Adolf Hitler appoints Himmler head of German police forces

In June 1936, Hitler appointed Reichsfuhrer SS Heinrich Himmler as head of the German police. The SS, which Himmler had taken over in 1929 and which was then only 80 strong, had in the meantime become so interwoven with the police apparatus that it already formed a state within the state. With it Hitler created an instrument that could no longer be controlled by anyone except himself and Himmler. The Totenkopf units guarding the concentration camps later became the core of the Waffen-SS. The police, especially the GESTAPO and de SD, filled their higher leadership positions almost exclusively with senior SS ranks. No Nazi organization therefore had comparable influence

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Anyone Appointed Appoints Comparable Controlled Core Especially Except Exclusively Filled Formed Gestapo Guarding Higher Himmler Influence Interwoven Longer Meantime Positions Ranks Reichsfuhrer Therefore Totenkopf Waffen-ss

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