Amt V

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Amt V was the criminal police department (Kriminalpolizei) within Nazi Germany’s Reich Main Security Office, responsible for investigating and suppressing criminal activity under the regime.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Kriminalpolizei department
department of the Reich Main Security Office
activeDuring World War II
surface form: Second World War
alsoKnownAs Kripo
Office V
collaboratedWith Gestapo
surface form: Gestapo (Amt IV)

Sicherheitsdienst
surface form: Sicherheitsdienst (SD)
controlledBy SS
country Nazi Germany
dissolutionCause defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II
dissolved 1945
formedFrom Reich Main Security Office
surface form: Reich Criminal Police Office (Reichskriminalpolizeiamt)
fullName Reich Main Security Office
surface form: Amt V (Reichskriminalpolizeiamt)
function criminal police department
investigation of criminal offenses
suppression of criminal activity
headquartersLocation Berlin
hierarchicalLevel office (Amt) within RSHA
ideologicalRole enforcement of Nazi racial and social policies
instrument of Nazi repression
involvedIn persecution of groups labeled as criminal or asocial
support for broader Nazi security and terror policies
jurisdiction German Empire
surface form: German Reich

occupied territories to varying degrees
languageOfName German
legalStatus state police authority under SS control
organizationalType police agency
security service component
partOf Reich Main Security Office
Reich Main Security Office
surface form: Sicherheitspolizei (SiPo)
predecessor Reich Main Security Office
surface form: Reichskriminalpolizeiamt
responsibleFor criminal investigations
enforcement of many non-political criminal laws
policing so‑called asocial elements
policing so‑called habitual criminals
shortName Amt V
subordinateTo Chief of the Security Police and the SD
Reich Main Security Office
surface form: Reich Main Security Office (RSHA)

HeinrichHimmler
surface form: Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler
timePeriod Nazi era

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