Nazi connection

July 1940, he was commissioned as a SS-Untersturmführer in the Waffen-SS Reserve. Later in April 1941, he was promoted to major general of the Police. On 30 January 1943 Kaltenbrunner was appointed Chief of the RSHA, composed of the SiPo. The combined forces of the Gestapo and Kripo along with the SD. He replaced Reinhard Heydrich, who was assassinated in June 1942.