Theodor Eicke
All Concentration Camp staffs were originally part of the "Allgemeine SS" under the office of the Concentration Camps Inspectorate ("Inspektion der Konzentrationslager" or IKL). First headed by Theodor Eicke, the Concentration Camp personnel were formed into the "SS-Wachverbände" in 1933, which later became known as the SS-"Totenkopfverbände" (SS-TV). Thereafter, the SS-TV branch increasingly became divided into the camp service proper and the military "Totenkopf" formation controlled by the SS-VT (forerunner of the Waffen-SS).