The “Sicherheitsdienst” or S.D. was the “Security Service” within the S.S., run by Reinhardt Heydrich and specifically responsible for gathering intelligence on the Nazis’ enemies (including possible opponents within the Party). Eichmann joined the S.D. in 1934 and worked for it until it was combined with the Gestapo and Criminal Police into the R.S.H.A. in 1939.
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Eichmann himself, after “consulting Poliakoff and Reitlinger,” produced seventeen multicolored charts, which contributed little to a better understanding of the intricate bureaucratic machinery of the Third Reich, although his general description—“everything was always in a state of continuous flux, a steady stream”—sounded plausible to the student of totalitarianism, who knows that the monolithic quality of this form of government is a myth.
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Chapter 2: The Accused
...military service” and decided to apply for a job at the Reichsführer’s Security Service, or S.D.
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Chapter 3: An Expert on the Jewish Question
When Eichmann joined the S.D. in 1934, Reinhardt Heydrich was its head, and its mission was to spy on other...
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Chapter 5: The Second Solution: Concentration
Soon after the beginning of the war, Heinrich Himmler combined the S.S. Security Service (S.D.) with the state police (including the Gestapo) into the Head Office for Reich Security (R.S.H.A.),...
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Chapter 15: Judgment, Appeal, and Execution
...set of counts. The last three counts are for belonging to “criminal organizations”: the S.S., S.D., and Gestapo (but not the Nazi leadership in which the prosecution wanted to prove his...
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