Nazi_Police
There were two main Police forces of Nazi Germany under the Reichsführer-SS, Heinrich Himmler from 1936:
- Ordnungspolizei (Orpo; order police) consisting of the regular uniformed police
- Gemeindepolizei (GemPo; municipal protection police)
- Schutzpolizei (SchuPo; state protection police)
- Sicherheitspolizei (SiPo; security police) consisting of two sub-departments, the Geheime Staatspolizei (Gestapo; secret state police) and Kriminalpolizei (Kripo; criminal police)
In September 1939, the SiPo and the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) were folded into the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA; Reich Security Main Office) where they were made separate departments.