SS Personnel Main Office


The SS Personnel Main Office was responsible for the administration of personnel matters regarding all leaders and officers of the Schutzstaffel of Nazi Germany. This included the Allgemeine SS, Waffen-SS and Sicherheitsdienst, specifically those matters regarding admission, promotion and dismissal, but also organisational matters, transfers, and training. It was responsible for processing recommendations for decorations. The office was also responsible for the SS seniority list, the granting of the SS-Ehrenring and Degen, and also appointed members within the Allgemeine SS. The chief of the office was SS-Gruppenführer Walter Schmitt until 1942, followed by SS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS Maximilian von Herff. The office was supervised closely by the Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler.

Organization

The office consisted of two main departments: