Extract from an administrative handbook, identifying various divisions, offices, and office-holders in the Ministry of the Interior, including Himmler as chief of police and Konstantin Hierl as labor leader

MANUAL FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIALS, (1943) [Taschenbuch fuer Verwaltungsbeamte] Pages 12-37.
II. Reich Ministry of the Interior. * * *
Reich Minister of the Interior: Dr. Frick.
Chief of the Bureau of the Minister: Dr. Draeger, Ministerial Councillor.
Adjutant: Radtke, Major of Gendarmerie.
General Councillor of the Minister: Dr. Draeger, Ministerial Councillor.
Legal Councillor: Dr. Rudmann, Ministerial Councillor.
First State Secretary: Pfundtner, deputy of the Minister.
At Special Disposal of the State Secretary: Keibel, Ministerial Councillor.
Public Relations Officer: Dr. Draeger, Ministerial Dirigent.
State Secretaries: Dr. Stuckart; Dr. Conti, Reich Health Leader.
Reichsfuehrer SS and Chief of the German Police in the Reich Ministry of the Interior: Himmler.
Reich Labor Leader in the Ministry of the Interior: Hierl, Reich Leader.
Director of the Ministerial Bureaus: Weber, Superior Government Councillor.
Corporate Groups Administrator: Sevecke, Ministerial Councillor.
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Under the Immediate Direction of the Reich Ministry of the Interior: .
Reich Administration School in Pirna (Saxony). Further schools are being organized.
Central Division (Budget, Finance and Accounting Matters, Business Matters and Distribution, Cabinet Matters, Library, etc.)
State Secretary Dr. Stuckart.
In charge of Divisions I (Constitution, Legislation, Administration and Annexed Territories) and I R (Civilian Defense of the Reich and the Occupied Territories), also of the jurisdiction of the Chief of Staff of the General Plenipotentiary for the Reich Administration.
Deputy: Ehrenberger, Ministerial Dirigent.
At Personal Disposal of the State Secretary: Kettner, Ministerial Councillor.
At Personal Disposal of the Ministerial Director: von Herder, Government Councillor.
Division 1 (Constitution, Legislation, Administration and Annexed Territories) with 7 sub-divisions.
Chief of the Entire Division I: Dr. Stuckart, State Secretary.
Permanent Deputy: Ehrensberger, Ministerial Director.
Sub-division I Organization (Constitution and Organization).
Sub-division I Administration (Legislation and Administrative Law).
Sub-division I Sta. R. (Citizenship and Race).
Sub-division I Southeast (New Order in the Southeast)
Sub-division IBM (Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia).
Sub-division I East (New Order in the East).
Sub-division I West (New Order in the West).
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Division IR (Civilian Defense of the Reich and the Occupied Territories) with 3 sub-divisions.
Chief: Ehrensberger, Ministerial Director.
Sub-division R-V (Defense of the Reich)
Sub-division I R-W (Military Law and Policies)
Sub-division I R-S (War Damages)
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Division P (Personnel Division) ,
Chief: Dr. von Helms, Ministerial Director.
Sub-division A (General Matters; Personnel Matters of the Political Officials and Aspirants).
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Sub-division B (Personnel Matters of Other Officials in the Highest Bracket).
Sub-division C (Personnel Matters of Officials in the Medium High, Medium and Lower Brackets, as well as of the Employees and Wage Earners).
Division II (Civil Service and Reich Examination Board)
Chief: Ruediger, Ministerial Director-Sub-division A (General Law of Civil Servants, Civil Servants' Policies, Civil Service Aspirants, Education, Training and Advanced Training of Civil Servants).
Sub-division B (Pay, Extra-Curricular Activities, Travelling Expenses, Moving Expenses, Welfare of Civil Servants, Veterans, Matters of Employees and Workers).
Sub-division C (Welfare)
Reich Examination Board for the Higher and Medium High Civil Service.
President: Ruediger, Ministerial Director.
State Secretary Dr. Conti, Reich Health Leader
In charge of Divisions III (Veterinary Matters) and IV (Health Matters and Social Hygiene).
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Division 111 (Veterinary Administration)
Chief: Dr. Weber, Professor, Ministerial Director.
Sub-division A:
Sub-division B:
Division IV (Health Matters and Social Hygiene)
Chief: Dr. Cropp, Ministerial Director
Sub-division IV A (Organization, Administration and Budget Matters)
Sub-division IV B (Personnel Matters)
Sub-division IV C (Heredity and Racial Welfare)
Sub-division IV W (Social Welfare)
Sub-division IV J (Youth Welfare)
Division V (Municipality Division)
Chief: Dr. Suren, Ministerial Director.
Sub-division I:
Sub-division II:
Under Section 16, sub-section 3 of the Statute Concerning the Constitution and Administration of the Reich capital Berlin, dated 1 December 1936, and according to section 11 of the Statute
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Concerning the Constitution and Administration of the Hanseatic City of Hamburg, and according to section 5 of the First Supplementary Decree for the Carrying Out of the Statute Concerning Austrian Provinces, the following office comes within the jurisdiction of Division V: .
Supervisory Board for Municipalities Established at the Reich Ministry of The Interior (Reich Capital Berlin, Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Vienna)
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Division VI (Germanism, Welfare Border Regions, Non-German Folk Groups, Archive Matters, Public Trusts, Colonial Problems, Colonial Schools, and Survey Matters).
Chief: Dr. Vollert, Ministerial Director.
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Division VIII (Sports and Athletics)
Chief: vacant
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Attached:
Reich Appraisal Board (Reichsfeststellungsbehoerde at the Reich Ministry of the Interior)
Chief: Dr. Sibeth, Ministerial Councillor.
Upper Chambers First Lower Chambers Second Lower Chambers Third Lower Chambers
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REICHSFUEHER SS AND CHIEF OF THE GERMAN POLICE IN THE REICH MINISTRY OF THE. INTERIOR.
Chief: Himmler, Reichsfuehrer SS, Reich Leader, Prussian State Councillor, Member of the Reichstag, Reich Commissioner for the Strengthening of German Folkdom.
A. Order Police [Ordnungspolizei]
Chief: Daluege, Colonel General of the Police, SS Colonel General, Prussian State Councillor, Member of the Reichstag.
General Inspectors:
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Office of Administration and Laio
Chief: Bracht, Ministerial Director, SS Major General. Chief of Office Group I: Rheins, Ministerial Councillor. Chief of Office Group II: Dr. Bader, Ministerial Dirigent, SS Brigade' General.
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Cliief of office III: Scheidel, Ministerial Dirigent. Group Leaders (Ministerial Councillors):
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Command Office
Chief: Winkelmann, Major General of the Pólice, SS Major General.
Chief of Office Group I: Grueriwald, Brigadier General of the Pólice and SS Brigadier General.
Chief of Office Group II: Geibel, Colonel of Gendarmerie, SS Colonel.
Chief of Office Group III: Dr. Wenzel, General Surgeon of the Pólice, SS Brigadier General.
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Fire Brigades Office
Chief: Schnell, Brigadier General of the Police Office for Technical Emergency Service [Technische Nothilfe] Chief: Weinreich, Major General of the Police, SS Major General.
Technical SS and Police Academy
Commander: Prof. Dr. Gerloff, Brigadier General of the
Police, SS Brigadier General.
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B. Security Police and SD [Reichssicherheitshauptamt]
Chief: Dr. Kaltenbrunner, General of the Police.
Division Chiefs:
I. Streckenbach, SS Major General, Major General of the Police.
II. Dr. Siegert, SS Colonel, Ministerial Councillor (temporary). .
III. Ohlendorf, SS Brigadier General, Brigadier General of the Police.
IV. Mueller, SS Major General, Major General of the Police.
V. Nebe, SS Major General, Major General of the Police.
VI. Schellenberg, SS Colonel, Government Chief Councillor.
VII. Dr. Six, SS General, Prof.
JURISDICTION
1. Reich Administration Court '
By decree of the Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor, dated April 3, 1941 (Reichgesetzblatt RGB1. I, p. 201) the Prussian Superior Administration Court, the Reich Disciplinary Court, the Reich Economy Court, the Administrative Court in Vienna, the Highest Arbitration Boards for Ame-
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lioration and for Water and Land Groups, the Reich Claims Court, and the Reich War Damage Board have been merged into the Reich Administration Court as of May 1, 1941.
President: Dr. Hueber.
Vice President: Dr. Bach.
Division Presidents:
2. Reich Board for Genealogical Research '
Chief: Dr. Mayer (Kurt), Dir.
3. Reich Plenipotentiary for the Examination of Elections. Reich Plenipotentiary: Dr. Medicus, Ministerial Dirigent
in the Reich Ministry of the Interior.
]+. Reich Supervisor of Elections.
Reich Supervisor of Elections: Godlewski, President of the Reich Bureau for Statistics.
5. Reich Publishing Office.
Chief: Dr. Hubrich, Ministerial Dirigent in the Reich Ministry of the Interior.
6. Reich Institute for the Combatting of Animal Epidemics.
Chief: Prof. Dr. Gerlach.
7. Reich Health Office.
President: Dr. Reiter, Prof.
8. Commissary of Voluntary Nursing.
Commissar: Karl Eduard, Duke of Saxony-Coburg and Gotha.
9. Robert-Koch-Institute, Reich Institute for the Fight Against Communicable Diseases.
President: Dr. Gildemeister, Prof.
10. Reich Institute for Water and Air Quality.
President: Dr. Konrich, Prof.
11. Reich Institute for Vitamin Tests and Vitamin Research. in Berlin.
President: Dr. Scheunert, Prof.
12. Reich Plenipotentiary for Sanitariums and Nursing Homes.
Reich Plenipotentiary: Dr. Linden, Ministerial Dirigent in the Reich Ministry of the Interior.
13. Reich Bureau for Emigration Matters.
Director (Deputy): Dr. Mueller. Ministerial Councillor.
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1U. Reich Archive, Potsdam.
Chief: Dr. Zipfel, General Director of the State Archives.
15. Reich Archive, Vienna.
Chief: Prof. Dr. Bittner, Director.
16. Reich Bureau of Surveys.
President: Vollmar.
17. Central Registry for War Losses and Soldiers' Graves. Director (Deputy) : Weinholz, Privy Government Coun-' cillor, Ministerial Councillor.
18. Reich Sport Office and Academy for Athletics.
Reich Sport Leader: vacant.
19. High Command (Reichsleitung) of the Reich Labor Service (with 38 regional offices of the Reich Labor Service for men and 26 regional offices for the female youth).
Reich Labor Leader: Hierl, Reich Leader.
Chief of Staff: Dr. Decker, General Labor Leader.
20. Finance Adjustment Office at the Reich Ministry of the Interior.
Chief: Neefe, Chief Government Director.
21. State Veterinary Bureau.
President: Dr. Muessemeier, Professor, Ministerial Dirigent, Director in the Reich Health Office.
22. State Health Council.
President: vacant.
23. Hygienic Institute in Landsberg (Warthe), Beauthen (Upper Silesia) and Saarbruecken.
2U. Prussian State Institute for Food, Pharmaceutical and Forensic Chemistry.
President: Dr. Prause, Prof.
25. Board for the Examination for Physicians, Dentists, Pharmacists, etc.
26. Reich Board for the Examination for State Veterimanes.
27. Examination Board for the Higher Survey Administration Service.
28. Reich Research Institute, Island of Riems.
UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE REICH MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR:
1. Organization of the German Municipalities [Deutscher Gemeindetag]
Chairman: Fiehler, Reichsleiter, Chief Mayor, Munich. Deputy; Dr. Weidemann, Prof., Chief Mayor, Halle an Saale.
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2. Academy for German Law
3. a. Reich Medical Association.
Chief : Dr. Conti, State Secretary, Berlin. Deputy Chief : Dr Blome, Professor, Berlin. b. German Physicians' Court
4. a. Reich Veterinary Association.
Chief : Dr. Weber-, Professor.
b. German VeteHnary Court.
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a. Reich Pharmacists Association.
Chief: Reich Pharmacist Leader, Pharmaceutical Councillor Schmierer, Berlin. b. Pharmacists' Court.
6. Reich Committee for Public Hygiene, Registered Association.
Chief: Dr. Kropp, Ministerial Director.
7. German Institute for Youth Help, Registered Association.
Chief: Dr. Webler.
8. German Red Cross, Office of the Chairman.
President: Karl Eduard, Duke of Saxony-Coburg and
Gotha.
Acting President: Dr. Grawitz, Professor, SS Major General, Major General of the Waffen SS, SS and Police Reich Physician.