Police Attaches

[Lawrence]

Just curious, in foreign countries, was there only one Police and Military Attache for Germany? As far as the Police Attaches go, it seems that only one man would have a hard time in keeping track of all the Germans in a foreign country. Were some assigned to Consulates? Thanks for any info.

[Georges JEROME]

Polizei attaché (some times Polizeiverbindungsführer) were SIPO SD leaders
appointed next to ambassy of fellow countries oF Germany :
- Paris,
- Sofia
- Rom
- Tokio (the famous MEISINGER which arrested the russian spy SORGE)
- Belgrad,
- Bukarest
- Pressburg (Slovakia)
and
- Madrid


best

Georges
an attaché gruppe was created into RSHA

[David Thompson]

There was also a police attache in Croatia (Zagreb):

Helm, Hans (?-24.1.1947 [SS-Obersturmbannfuehrer] -- German police attache to Croatia in Agram (Zagreb) {arrested and put on trial 9 Dec 1946 by the Supreme Military Court of Yugoslavia at Belgrade on war crimes charges; convicted and sentenced to death by hanging 22 Dec 1946 (NYT 23 Dec 1946:2:3 & 8:3; LT 23 Dec 1946:3e); executed at Belgrade 24 Jan 1947 (NYT 25 Jan 1947:2:3).(Eichmann Trial Exhibit T/892; Exhibit T/893, Statement of Hans Helm dated 18 Sept 1946; Octavianus post in Third Reich Forum: "Yugoslav War Crimes Proceedings," http://keywest.dnsvault.com/~forum3rd/p ... php?t=7980).}

[Lawrence]

Thanks for your replies! So, were there only one Police Attache for these countries? Or did they have assistants for the larger cities? I suppose their duties basically consisted of keeping an eye on the Germans there?

[David Thompson]

Kingsley -- You asked:

(1) "So, were there only one Police Attache for these countries? Or did they have assistants for the larger cities?"

For each foreign country, there was a police attache and staff, with deputies for the larger cities of that country if necessary.

(2) "I suppose their duties basically consisted of keeping an eye on the Germans there?"

No. Their duties in occupied and axis countries were to watch the politics of the country to which they were assigned, with particular reference to that country's police; to provide any advice and assistance which was in Germany's interests to the police organizations of the foreign country; to assist in the recruitment of slave laborers; and to help supervise the detention of foreign Jews and Jewish nationals for later deportation. They also watched the local Germans there.

[Georges JEROME]

Hi

authorized work upon SS and AA "SS u auswartiges amt im III Reich by Hans Jurgen Döscher states :

Polizei attaché were SD correspondants. This include spionage missions.
during period juli 40 to fev 41 : members of Amt IV (Gestapo) and Amt VI (SD ausland) made 227 trips to meet Polizei Attaché which were too SD Beauftragter (SD representative)

between others :
Josef Meisinger was a former Gestapo official who serve in occupied Poland in 39.
Horst Bôhme PA in Bukarest became later Befehlshaber der SIPO SD fot the Protectorate of Reich to Prag

[Lawrence]

thanks everyone for their information!