Security Police

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The Security Police were a Nazi German security and intelligence organization that combined the Gestapo and Kripo under SS control to suppress opposition and enforce terror in occupied territories.

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Security Police canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi security organization
intelligence agency
activity arbitrary arrests
deportation of Jews
interrogation and torture
persecution of resistance movements
terror in occupied territories
collaboratedWith Einsatzgruppen
SD
SS-Totenkopfverbände
combines Gestapo
Kripo
controlledBy SS
country Nazi Germany
dissolved 1945
hasComponent Gestapo
Kripo
historicalContext World War II
ideology Nazism
languageOfOperation German
legalStatusPostwar criminal organization (as determined by Allied tribunals)
operatedIn Germany
occupied Europe
oversaw criminal investigations of regime opponents
political investigations
partOf SS
politicalAlignment National Socialist German Workers Party
linked to: Nazi Party
purpose counterintelligence
enforcement of Nazi racial policies
political policing
suppression of political opposition
responsibleFor Holocaust atrocities
crimes against humanity
war crimes
shortName SiPo
subordinateTo Reich Main Security Office
supervisedBy Reichsführer-SS
timePeriod Nazi era
usedMethod extrajudicial killings
informant networks
secret surveillance

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