SS and police commands were senior level commands of the SS that existed under the authority of the SS and police leaders. The commands were first authorized in 1937 as extensions of the power granted to SS-Oberabschnitt commanders of the Allgemeine-SS (General-SS). The SS and police leaders were drawn from the general-SS Abschnitt and Oberabschnitt commands; it was a common occurrence for the same SS officer to hold both posts.
The SS and police commands were technically under the authority of the Allgemeine-SS, however during time of war the post was granted authority over Waffen-SS commands. In 1944, most SS and police leaders were granted equivalent Waffen-SS rank.
There were three levels of the SS and police commands: SS und Polizeiführer (SSPF), Höhere SS und Polizeiführer (HSSPF), and Höchste SS und Polizeiführer (HöSSPF).
Supreme SS and police commands
The Höchste SS und Polizeiführer (HöSSPF) commands were as follows:
Italien
Ukraine
Higher SS and police commands
The Höhere SS und Polizeiführer (HSSPF) commands were as follows:
Adriatisches Küstenland
Albanien
Alpenland
Belgien-Nordfrankreich
Böhmen und Mähren
Danmark
Donau
Elbe
Frankreich
Fulda-Werra
Griechenland
Kroatien
Main
Mitte
Nord
Nordost
Nordsee
Nordwest
Ost
Ostland und Rußland-Nord
Ostsee
Rhein-Westmark
Rußland-Mitte
Rußland-Süd
Schwarzes-Meer
Serbien, Sandschack und Montenegro
Slowakien
Spree
Süd
Südost
Südwest
Ungarn
Warthe
Weichsel
West
A further command, known as Höhere SS und Polizeiführer z.b.V. Kaukasien was planned for activation in the Caucasus but was never formed.
SS and police commands
The SS und Polizeiführer (SSPF) commands were as follows:
Aserbeidschan
Awdejewka
Bergvolker-Ordshonikidseo
Bialystok
Bozen
Charkow
Dnjepropetrowsk-Krivoi-Rog
Estland
Friaul
Görz
Istrien
Kattowitz
Kaukasien-Kuban
Kertsch-Tamanhalbinsel
Kiew
Krakau
Lemberg
Lettland
Litauen
Lublin
Metz
Mitteitalien-Verona
Mitte-Norwegen
Mogilew
Montenegro
Nikolajew
Nord-Kaukasien
Nord-Norwegen
Ober-Elsaß
Oberitalien-Mitte
Oberitalien-West
Pripet
Quarnero
Radom
Rowno
Rostow-Awdejewka
Salzburg
Sandschak
Saratow
Shitomir
Stalino-Donezgebiet
Stanislav-Rostow
Süd-Norwegen
Taurien-Krim-Simferopol
Triest
Tschernigow
Warsaw
Weißruthenien (also known as Minsk) Wolhynien-Brest-Litovsk
SS and police formations
1st SS Police Regiment
2nd SS Police Regiment
3rd SS Police Regiment
4th SS Police Regiment
5th SS Police Regiment
6th SS Police Regiment
7th SS Police Regiment
8th SS Police Regiment
9th SS Police Regiment
10th SS Police Regiment
11th SS Police Regiment
12th SS Police Regiment
13th SS Police Regiment
14th SS Police Regiment
15th SS Police Regiment
16th SS Police Regiment
17th SS Police Regiment
18th SS Police Regiment
19th SS Police Regiment
20th SS Police Regiment
21st SS Police Regiment
22nd SS Police Regiment
23rd SS Police Regiment
24th SS Police Regiment
25th SS Police Regiment
26th SS Police Regiment
27th SS Police Regiment
28th SS Police Regiment
29th SS Police Regiment
30th SS Police Regiment
Ethnic SS police formations
SS Police Regiment Bozen
SS Police Regiment Brixen
SS Police Regiment Alpenvorland
SS Police Regiment Schlanders
References
Yerger, Mark C. Allgemeine-SS: The Commands, Units, and Leaders of the General SS, Schiffer Publishing (1997).