Theodor Eicke
August Heissmeyer took over the command of the "SS Totenkopf Standarte" in 1940 from the outgoing Theodor Eicke, who in 1939 had begun commanding a combat SS division (SS Division Totenkopf) and therefore gave his supervision over the concentration camps back to the SS Leadership Main Office. Heissmeyer was provisionally in charge of this bureau until May 1942. Richard Glücks took over the position, and became the chief of the Concentration Camps Inspectorate. In April 1945, Heissmeyer was given command of "Kampfgruppe" "Heissmeyer", a collection of "Volkssturm" militia and Hitler Youth who were given the task of protecting the Spandau airfield outside Berlin.