SS and police leader
The title of SS and police leader (German: SS- und Polizeiführer) was used to designate a senior Nazi official who commanded large units of the SS, Gestapo and of the regular German police prior to and during World War II.
Three levels of subordination were established for bearers of this title:
History
The first Higher SS and Police Leaders were appointed in 1937 from the existing SS-Oberabschnitt Führer (leaders of the main districts). The purpose of the Higher SS and Police Leader was to be a direct command authority for every SS and police unit in a given geographical region with such authority answering only to Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler and Adolf Hitler.
Inside the Reich the man named as HSSPF was usually also SS-Oberabschnitt Führer for that region. Outside the Reich there was no Oberabschnitt, so the HSSPF existed on their own. However, they had something the Reich HSSPFs did not - several SS- und Polizeiführer (SSPF) reporting to them.
SS Andromedae
SS Andromedae is a variable star in the constellation of Andromeda. It is classified as a semiregular variable pulsating giant star, and varies from an apparent visual magnitude of 11.4 at minimum brightness to a magnitude of 10.0 at maximum brightness, with a period of approximately 152.5 days.
