Gestapo And SS Manual

by Carl Hammer (Translator)

Overview

This first English translation of the training manual used before and during World War II provides a rare glimpse into the actual operating procedures of the Gestapo, SS and Waffen-SS - procedures until now virtually undocumented. Part I covers police training; Part II describes paramilitary operations in open terrain; Part III details urban police operations during peace and war times.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780873648752
Publisher:	Paladin Press
Publication date:	03/01/1996
Pages:	116
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Carl Hammer was one of the many Western intelligence officers, volunteers and journalists who visited the Afghan mujahidin, often for extended periods, during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan during the early 1980s. At that time he also met several of the Islamic extremists who currently look up to Usamah bin Ladin as their leader and role model. His experience in the region led to an official assignment to follow and report on both the developments in Afghanistan and the Islamic extremist movement.

Table of Contents

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 GESTAPO
Appendix A THE INTERNAT STRUCTURE OF THE NAZI SECURITY APPARATUS
Appendix B MAP OF THE GERMAN REICH
Appendix C FURHTER READING
Appendix D THE METRICK SYSTEM
PART I GENERAL INFORMATION
HOW 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 POSITION
Part 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 Troops
PART 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 Provisions
APPENDIX 1 MAP SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS