which he presented the alternatives of locating responsibility for all questions involving the political police either with the Reich Interior Minister or with the Gestapa, which in this case would become a Reich ministry.
73 . BAB, NS 19/1447, 18 October 1935; see also Herbert,
Best
, 169.
74 . The mention of Frick’s ‘Gestapa edict’ must refer to his letter of 21 September 1935 (see n. 72); see also Tuchel,
Konzentrationslager
, 313.
75 . BAB NS 19/3582, note by Himmler 18 October 1935. The minute states: ‘There were lengthy discussions about the question of the leadership academies, internal unrest and the Verfügungstruppe, about the question of the asocial elements and how to secure them in special re-education camps, as well about tougher action against the communists. The Führer approved the leadership schools in principle and, within the framework of the consolidation of the whole of the police force, they are to become the responsibility of the Reichsführer-SS either in the role of a state secretary in the Interior Ministry or directly under the Führer.’ See Wegner,
Politische Soldaten
, 109. The mention of ‘approval for the leadership academies’, which had in fact already been founded, must refer to their financing being taken over by the state.
76 . Browder,
Foundations
, 207; Peter Hoffmann,
Die Sicherheit des Diktators. Hitlers Leibwachen, Schutzmaßnahmen, Residenzen, Hauptquartiere
(Munich, etc., 1975), 51 ff.; BAB, R 18/5627, note by Pfundtner for Frick, 21 October 1935, and R 43 II/102, Lammers to Himmler, 22 October 1935; NS 19/2196, Himmler’s minute after his interview with Hitler, 18 October 1935: ‘After Lammers had been immediately summoned the security commando was subordinated to the Reichsführer-SS.’
77 . BAB, NS 19/1269, two letters to the Reich Minister of Justice, 6 November 1935; see also Tuchel,
Konzentrationslager
, 315 f.
78 . BAB, R 22/1467, Himmler’s agreement in principle of 6 January 1936, and R 22/5032, Gürtner to Frick, 27 March 1936, concerning the arrangement agreed in the meantime with Himmler. For further details see Gruchmann, ‘Justiz’, 571 ff.
79 . Edict Concerning the Appointment of a Chief of the German Police in the Reich Ministry of the Interior,
RGBl
1933 I, 487 f.
80 . BAB, R 43 II/391, contains a copy of Himmler’s order of 26 June 1936, appointing Daluege and Heydrich as heads of the new main offices. There is also a copy of a Himmler order for the allocation of duties within the sphere of the Chief of the German Police in which he determined the respective responsibilities of the order and security police.
81 .
RMBliV
1936, Sp. 1339.
82 . Thus, for example, in a letter dated 10 December 1937 the Baden Gauleiter, Wagner, complained about the fact that ‘the Reich Governor who carries the political responsibility has no influence on the political police’ (Stolle,
Geheime Staatspolizei
, 95, quoting Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe, 233/27892).
CHAPTER 9
1 . BAB, R 19/379. In the report in the
Völkischer Beobachter
about Himmler’s induction as Chief of the German Police the anti-Semitic statements in Himmler’s speech were excluded, probably in view of the caution being exercised in Jewish persecution in the Olympic year of 1936.
2 . Best, ‘Reichsführer SS’, referred here to the ‘potency of the State protection corps’, in that it ‘now links the German police with the ideological commitment of the SS’.
3 . Hans Frank
et al.
,
Grundfragen der deutschen Polizei. Bericht über die konstituierende Sitzung des Ausschusses für Polizeirecht der Akademie für Deutsches Recht am 11. Oktober 1936
(Hamburg, 1936), Himmler’s contribution, 11–16.
4 . Günter Neliba,
Wilhelm Frick. Der
IMT
, vol. 26, pp. 289 ff., undated memo by Daluege in which he presented the alternatives of locating responsibility for all questions involving the political police either with the Reich Interior Minister or with the Gestapa, which in this case would become a Reich ministry.
73 . BAB, NS 19/1447, 18 October 1935; see also Herbert,
Best
, 169.
74 . The mention of Frick’s ‘Gestapa edict’ must refer to his letter of 21 September 1935 (see n. 72); see also Tuchel,
Konzentrationslager
, 313.
75 . BAB NS 19/3582, note by Himmler 18 October 1935. The minute states: ‘There were lengthy discussions about the question of the leadership academies, internal unrest and the Verfügungstruppe, about the question of the asocial elements and how to secure them in special re-education camps, as well about tougher action against the communists. The Führer approved the leadership schools in principle and, within the framework of the consolidation of the whole of the police force, they are to become the responsibility of the Reichsführer-SS either in the role of a state secretary in the Interior Ministry or directly under the Führer.’ See Wegner,
Politische Soldaten
, 109. The mention of ‘approval for the leadership academies’, which had in fact already been founded, must refer to their financing being taken over by the state.
76 . Browder,
Foundations
, 207; Peter Hoffmann,
Die Sicherheit des Diktators. Hitlers Leibwachen, Schutzmaßnahmen, Residenzen, Hauptquartiere
(Munich, etc., 1975), 51 ff.; BAB, R 18/5627, note by Pfundtner for Frick, 21 October 1935, and R 43 II/102, Lammers to Himmler, 22 October 1935; NS 19/2196, Himmler’s minute after his interview with Hitler, 18 October 1935: ‘After Lammers had been immediately summoned the security commando was subordinated to the Reichsführer-SS.’
77 . BAB, NS 19/1269, two letters to the Reich Minister of Justice, 6 November 1935; see also Tuchel,
Konzentrationslager
, 315 f.
78 . BAB, R 22/1467, Himmler’s agreement in principle of 6 January 1936, and R 22/5032, Gürtner to Frick, 27 March 1936, concerning the arrangement agreed in the meantime with Himmler. For further details see Gruchmann, ‘Justiz’, 571 ff.
79 . Edict Concerning the Appointment of a Chief of the German Police in the Reich Ministry of the Interior,
RGBl
1933 I, 487 f.
80 . BAB, R 43 II/391, contains a copy of Himmler’s order of 26 June 1936, appointing Daluege and Heydrich as heads of the new main offices. There is also a copy of a Himmler order for the allocation of duties within the sphere of the Chief of the German Police in which he determined the respective responsibilities of the order and security police.
81 .
RMBliV
1936, Sp. 1339.
82 . Thus, for example, in a letter dated 10 December 1937 the Baden Gauleiter, Wagner, complained about the fact that ‘the Reich Governor who carries the political responsibility has no influence on the political police’ (Stolle,
Geheime Staatspolizei
, 95, quoting Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe, 233/27892).
CHAPTER 9
1 . BAB, R 19/379. In the report in the
Völkischer Beobachter
about Himmler’s induction as Chief of the German Police the anti-Semitic statements in Himmler’s speech were excluded, probably in view of the caution being exercised in Jewish persecution in the Olympic year of 1936.
2 . Best, ‘Reichsführer SS’, referred here to the ‘potency of the State protection corps’, in that it ‘now links the German police with the ideological commitment of the SS’.
3 . Hans Frank
et al.
,
Grundfragen der deutschen Polizei. Bericht über die konstituierende Sitzung des Ausschusses für Polizeirecht der Akademie für Deutsches Recht am 11. Oktober 1936
(Hamburg, 1936), Himmler’s contribution, 11–16.
4 . Günter Neliba,
Wilhelm Frick. Der
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