Reich Main Security Office

central Intelligence and Police Service (usually in plain clothes) of the SS under the National Socialist regime in Germany from 1939 (to 1945)
Organization intelligence_agency Q152698
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Reich Main Security Office

Summary

Reich Main Security Office is an intelligence agency[1]. It draws 439 Wikipedia views per month (intelligence_agency category, ranking #15 of 133).[2]

Key Facts

  • Reich Main Security Office is in the country of Nazi Germany[3].
  • Reich Main Security Office's instance of is recorded as intelligence agency[4].
  • Reich Main Security Office's instance of is recorded as security agency[5].
  • Reich Main Security Office's instance of is recorded as military police[6].
  • Reich Main Security Office's founder is recorded as Heinrich Himmler[7].
  • Reich Main Security Office's headquarters location is recorded as Berlin[8].
  • Reich Main Security Office's ISNI is recorded as 0000000114984950[9].
  • Reich Main Security Office's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 128940500[10].
  • Reich Main Security Office's GND ID is recorded as 2021970-2[11].
  • Reich Main Security Office's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n84235329[12].
  • Reich Main Security Office's Commons category is recorded as Reich Security Main Office[13].
  • Reich Main Security Office's archives at is recorded as German Federal Archives[14].
  • Reich Main Security Office's chairperson is recorded as Reinhard Heydrich[15].
  • Reich Main Security Office's chairperson is recorded as Heinrich Himmler[16].
  • Reich Main Security Office's chairperson is recorded as Ernst Kaltenbrunner[17].
  • +1939-09-27T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Reich Main Security Office[18].
  • Reich Main Security Office was dissolved in +1945-05-08T00:00:00Z[19].
  • Reich Main Security Office's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02p1gf[20].
  • Reich Main Security Office's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ko2014837898[21].
  • Reich Main Security Office's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Reich Security Main Office[22].
  • Reich Main Security Office's replaces is recorded as Hauptamt Sicherheitspolizei[23].
  • Reich Main Security Office's replaces is recorded as SD-Hauptamt[24].
  • Reich Main Security Office's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Reichssicherheitshauptamt[25].
  • Reich Main Security Office's street address is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Wilhelmstrasse'}[26].
  • Reich Main Security Office's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3906151[27].

Body

Founding

Reich Main Security Office's founder is recorded as Heinrich Himmler[7]. +1939-09-27T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[18].

Leadership

Chairpersons include Reinhard Heydrich[15], a politician[28], 1904–1942[29], of German Reich[30], awarded the German Order[31]; Heinrich Himmler[16], a politician[32], 1900–1945[33], of Nazi Germany[34], awarded the Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of the Red Arrows[35]; and Ernst Kaltenbrunner[17], a politician[36], 1903–1946[37], of Austria[38], awarded the German Cross in Silver[39].

Operations

Reich Main Security Office's headquarters location is recorded as Berlin[8].

Dissolution

Reich Main Security Office was dissolved in +1945-05-08T00:00:00Z[19].

Why It Matters

Reich Main Security Office draws 439 Wikipedia views per month (intelligence_agency category, ranking #15 of 133).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

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  24. [26] . Nuremberg Trials Project. nuremberg.law.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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