May 1934 – July 1934: SS-Brigadeführer Theodor Eicke July 1934 – March 1935: SS-Obersturmbannführer Bernhard Schmidt March 1935 – March 1936: SS-Standartenführer Otto Reich April 1936 – October 1936: SS-Standartenführer Hermann Baranowski November 1936 – July 1937: SS-Standartenführer Hans Helwig July 1937 – December 1937: Commisar Alexander Piorkowski