Armageddon_ A Novel of Berlin - Leon Uris [9]
PEOPLES ARMY (VOLKSSTURM). Consists of people too old or too young for regular military service. A “Home” Army constructed for defense of German soil/German cities. Age brackets 13–16 and 40–60. Although this group is under Nazi domination the soldiers will be treated as regular army prisoners of war.
GERMAN LABOR SERVICE (RAD). A compulsory labor force for all “Aryan” males and females. These people construct military fortifications, work in land reclamation and forest conservation, road buildings and the like. We are interested only in senior RAD officers and Book Six has 250 blacklisted for arrest.
TODT LABOR (OT). A group which absorbs unemployed for “public works.” This group built the Siegfried Line. Its functions overlap with above listed RAD. We have blacklisted 100 senior officers for arrest in Book Six.
HITLER YOUTH (HITLER JUNGEND OR HJ). A compulsory group for all “Aryan” males and females age 14–18. Young people are completely saturated with Nazi indoctrination. There are also nature study groups and agricultural studies, however we consider this among the most dangerous because they are young and in a formative stage. The officers and leaders are fanatical Nazis. Arrest all holding the rank of Sturmfuehrer (cadre leader). Blacklist Book Five lists 20,000 for arrest.
GROUP TWO: ORGANIZATIONS OF NAZI DOMINATED POLICE FORCES
ORDER POLICE (ORPO)
Sub 1 Schutzpolizei (Schupo). They police towns with 2,000 population or less.
Sub 2 Gendarmerie. Police open country in areas of 2,000 population or less.
Sub 3 National Fire Precaution Police.
Sub 4 Auxiliary Police. Volunteer citizens without pay used in general police work, traffic work, etc.
Sub 5 Technical Emergency Corps. Used in demolition, rescue, debris clearing. Particularly active since bombings.
Sub 6 Administrative Police. Records, payrolls, etc.
BARRACKS POLICE. DANGEROUS! A HEAVILY ARMED SHOCK TROOP KEPT AS A MOBILE RESERVE. WE CONSIDER THEM AS A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF RESISTANCE. IT SHOULD BE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE ENTIRE CIVILIAN POLICE MACHINERY IS UNDER COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE NAZIS AND IS A KNOWN LOYAL INSTRUMENT OF THE NAZIS. THEY ARE SEMI-MILITARIZED. THEIR LEADERSHIP IS NAZI. THE ENTIRE POLICE MACHINERY IS TO BE ABOLISHED AND ITS RECORDS SEIZED. THE ENTIRE GERMAN POLICE ESTABLISHMENT MUST BE REORGANIZED FROM THE GROUND UP. AFTER ALLIED VICTORY THIS IS CONSIDERED AN A1 A1 PROBLEM OF MILITARY GOVERNMENT.
GROUP THREE: NAZI POLICE MACHINERY, ITS HEAD OFFICE BEING THE REICHSICHERHEITSHAUPTAMT (RSHA), MAIN SECURITY OFFICE OF THE THIRD REICH.
SECURITY POLICE (SIPO)
Sub 1 THE SECRET STATE POLICE (GESTAPO). This is the notorious political police arm of the Nazi Party. It has unlimited powers of arrest. It is filled with the most fanatic of the Nazis. ALL MEMBERS ARE TO BE ARRESTED. SEIZURE OF GESTAPO RECORDS A1 A1 TARGET OF COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE. Book Six blacklists 15,000 for arrest.
Sub 2 CRIMINAL POLICE (KRIPO). An arm of the Gestapo working in the general crime field specializing in such things as black market, smuggling, etc.
Sub 3 SECURITY SERVICE OF THE SS (SD). The nerve center for spying on German citizens and using informers to collect information for the SS. NOTE: The SD has recently replaced the regular intelligence service of the regular German Army. ARREST ALL MEMBERS. Because of the ultra-secret nature of this group our lists are incomplete, but Book Six currently blacklists 15,000 for arrest.
Who were the guilty? How could this happen in but a single decade of Nazi control of the government without the unabashed support of the mass of the population? Where does it stop, Sean wondered ...
GROUP FOUR: NAZI POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS. THE FOLLOWING WILL BE ABOLISHED AND THEIR RECORDS SEIZED. THOSE BLACKLISTED FOR ARREST WILL BE FOUND IN BLACKLIST BOOK FOUR.
Central Office, NaziParty
Party Chancellory.