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He stressed several times that he had brought Lischka
up to date. Hagen added a general remark to his explanations:
"Given the intention of dropping as much as
possible the treatment of Judaism inside Germany by the SD, a plan is being
drawn up to involve Judaism abroad in the work of the section II-112 to a
greater extent than presently. For this reason, the two (visitors) were invited
as of now to seek out all of the facts concerning Judaism in Poland."
(61) We may wonder if Hagen
was getting ready in May 1939 to prepare the materials for a future activity of
the Gestapo in Poland. We ignore if these new projects were in fact initiated.
12. The Integration of the Men of the II-112 into the
Reichssicherheitshauptamt (September 1939)
The breaking out of the
war very rapidly brought about a radical transformation of the structure of the
SD and of the Sipo. The Sipo and the SD were both capped by a single unit, the
"Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Principal Security Office of the Reich: RSHA)." The
RSHA was split into six and later seven departments. The former Department II
of the SD, where Six and Hagen were, became Department III, that for
intelligence activities for the interior of the Reich. But there was no longer
an anti-Jewish section. On the other hand, Department III of the SD, which
became Department VI of the RHSA and took care of foreign intelligence under
the direction of Jost and later of Schellenberg, had an anti-Jewish section. It
was called "Judaism and Anti Semitism" and was directed by Hagen.
Hagen's section was a sub-section of that entitled "Ideological Enemies
Abroad," which was headed by Knochen. The latter had previously been the
assistant of Six in the press section, where he had held the responsibility for
the analysis of the press of emigrants from the Reich. As for Six, under whose
direction Knochen, Hagen, Wisliceny, Eichmann and Dannecker had until then
worked, he received a special responsibility in the RSHA: that of the direction
of the scientific department, "Ideological Studies and Applications." The
Gestapo delivered to it all of the material (archives, libraries) seized from
"ideological enemies." The Gestapo itself (as of March 1, 1941) was to be
Department IV of the RSHA. The section for Jewish affairs which under Lischka
was the II B4 became the IV B4. Subordinated to Eichmann, it had no longer to
be guided by the SD, as in the time of the II-112.
13. Eichmann's
Task from September 1939 to March 1941
The task of the IV B4 was at
once considerable. It was to assure that the harsh laws of exception conceived
to totally uproot the Jewish population bring about total segregation. For that
purpose it was to set up and control the Union of Jews in Germany. Because the
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