Kurt Daluege
By August 1936, the Gestapo was standardized across the Reich, wherein all political police—of which there were seventeen different terms for the political police—were merged. Command and control of the (Orpo) was exerted through , founded in 1936, under the successive leadership of Kurt Daluege (1936-1943), who was later replaced by Alfred Wünnenberg (1943-1945). Command and control of the Gestapo and the Kripo were since 1936 exerted through , and from 1939 through the (RSHA). These organization along with the (SD), became departments of the RSHA—initially under Heydrich (1936-1942) and then Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1943-1945) until World War II's end.