Editing Gestapo (section)

===Female criminal investigation career===
According to regulations issued by the Reich Security Main Office in 1940, women who had been trained in [[social work]] or having a similar education could be hired as female detectives. Female youth leaders, lawyers, business administrators with experience in social work, female leaders in the {{lang|de|[[Reichsarbeitsdienst]]}} and personnel administrators in the [[Bund Deutscher Mädel]] were hired as detectives after a one-year course, if they had several years professional experience. Later, nurses, kindergarten teachers, and trained female commercial employees with an aptitude for police work were hired as female detectives after a two-year course as {{lang|de|Kriminaloberassistentin}} and could promote to a {{lang|de|Kriminalsekretärin}}. After another two or three years in that grade, the female detective could advance to {{lang|de|Kriminalobersekretärin}}. Further promotions to {{lang|de|Kriminalkommissarin}} and {{lang|de|Kriminalrätin}} were also possible.{{sfn|Ahlers|2001|pp=33–36}}