Foreword A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE GESTAPO AND THE POLICE OF NAZI GERMANY URDOLF DIELS AN THE EARLY GESTAPO REINHARD HEYDRICH, THE SD, AND THE BAYPOPO THE NEW GESTAPO AND HEINRICH MULLER THE POWER OF THE GESTAPO THE NEW SD THE RSHA THE GESTAPO GOES ABROAD THE GESTAPO AND THE JEWS THE END OF THE GESTAPOAppendix A THE INTERNAT STRUCTURE OF THE NAZI SECURITY APPARATUSAppendix B MAP OF THE GERMAN REICHAppendix C FURHTER READINGAppendix D THE METRICK SYSTEMPART I GENERAL INFORMATIONHOW TO READ MAPS Different Types of Maps The Scale The Map Symbols The Map Texts Terrain Symbols and the Shape of the Ground 1. The Depiction of the Ground Shape through Vertical Mountain Lines 2. The Depiction of the Ground Shape through Layer or Strata Lines (Contours) 3. The Combination Method of Depicting Both Vertical Mountain Lines and Contours Dividing the Map by Degrees The Grid Net The Point Locator Needle Deviation and Magnetic Deviation HOW TO FIND A TERRAIN LOCATION How to Find a Location in the Terrain 1. From Where Did We Come? 2. Where Are We Now? 3. Where Is North? A) How to Find North with the Compass B) How to Find North According to the Sun, Knowing the Approximate Time C) How to Find North According to the Sun with the Help of a Clock D) How to Find North at Night E) How to Find North According to the Position of the Moon F) How to Find the General Direction of North by Other Means G) How to Determine the Four Cardinal Points with the Help of the Map 4. What Do We See Around Us? Finding the Way in the Terrain during Movement by Foot How to Use the Compass When Moving Along Roads Cross-Country Travel--How to Set the Heading of March According to the Map How to Set the Heading of March over Terrain Where You Can Currently See the Objective of the March, But It Later Passes Out of View How to Keep to a Straight Compass Heading How to March Toward a Certain Point When a Straight Heading Cannot Be Used How to Find the Way When Completely Lost How to Find the Way without a Map Distance Estimation Time Estimation HOW TO USE THE STANDARD-ISSUE COMPASS Parts of the Compass General Information on Compass Use How to Aim the Map Toward the North a) Maps with Grid Lines b) Maps without Grid Lines but with Lines of Longitude c) Maps without Borders of Irregularly Connected Map Sheets without Grid Lines How to Set a March Heading When the Objective Can be Seen, but Later Passes Out of Sight How to Set a March Heading When the Objective Cannot Be Seen How to Keep to a Straight Heading How to Reach an Objective When the Direction of March Cannot Be Kept Straight How to Locate a Point Visible in the Terrain but Not Yet Located on the Map THE INTELLIGENCE REPORT (AND HOW TO WRITE IT) The Head of the Intelligence Report The Text of the Intelligence Report How to Sign the Intelligence Report General Information Examples of Intelligence Report Texts HOW TO PREPARE SKETCH MAPS FOR THE INTELLIGENCE REPORT The Improvised Sketch Map or Situation Map The Best Order to Follow When Preparing a Sketch Map The Sketch of the View from an Important Observation Point The Crime Location Sketch Map AREA RECONNAISSANCE AND AREA ESTIMATION The Reconnaissance Mission How the Reconnaissance Patrol Executes Its Mission Checklists for Fast and Correct Description and Evaluation of the Features and Conditions of Various Terrain Objects for Police Tactical Purposes Conditions of Various Terrain Objects for Police Tactical Purposes Streets and Roads Streets and Public Squares in Towns Railway Lines Watercourses, Rivers, Canals, and Marshes Ice Thickness Woods and Forested Land Towns and City Neighborhoods Single Buildings The Interior of a Building Hills Roads in Narrow Valleys Checklists for Correct Description and Evaluation of the Characteristics and Suitability of the Terrain for Police Tactical Purposes Reconnaissance for an Assault or Raid Reconnaissance for Defensive Action Reconnaissance for Positioning an Outpost Reconnaissance for Accommodation The Reconnaissance Report POLICE INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS HOW TO SECURE AN AREA OR A POSITIONPart II PARAMILITARY POLICE OPERATIONS IN OPEN TERRAIN FUNDAMENTAL RULES AND CONCEPTS OF POLICE OPERATIONS IN OPEN TERRAIN Some Fundamental Concepts Assaults and Raids Types of Assault and Raids How of Lunch an Assault The Assault Itself Pursuit Defense Operations Continuous Defense Objective Combat Method The Best Deployment of Defending Police Forces (No Stereotyped Pattern!) The Delaying Operation Objective Combat Method The Best Deployment of Defending Police Forces (No Stereotyped Pattern!) Tasks of the Individual Components (Explanation of the Deployment Above) 1. Intelligence Teams 2. Outputs 3a. Troops Deployed in Deep Formation Along the Main Line of Battle 3b. Troops Deployed in Deep-Formation Defense Zones 4a. Reserves 4b. Reserves Retreat Operations Under Special Circumstances Operations in Villages and Small Towns a) Assault or Raid on a Village or Small Town b) Defense of a Village or Small Town Forested Terrain Assault Procedures Defense Procedures Night Operations Assault Procedures Defense Procedures Operation in Low Visibility and Fog Operations in Ravines and Broken Ground Assault Pursuit Defensive Operations River Crossings Assault Procedures Defense Procedures OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR POLICE OPERATIONS IN OPEN TERRAIN Maintaining Security during Movement on Foot Customary Deployment of Police Forces during a March toward the Target of Operations (No Stereotyped Pattern!) 1. Plainclothes Officers 2. Police Armored Cars (PAC:) 3. Advance Guard a) Mounted Advance Guard Section b) Advance Guard Section on Foot c) Orderlies and Communications Section d) Advance Guard e) Main Advance Guard f) Flank Guard 4. Main Force 5. Rear Guard Maintaining Security during Movement by Car Maintaining Security during Movement by Railway The Best Deployment of Available Police Forces (No Stereotyped Pattern!) 1. Forward Security Team 2. Train Guard 3. Strike Team 4. Rear Security Team Securing a Railway Station or Other Area during Disembarkation Checkpoints, Patrolling, and Guard Duty Customary Deployment of Police Troops (No Stereotyped Pattern!) Tasks of the Guard Post 1. Guard reserve 2. Checkpoint police company (CP Co.) 3. Field Guard Details (FW) a) Headquarters Posts b) Squad Posts (GrP) and Double Posts (DP) c) Mobile Patrols within the Post Perimeter d) Mobile Patrols against the Enemy General Information Securing a Village or Small Town The Best Deployment of Available Police Forces (No Stereotyped Pattern!) 1. Town Commandant 2. Resting Troops 3. Inner Guard Detail (IW) 4. Outer Guard Detail (AW) Securing Railways A. Securing Railway Stations and Railway Bridges and Tunnels The Best Deployment of Available Police Forces (No Stereotyped Pattern!) 1. Guards at Individual Objects (Such as Bridges and Tunnels) 2. Patrols along the Railway Line 3. Mobile Reserves 4. Informers for the Organization of a Report Service B. Securing Railway Construction and Repair Areas The Best Deployment of Available Police Forces (No Stereotyped Pattern!) 1. Guard Posts around the Workplace 2. Patrols 3. Reserves at the Workplace C. Maintaining Security on a Railway Train Methods of Raiding Secret and/or Fortified Headquarters of Political Opponents or Criminal Gangs 1. Reconnaissance and Intelligence by Plainclothes Officers 2. Interdiction Units 3. Raiding Force 4. Reserves Searching a Forested Area The Best Deployment of Available Police Forces (No Stereotyped Pattern!) 1. Interdiction Troops 2.
Search TroopsPART III OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR POLICE OPERATIONS IN THE CITY ENVIRONMENT PEACETIME OPERATIONS AND OPERATIONS IN TIMES OF CIVIL COMPLIANCE How to Block Street and Public Squares in Times of Civil Compliance Closing the Street by a Roadblock Signboard (Marked "Forbidden Entrance"), Closing the Sidewalk by Guard Posts The Use of Thick Rope, Steel Cable, etc., to Interdict a Street When only a Few Policemen Are Available Closing the Street by Such Police Formations as the Human Chain, in One or Two Lines Closing the Street along the Sidewalk Closing and Interdicting Much-Traveled Areas, Such as Street Corners Interdiction by Mounted Police and the Use of Police Cars Regulation of Civilian Vehicular Traffic and Streetcars in Interdicted Areas How to Turn Away Supporters and Followers from an Authorized Demonstration Security during Demonstrations and Protest Marches Interval Security Posts Accompanying Commands Fast Mobile Commands (Reserves) How to Direct and Control the Movements of an Authorized Demonstration The Best Deployment of Available Police Forces (No Stereotyped Pattern!) 1. Sections Closing the Streets (with Minimal Rear Guard) 2. Commander and Strike Team 3. Reserves How to Disperse a Demonstration or Protest March The Best Deployment of Available Police Forces (No Stereotyped Pattern!) 1. Sections Closing the Streets (with Minimal Rear Guard) 2. Dispersal Troops 3. Team for Removal of Forbidden Signs and Flags 4. Evacuation Troops 5. Reserves and Public Squares for Arrested Protesters How to Clear Streets and Public Squares of Crowds The Best Deployment of Available Police Forces (No Stereotyped Pattern!) 1. Evacuation Chain 2. Patrols for Interdiction of Side Streets 3.Rear Guard 4.Reserves 5.Collection Area for Arrested Civilians 6.Riot Force General Information How to Transport Prisoners from the Scene of Mass Arrests The Best Deployment of Available Police Forces (No Stereotyped Pattern!) 1. Police Troops 2. Senior Police Sergeant in Charge of Transportation of Those Arrested 3. Local Collection Area for Prisoners and Confiscated Objects 4. Main Collection Area for Prisoners Protection and Security of Authorized Meetings The Best Deployment of Available Police Forces (No Stereotyped Pattern!) 1. Liaison with State and Party Officials Overseeing the Meeting 2. Section for Protecting the Meeting 3. Perimeter Patrols in the Vicinity of the Meeting Site Means of Dispersing a Meeting Originally Authorized The Best Deployment of Available Police Forces (No Stereotyped Pattern!) 1. Plainclothes Officers and Undercover 2. Dispersal Troops 3. Evacuation Troops 4. Reserves 5. Collection Area for Arrested Civilians 6. Inner Security Team 7. Strong Forces to Prevent the Formation of Crowds Raid on a Forbidden or Unauthorized Meeting The Best Deployment of Available Police Forces (No Stereotyped Pattern!) 1. Reconnaissance and Intelligence by Plainclothes Officers and Undercover Officers 2. Outer Security Teams 3. Inner Security Teams 4. Dispersal Troops 5. Evacuation Troops 6. Reserves 7. Collection Area for Arrested Civilians How to Search a Multistory Building The Best Deployment of Available Police Forces (No Stereotyped Pattern!) 1. Reconnaissance and Intelligence by Plainclothes Officers 2. Outer Security Teams 3. Inner Security Teams 4. Search Troops 5a. Collection Area for Arrested Civilians and Confiscated Objects 5b. Keeping the Inhabitants of the Building under Guard during the Search 6. Reserves General Information Protection and Security of a State or Party Government Building The Best Deployment of Available Police Forces (No Stereotyped Pattern!) 1. Patrols Outside the Building 2. Guard Posts Immediately in Front of the Building 3. Patrols Inside the Building 4. Reserves in the Guard Room WARTIME OPERATIONS AND OPERATIONS IN TIMES OF CIVIL UNREST How to Block Streets 1. Guarded Roadblock 2. Interdiction by the Use of Submachine Guns Movement through City Sections during Civil Unrest, Rioting, or Enemy Activity The Best Deployment of Available Police Forces (No Stereotyped Pattern!) 1. Plainclothes Officers 2. Forward Police Armored Car 3. Advance Guard on Foot 4. Flank Guard 5. Strike Team 6. Main Force 7. Rear Guard Assault or Raid on an Apartment Block The Best Deployment of Available Police Forces (No Stereotyped Pattern!) 1. Reconnaissance and Intelligence 2. Outer Security Teams 3. Inner Security Teams and Patrols 4. Covering Fire 5. Strike Team 6. Reserves Tasks after a Successful Entry Pacifying a City Neighborhood The Best Deployment of Available Police Forces (No Stereotyped Pattern!) 1. Outer Security Ring 2. Inner Security Ring 3. Building Security Ring 4. Search Troops 5. Collection Area for Arrested Civilians and Confiscated Weapons 6. Reserves and Motor Vehicles General Information Defense of an Apartment Block The Best Deployment of Available Police Forces (No Stereotyped Pattern!) 1. Reconnaissance and Intelligence Patrols 2. Strong Occupation Force Securing the Area in Front of the Defended City Block 3. Weak Security Guard Posts 4. Strong Reserves (Divided into Strike Teams) 5. Collection Area for Arrested Civilians Actions Taken if the Enemy Breaks through the Defensive Position Organization of Accompanying Security Commands for Transportation of Prisoners, Ammunition, and ProvisionsAPPENDIX 1 MAP SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS
Germany. -- Geheime Staatspolizei -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Police training -- Germany -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.