2nd August 1941
Schutzpolizei

Schutzpolizei

The Schutzpolizei des Reiches or the Schupo was the state protection police of Nazi Germany and a branch of the Ordnungspolizei. Schutzpolizei is the German name for a uniformed police force. The Schutzpolizei des Reiches was the uniformed police of most cities and large towns. State police departments were in charge of protection police, Kripo criminal investigation divisions (Kriminalpolizei), and administrative police.

The state protection police comprised a patrol branch, barracked police, traffic police, water police, mounted police, police communications units, and police aviation. Policemen were required to have previous military service, good physical and mental health, Aryan descent and membership in the Nazi Party.

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von Imhoff

The recipient of the correspondence appears to be Sigmund von Imhoff but this cannot be for certain and further research is required.

Sigmund von Imhoff (1881-1967) was a Generalmajor in the Luftwaffe during World War II.

Wilhelm Maria Sigmund Heinrich, Freiherr von Imhoff, was born a member of the Imhoff family in Metz, Lorraine, on 30th June 1881. His father, Christoph Gustav Karl Sigmund was an officer at Metz, a border town of the German Empire.

Von Imhoff served as officer in the German Army during the First World War. After the War, von Imhoff served as officer in the Landespolizei Freistaates of Bayern, the Bavarian police. On 3rd April 1933, Promoted to Oberstleutnant, lieutenant colonel.

Sigmund von Imhoff was later seconded to the Luftwaffe, with the rank of Generalmajor.

Wilhelm Maria Sigmund Heinrich, Freiherr von Imhoff, died in Farchant, Oberbayern, on 7th July 1967.

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