SS and police commands were senior level commands of the SS that existed under the authority of the SS and police leaders. The commands were first authorized in 1937 as extensions of the power granted to SS-Oberabschnitt commanders of the Allgemeine-SS (General-SS). The SS and police leaders were drawn from the general-SS Abschnitt and Oberabschnitt commands; it was a common occurrence for the same SS officer to hold both posts.
The SS and police commands were technically under the authority of the Allgemeine-SS, however during time of war the post was granted authority over Waffen-SS commands. In 1944, most SS and police leaders were granted equivalent Waffen-SS rank.
There were three levels of the SS and police commands: SS und Polizeiführer (SSPF), Höhere SS und Polizeiführer (HSSPF), and Höchste SS und Polizeiführer (HöSSPF).
Supreme SS and police commands
The Höchste SS und Polizeiführer (HöSSPF) commands were as follows:
Italien Ukraine
Higher SS and police commands
The Höhere SS und Polizeiführer (HSSPF) commands were as follows:
Adriatisches Küstenland Albanien Alpenland Belgien-Nordfrankreich Böhmen und Mähren Danmark Donau Elbe Frankreich Fulda-Werra Griechenland Kroatien Main Mitte Nord Nordost Nordsee Nordwest Ost Ostland und Rußland-Nord Ostsee Rhein-Westmark Rußland-Mitte Rußland-Süd Schwarzes-Meer Serbien, Sandschack und Montenegro Slowakien Spree Süd Südost Südwest Ungarn Warthe Weichsel West
A further command, known as Höhere SS und Polizeiführer z.b.V. Kaukasien was planned for activation in the Caucasus but was never formed.
SS and police commands
The SS und Polizeiführer (SSPF) commands were as follows:
Aserbeidschan Awdejewka Bergvolker-Ordshonikidseo Bialystok Bozen Charkow Dnjepropetrowsk-Krivoi-Rog Estland Friaul Görz Istrien Kattowitz Kaukasien-Kuban Kertsch-Tamanhalbinsel Kiew Krakau Lemberg Lettland Litauen Lublin Metz Mitteitalien-Verona Mitte-Norwegen Mogilew Montenegro Nikolajew Nord-Kaukasien Nord-Norwegen Ober-Elsaß Oberitalien-Mitte Oberitalien-West Pripet Quarnero Radom Rowno Rostow-Awdejewka Salzburg Sandschak Saratow Shitomir Stalino-Donezgebiet Stanislav-Rostow Süd-Norwegen Taurien-Krim-Simferopol Triest Tschernigow Warsaw Weißruthenien (also known as Minsk) Wolhynien-Brest-Litovsk
SS and police formations
1st SS Police Regiment 2nd SS Police Regiment 3rd SS Police Regiment 4th SS Police Regiment 5th SS Police Regiment 6th SS Police Regiment 7th SS Police Regiment 8th SS Police Regiment 9th SS Police Regiment 10th SS Police Regiment 11th SS Police Regiment 12th SS Police Regiment 13th SS Police Regiment 14th SS Police Regiment 15th SS Police Regiment 16th SS Police Regiment 17th SS Police Regiment 18th SS Police Regiment 19th SS Police Regiment 20th SS Police Regiment 21st SS Police Regiment 22nd SS Police Regiment 23rd SS Police Regiment 24th SS Police Regiment 25th SS Police Regiment 26th SS Police Regiment 27th SS Police Regiment 28th SS Police Regiment 29th SS Police Regiment 30th SS Police Regiment
Ethnic SS police formations
SS Police Regiment Bozen SS Police Regiment Brixen SS Police Regiment Alpenvorland SS Police Regiment Schlanders
References Yerger, Mark C. Allgemeine-SS: The Commands, Units, and Leaders of the General SS, Schiffer Publishing (1997).