Editing Arthur Nebe (section)

===Police career===

Born in Berlin in 1894, the son of a school teacher, Nebe volunteered for military service during [[World War I]] and served with distinction.{{sfn|Lewy|2000|p=204}} In 1920, he joined the Berlin detective force, the ''[[Kriminalpolizei]]'' (Kripo; Criminal Police). He attained the rank of police inspector in 1923 and police commissioner in 1924.{{sfn|Browder|1990|p=57}}{{sfn|Zentner|Bedürftig|1997|p=641}}

Nebe was a conservative nationalist, who embraced the shift of the country to right-wing rule in the 1930s.{{sfn|Browder|1990|p=57}} In July 1931, he joined the [[Nazi Party]] (party number 574,307) and the [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] (SS number 280,152).{{sfn|Biondi|2000|p=10}} Nebe became the Nazis' liaison in the criminal police in Berlin, with links to an early Berlin SS group led by [[Kurt Daluege]]. In early 1932, Nebe and other Nazi detectives formed the NS (National Socialist) Civil Service Society of the Berlin Police.{{sfn|Browder|1990|p=57}} In 1933, he came to know [[Hans Bernd Gisevius]], then an official in the [[Berlin Police]] Headquarters; after the war, Gisevius produced an apologetic account of Nebe's Nazi era activities. In 1935, Nebe was appointed head of the Prussian Criminal Police.{{sfn|Browder|1990|p=125}} He obtained the rank of SS-''[[Gruppenführer]]'' and ''[[Generalleutnant]]'' of Police on 9 November 1941.{{sfn|Biondi|2000|p=10}}