In August 1942, Abteilung VII Weltanschauliche Forschung (Section VII: Ideological Research) within the Reichssicherheitshauptamt(Reich Security Main Office) Central police authority in Nazi Germany, founded in September 1939. The RSHA combined the state security police and the SS security service. More (Reich Security Main Office(Reich Security Main Office) Central police authority in Nazi Germany, founded in September 1939. The RSHA combined the state security police and the SS security service. More, RSHA(Reich Security Main Office) Central police authority in Nazi Germany, founded in September 1939. The RSHA combined the state security police and the SS security service. More) secured access to the looted libraries of deported and displaced persons. The books were transferred to the Zentralbibliothek (Central Library), which was then being established.

In this process, the RSHA(Reich Security Main Office) Central police authority in Nazi Germany, founded in September 1939. The RSHA combined the state security police and the SS security service. More was granted priority over other state and Party agencies: it could select books even before the Vermögensverwertungsstelle took over the seized items for administration from the Gestapo(EN) Politische Polizei in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus, die politische Gegner*innen sowie Jüdinnen*Juden überwachte und verfolgte..