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[[File:Uniform of a member of the SS-Hauptamt with cuffband.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Uniform]] of a member of the SS-HA with cuffband]]
The '''''SS-Hauptamt''''' ({{lang-en|SS Main or Head Office}}; '''SS-HA''') was the central command office of the German [[Schutzstaffel]] (SS) in [[Germany]] until 1940. Many of the members of the ''Hauptamt'' were [[Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts|foreign volunteers]].

==History==
[[File:Dr. med. Franz Riedweg of the „Germanische Leitstelle“ (GL) of the SS-Hauptamt.jpg|thumb|300px|Dr. med. Franz Riedweg (1907−2005) of the "[[Germanische Leitstelle]]" (GL) of the SS-Hauptamt; Riedweg ([https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Riedweg,_Franz de]) was from Switzerland (''Germanische SS Schweiz''), his last rank was "SS-Obersturmbannführer der Waffen-SS".]]
The office can trace its origins to 1931 when the SS created the ''SS-Amt'' to serve as an SS Headquarters staff overseeing the various units of the ''[[Allgemeine-SS]]''. In 1933, after the [[NSDAP]] came to power, the ''SS-Amt'' was renamed the ''SS-Oberführerbereichen''. This agency then became the SS-Hauptamt (SS-HA) on 30 January 1935.

The organization oversaw the [[Allgemeine-SS]], concentration camps ({{lang-de|Konzentrationslager}}), the [[SS-Verfügungstruppe]] ({{lang-en|Special-purpose troops}}), and the Grenzschutz ({{lang-en|Border Control Regiments}}). During the late 1930s, the power of the SS-HA continued to grow becoming the largest and most powerful office of the SS, managing nearly all aspects of the paramilitary organization. In 1940 the ''SS-Hauptamt'' remained responsible for SS administrative in matters such as manpower allocation, supplies, personnel transfers, and promotions.

===Groups and departments===
The SS-HA had 4 department groups (''Amtsgruppe'' A to D), '''11 departments''' ({{lang-de|Ämter}}) and [https://encrypted.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=Amt+Leitender+%C3%84rzt+beim+Chef+SS-HA&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CDcQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geocities.com%2Forion47.geo%2FWaffen_SS_Georges_M_Croisier.pdf&ei=zqiaUenuGsneswah1YGYDQ&usg=AFQjCNFXWZ5Yj49D9zvhJS97FU2rOT8INQ&bvm=bv.46751780,d.Yms&cad=rjt various sub-departments]:

* '''''Amt Zentralamt''''' (Amt A I; {{lang-en|Central office}})
* '''''Amt Leitender Arzt beim Chef SS-HA''''' (Amt A II; {{lang-en|Chief Medical Officer}})
* '''''Amt Verwaltung''''' ({{lang-en|Administration}})
* '''''Amt Ergänzungsamt der Waffen-SS''''' ({{lang-en|Waffen-SS Reinforcements}})
* '''''Amt Erfassungsamt''''' ({{lang-en|Requisitioning}})
* '''''Amt für Weltanschauliche Erziehung''''' ({{lang-en|Ideological Training}})
* '''''Amt für Leibeserziehhung''''' ({{lang-en|Physical Training}})
* '''''Amt für Berufserziehung''''' ({{lang-en|Trade Training}})
* '''''Amt [[Germanische Leitstelle]]'''''<ref>During World War II, ''Germanische Leitstelle'' was a department of the SS-Hauptamt under the command of Obergruppenführer [[Gottlob Berger]]. It oversaw the recruitment and propaganda offices for the Waffen SS in [[Oslo]], [[Copenhagen]], [[Brussels]] and [[The Hague]].</ref> ({{lang-en|Germanic Control Center}})
* '''''Amt Germanische Ergänzung''''' ({{lang-en|Germanic Recruitment}})
* '''''Amt Germanische Erziehung''''' ({{lang-en|Germanic Education}})

===Subordination===
The SS-HA was technically subordinate to the ''Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer-SS'' ({{lang-en|Personal Staff of the SS Reich Leader}}), but in reality it maintained autonomy.

===World War II===
Shortly after the outbreak of [[Second World War|WWII]], the SS-Verfügungstruppe expanded rapidly becoming the [[Waffen SS]] in 1940. By this time, the office of the SS-Hauptamt could no longer administer the entire SS organization. As a result, the SS-HA was downsized losing much of its pre-war power to the SS-Führungshauptamt (SS-FHA; {{lang-en|SS Leading Main Office}}) and the main offices of the ''[[Allgemeine-SS]]''.

====SS-FHA====
The SS Leadership Main Office or ''SS-Führungshauptamt'' ([https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/SS-F%C3%BChrungshauptamt SS-FHA]) was the actual operational staff office (headquarters) of the Waffen-SS from August 1940. It was created through a spin-off from the SS Main Office and was initially run by Reichsführer SS [[Heinrich Himmler]] personally, and from 1943 onwards by SS-Obergruppenführer Hans Jüttner. The SS Leadership Main Office headquarters directed and managed supplies and provision, wage payments and equipment. The command offices of the Allgemeine-SS, the Waffen-SS and the SS guard units (''SS-Wachverbände'') were also subordinate to the SS-FHA. These command offices were created in 1935 and were considered the control centers of the armed SS units. An independent “Command Office of the General/[[Germanic SS]]” was later introduced for the volunteer associations of Germanic origin within the Waffen-SS. The training facilities, troop inspections and medical services of the Waffen-SS were also subordinated to the SS-FHA. In 1944, the SS Leadership Main Office had 450 employees.

==Leadership (Cheff ''SS-Hauptamt'')==
* SS-Gruppenführer [[Curt Wittje]] (1894–1947): 12 February 1934 to 14 May 1935 (1 year, 91 days)
* SS-Obergruppenführer [[August Heißmeyer]] (1897–1979): 14 May 1935 to 9 November 1939 (4 years, 179 days)
*SS-Obergruppenführer [[Gottlob Berger]] (1896–1975): 1 December 1939 (other sources claim officially since 1 April 1940) to [[8 May 1945]] (5 years, 180 days)

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:National Socialism]]
[[Category:German]]
[[Category:World War II]]
[[Category:SS]]
[[Category:German language]]
[[de:SS-Hauptamt]]

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