INSIDE Department IV

From 1941 the Gestapo (Department IV of the RSHA) was concerned with the following responsibilities

IV a – POLITICAL opponents

IV A 1: Communism IV A 2: Sabotage IV A 3: Liberalism and Emigrants IV A 4: Assassinations

IV B – sects AND Churches

IV B 1: Catholicism IV B 2: Protestantism IV B 3: Freemasonry IV B 4: Evacuations and Jews

IV C – ADMIN AND party affairs

IV C 1: Card Indexes and Visas IV C 2: Protective Custody IV C 3: Press and Literature IV C 4: Party Issues

IV D – spheres of INFLUENCE

IV D 1: Czechoslovakia IV D 2: Poland IV D 3: Enemy Alien Informants IV D 4: Occupied Territories

IV e – security AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE

IV E 1: Economic Espionage IV E 2: Counterintelligence West IV E 3: Counterintelligence North IV E 4: Counterintelligence East IV E 5: Counterintelligence South