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and accidents, as well as to preserve the efficiency of S.A. men, S.A. members have been organized into special and technical units. There are: Marine, Mounted, Communications, Engineer and Medical units. Their organization into companies, battalions, and so forth, and their subordination are variously regulated according to location and the given circumstances. a. Marine S.A.: The Marine S.A. includes all S.A. men who by occupation are or have been sailors of the merchant marine, the navy, or interior shipping, as well as men who are connected with shipping in any way or particularly interested in it. The seagoing S.A. men, who come into contact with the population of other countries, should represent National Socialist will and thought [Wollen and Denken]. For this reason their ideological education and professional training is a main mission of the marine S.A. This schooling and training is given aboard ship in the board troops [Bordtrupps] and on land in the marine S.A. units. Further tasks are service in catastrophes and accidents, especially those caused by water. For this purpose thorough training in seamanship is given each marine S.A. man. b. Mounted S.A.: As the mainstay of the national socialist riding corps [NSRK], the S.A. cavalry is responsible for the training of German youth in riding and driving, before military service, as well as additional training in riding for men already in the service (compare discussion on Page 373 "National Socialist Riding Corps"). The S.A. cavalry further cultivates riding and driving activities within the S.A. c. Communications S.A.: The task of the Communications S.A. is to enable the responsible leader during assemblies and other demonstrations and in the catastrophe service to exercise control over subordinated or employed units. The training therefore extends primarily to telephone service. Beyond that, however, the communications S.A. men are also trained in sending and receiving Morse Code signals. The "Communications Certificate of the S.A." is a certificate of merit for those S.A. men who wish to enlist in the signal corps of the armed forces. d. Engineers S.A.: The tasks of The S.A. engineers include catastrophe protective service during incidents capable of damaging the German national property.
Code signals. The "Communications Certificate of the S.A." is a certificate of merit for those S.A. men who wish to enlist in the signal corps of the armed forces. d. Engineers S.A.: The tasks of The S.A. engineers include catastrophe protective service during incidents capable of damaging the German national property. Every S.A. engineer has to prove in through technical examinations his degree of training and his initiative [Einsatsbereitschaft]. The examinations are entered in a performance book, which also contains the "S.A. Engineers Certificate" as certificate of merit. e. Medical S.A.: The S.A. doctors and S.A. medical personnel organized into medical units will supervise and care for the bodily health and efficiency of the individual S.A. man as well as units under their jurisdiction. Schools of the S.A. for special units a. Marine S.A. Schools: The following schools are available for training the marine S.A.: Marine S.A. school "DUSTERNBROCK" and the training sailing ship "DUHNEN." The school "DUSTERNBROCK" has to accomplish above all practical and theoretical training in boat service, in row, sail and power boat, according to the regulations of the navy. The continuation of seamanship training takes place on the seagoing training ship "DUHNEN." Here one gets used to the ship and learns to know and serve it in all its parts and equipment, and here also knowledge of weather and steering is taught and applied. b. Reich Riding Leadership School. (See under REICHSREITERFUEHRERSCHULE on page 373). c. Reich Communications School of the S.A.: Here the S.A. leaders of communications units are trained in all particulars of communications. Here they also become eligible through examinations for the "S.A. Communications Certificate." THE S.A. REGIMENT "FELDHERRNHALLE" The S.A. Regiment "Felderrnhalle" has its seat in Berlin, Voss-Strasse 1. It consists of six garrisoned battalions stationed in: Berlin, Munich, Hattingen, Krefeld, Stettin, and Stuttgart. S.A. General [Obergruppenfuehrer] Hermann Goering was appointed by the Fuehrer on 12 January, 1937, as Chief of the S.A. Regiment "Feldherrnhalle". The S.A. regiment is directly subordinated to the chief of staff. Its mission, beyond regular S.A. service, is to supervise bureaus of
and Stuttgart. S.A. General [Obergruppenfuehrer] Hermann Goering was appointed by the Fuehrer on 12 January, 1937, as Chief of the S.A. Regiment "Feldherrnhalle". The S.A. regiment is directly subordinated to the chief of staff. Its mission, beyond regular S.A. service, is to supervise bureaus of the S.A., the party, and the state. It is to be ready at all times for any and all purposes. [Seventh Edition, page 359, 367] BRANCHES OF THE S.A. 1. S.A. Units The S.A. embraces the entire territory of the Reich. It is divided according to political and local (LANDSMANNSCHAFTLICH) points of view into the following groups: S.A. Group-Alpenland (District /Gau/ Upper Danube, Salzburg, tyrol-Vorarlberg) S.A. Group-Bayernwald (Govt. Dist. Lower Bavaria, Upper Palatinate and Upper Franconia) S.A. Group-berlin-brandenburg (Province Mark Brandenburg and Greater berlin) S.A. Group-Danube (Gau Lower Danube, Vienna) S.A. Group-Elbe (Province of Saxony and Free State of Anhalt) S.A. Group-Franconia (Govt. Dist. Central and Lower Franconia) S.A. Group-hansa (Free City of Hamburg and Mecklenburg) S.A. Group-Hesse (Parts of the Free State of Hesse /Upper Hesse/, the Province of Hesse, and Hesse-Nassau) S.A. Group-Highland (Hochland) (Govt. Dist. Upper Bavaria and Swabia) S.A. Group-Palatinate (Govt. Dist. Rhenish Palatinate, Saar District, Rhenish Hesse, Lorraine) S.A. Group-Central Rhine (Rhine Province, Part of the Province of Hesse-Nassau, Luxemburg) S.A. Group-Neckar (Part of the Free State of baden and Wuerttenberg) S.A. Group-Lower Rhine (Parts of the Rhine Province and of the Ruhr District) S.A. Group-Lower Saxony (Part of the Province of hannover and Free State of Brunswick) S.A. Group-Nordmark (Province of Schleswig-Holstein, Free City of Luebeck) S.A. Group-North Sea (Parts of the Province of Hannover and Westphalia, Free State of Oldenburg, Free City of Bremen) S.A. Group-Upper Rhine (Parts of the Free State of Baden and Alsace) S.A. Group-Order (Province of Grenzmark) S.A. Group-Pomerania (Province of Pomerania and parts of Granzmark) S.A. Group-Saxony (Free State of Saxony) S.A. Group-Silesia (Province of Upper and Lower Silesia) S.A. Group-Sudeten (Reich Gau Sudetenland) S.A. Group-Suedmark (Gau Styria and Carinthia) S.A. Group-Tannenberg-(Province of East Prussia) S.A. Group-Thuringia
(Province of Pomerania and parts of Granzmark) S.A. Group-Saxony (Free State of Saxony) S.A. Group-Silesia (Province of Upper and Lower Silesia) S.A. Group-Sudeten (Reich Gau Sudetenland) S.A. Group-Suedmark (Gau Styria and Carinthia) S.A. Group-Tannenberg-(Province of East Prussia) S.A. Group-Thuringia (Free State of Thuringia) S.A. Group-Warthe (Reich Gau Wartheland) S.A. Group-Vistula (Reich Gau Danzig-West Prussia) S.A. Group-Westphalia (Province of Westphalia) * * * WITHDRAWAL FROM THE S.A. Service with the S.A. is and remains voluntary. As in recruitment for the S.A. no advantages may be promised and no pressure whatsoever may be exerted, the S.A. man should have the possibility to withdraw from the S.A. if he believes that he can no longer agree with S.A. views or if he is not in a position to fulfill completely the duties imposed on him as a member of the S.A. On presentation of honorable reasons in a corresponding written petition, the S.A. member can be "released from the S.A. by own request." However, if he shows no interest or if he has joined the ranks of the S.A. merely because of a whim or for the sake of a good opportunity, there ensues a "discharge from the S.A. according to number 127b of the SADV/1" (official measures for insuitability for service in the S.A.). If he is guilty of any disciplinary or political or possibly criminal offenses, the competent disciplinary officer can declare him as "Punished with permanent discharge from the S.A." In serious cases "exclusion from the S.A." can be declared. Source: Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression Volume IV Office of the United States Chief Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality Washington, DC : United States Government Printing Office, 1946 Previous Document Volume IV Menu
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1938 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 258
Second Law on the Right to Vote for the Reichstag, 18 March 1938.
The government of the Reich has decided to pass the following law which is proclaimed herewith:
Article 1
The electoral list for the Reich shall replace the electoral list for the Kreise.
Article 2
One or more candidates may be nominated on the electoral list for the Reich.
Article 3
For the elections to the Reichstag in Austria, the same general rules which are valid for the elections to the Reichstag apply, inasmuch as the requirements of the plebescite in Austria of 10 April 1938 do not necessitate different regulations.
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The Reich Minister of the Interior is authorized to change the orders on the procedure of the elections as much as may be necessary, in order to simplify this procedure.
Berlin, 18 March 1938.
The Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor
ADOLF HITLER
The Reich Minister of the Interior
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SPEECH BY HITLER BEFORE REICHSTAG, 20 February 1938
DOCUMENTS OF GERMAN POLITICS [Dokumente der deutschen Politik] Part VI, 1, Pages 50-52.
In the fifth year following the first great foreign political agreement of the Reich, it fills us with sincere gratification to be able to state that in our relations with the State with which we had had perhaps the greatest differences, not only has there been a detente, but in the course of these years there has been a constant improvement in relations, This good work, which was regarded with suspicion by so many at the time, has stood the test, and I may say that, since the League of nations finally gave up its continual attempts to unsettle Danzig and appointed a man of great personal attainments as the new commissioner, the most dangerous spot from the point of view of European peace has entirely lost its menacing character. The Polish State respects the national conditions by this State, and both the city of Danzig and Germany respect Polish rights. And so the way to a friendly understanding has been successfully paved, an understanding which, beginning with Danzig, has today, in spite of the attempts of certain mischief-makers, succeeded in finally taking the poison out of the relations between Germany and Poland and transforming them into a sincere, friendly cooperation.
Relying on her friendships, Germany will not leave a stone unturned to save that ideal which provides the foundation for the task which is ahead of us-peace.
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SPEECH DELIVERED BY HITLER IN THE SPORTSPALAST IN BERLIN ON 26 SEPTEMBER 1938 [Quoted from the Voelkischer Beobachter, Munich Edition, special edition for Tuesday, 27 September 1938.]
"I have conducted really a partical peace-policy during these years.
"I approached all apparently impossible problems with the firm determination to solve them in a peaceful manner even at the cost of more or less heavy German concessions. I am a front-line soldier myself and I know the hardships of a war. I wanted to spare the German people from it. I approached therefore problem after problem with the solid determination to try everything for a peaceful solution.
"The most difficult problem with which I was confronted was that of our relations with Poland. There was a danger that Poles and Germans would regard each other as hereditary enemies. I wanted to prevent this. I know well enough that I would not have been successful if Poland had had a democratic Constitution. For these democracies which indulge in phrases about peace are the most blood-thirsty war agitators. In Poland there ruled not a democracy but a man; and with him I succeeded, in precisely one year, in coming to an agreement which, for 10 years to begin with, entirely removed the danger of conflict. We are all convinced that this agreement will bring lasting pacification. We realize that there are two peoples which must live together, and neither of which can do away with the other. A people of 33 millions will always strive for an outlet to the sea. A way to understanding, then, had to be found."
"And now we are confronted with the last problem which must be solved and which will be solved. It is the last territorial claim which I have to make in Europe, but it is a claim from which I will not swerve, and which I will satisfy, God willing."
A way to understanding, then, had to be found." "And now we are confronted with the last problem which must be solved and which will be solved. It is the last territorial claim which I have to make in Europe, but it is a claim from which I will not swerve, and which I will satisfy, God willing."
"I have little to explain. I am grateful to Mr. Chamberlain for all his efforts. I have assured him that the German people want nothing but peace; but I have also told him that I cannot go back beyond the limits of our patience.
"I assured him, moreover, and I repeat it here, that when this problem is solved there will be no more territorial problems for Germany in Europe. And I further assured him that from the moment when Czechoslovakia solves its other problems, that is to say, when the Czechs have come to an arrangement with their other minorities, peacefully and without oppression, I will no longer be interested in the Czech State. And that, as far as I am concerned, I will guarantee. We don't want any Czechs at all. But I must also declare before the German people that in the Sudeten German problem my patience is now at an end. I made an offer to herr benes which was no more than the realisation of what he had already promised. He now has peace or war in his hands. Either he will accept this offer and at length give the Germans their freedom, or we will get this freedom for ourselves."
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SPEECH BY HITLER BEFORE THE REICHSTAG, 30 January 1939 [Quoted from the Voelkischer Beobachter, Munich Edition, Tuesday, 31 Jan. 1939.]
"On account of this intolerable provocation which had been aggravated by a truly infamous persecution and terrorization of our Germans there I had resolved to solve once and for all, and this time radically, the Sudetan German question. On May 28 I ordered (1) that preparations should be made for military action against this state by October 2. I ordered (2) the immense and accelerated expansion of our defensive front in the West."
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Nr. 123/124 Saturday and Sunday 2 and 3 May 1936
The Fuehrer begins speaking now amid the cheers of the whole of Germany:
"The lies that Germany will pounce upon Austria tomorrow or the day after are being spread again (jeers and laughter of the crowd). I ask myself: Who are these elements who do not want peace and mutual understanding, who must stir up and sow distrust continuously, who are they in reality?"
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EXTRACTS FROM SPEECH BY HITLER BEFORE REICHSTAG, 30 January 1937
DOCUMENTS OF GERMAN POLITICS [Dokumente der deutschen Politik] part VI, 2, Page 42.
"By a series of agreements we have eliminated existing tensions and thereby contributed considerably to an improvement in the European atmosphere. I merely recall an agreement with Poland, which has worked out to the advantage of both sides.
"True statesmanship will not overlook realities, but consider them. The Italian nation and the new Italian State are realities. The German nation and the German Reich are equally realities. And to my own fellow-citizens, I would say that the Polish nation and the Polish State have also become a reality.
"The German Reich with its strong Army will protect her own security and her own honor. But, fully convinced that there is for Europe no greater good than peace, the German Reich will always be a responsible and conscious promoter of the European peace idea."
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1933 MINISTERIAL GAZETTE FOR THE PRUSSIAN INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION [Ministerialblatt fuer die Preussische Innere Verwaltung]
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Execution of ordinance for security of people and state (national security)
Dated: 28 Feb. 1933 (RGBl. I, Page 83)
Rd. Erl. d. M.d. J. (KdR) 3.3.1933-II-1121
(Circular)
As a defense against the criminal, communist activities and a means of ruthless suppression of this source of peril, whose extremely dangerous scope has been revealed at the last minute, the Reich president decided on 28 Feb. 1933 to proclaim the decree for the protection of the people and the state. Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, page 83.
For the actual application of the measures authorized in this decree, I give the following directions:
dangerous scope has been revealed at the last minute, the Reich president decided on 28 Feb. 1933 to proclaim the decree for the protection of the people and the state. Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, page 83. For the actual application of the measures authorized in this decree, I give the following directions:
1. Sect. 1 of the decree not only suspends temporarily articles 114, 115, 117, 118, 123, 124 and 153 of the constitution; it rather eliminates all other Reich and state limitations in this matter, as far as this is necessary or practical in order to reach the aims of this decree. Within this framework police officials thus may go beyond the restrictions laid down by the provisions of sections 14 and 41 of the Prussian police code, their orders still remain police ordinances of police warrants and thus as far as form is concerned remain subject to the applicable regulations. However, violations are punished according to sect. 4 of the decree which in this respect prevails, according to p. 4 of the preceding decree. Conforming to the aim and purpose of the decree, the additional permissible actions will be directed primarily against the communists, but also against all those working with the communists or even indirectly supporting or promoting their criminal aims. To avoid any blunder, I remind you that the decree for the protection of the people and state, dated 28 Feb. 1933, should be used against members or institutions other than communist, anarchist or social democratic parties or organizations, when such measures serve for the defense against such communist tendencies in their broadest meaning. In other cases the decree of 2 April 1933 shall be applied. Labor unions shall not be put on the same level with socialdemocratic organizations.
communist, anarchist or social democratic parties or organizations, when such measures serve for the defense against such communist tendencies in their broadest meaning. In other cases the decree of 2 April 1933 shall be applied. Labor unions shall not be put on the same level with socialdemocratic organizations.
2. The local police has principal jurisdiction for all those police measures, which are permissible after the legal limitations mentioned under 1. have been removed. The jurisdiction has been changed by my decree of 3 Feb. 1933, (G.S. page 33) based on section 3 par. 5 of the Prussian police Code. Consequently all regulations dealing with the suspension of a periodical or the restriction of property have to be issued from the state police offices. Regulations concerning personal liberty, the right to assemble and congregate, or restrictions concerning the secrecy of mails, communications, telegraph and cable may be ordered by the district police only, (Section 3, part 2, P.V.G.).
restriction of property have to be issued from the state police offices. Regulations concerning personal liberty, the right to assemble and congregate, or restrictions concerning the secrecy of mails, communications, telegraph and cable may be ordered by the district police only, (Section 3, part 2, P.V.G.).
3. All orders under Section 1 of the decree of 28 Feb. 1933 must be in writing and signed by the competent chief of police of his general appointed deputies or a deputy appointed for such a measure. In cases of restriction of personal liberty, freedom of speech including freedom of press and property rights the involved person is to be served at the latest at the beginning of the procedure with a certified copy of such an order statement. In cases of interferences with the secrecy of mail, postal service, telegraph and cable one certified copy of the order is to be sent immediately to the post office concerned, as well as to the regional postal office. This order does not affect the existing formal requirements and prerequisites under which restrictions of personal liberty, of free speech incl. free press, of the right to organize and assemble, interference in the secrecy of postal, telegraph, and cable services, orders of search and seizure, and limitations upon property rights, could be carried out in accordance with prevailing legal provisions.
4. The state police departments have to keep themselves informed on all measures taken in their districts in accordance with sect. 1, of the decree of 28 Feb. 1933, and they have to report to me on the 5th and 20th of each month on measures taken in the second, resp. first half of the preceding month. Unless specially ordered, individual measures, including the suspension of periodicals in accordance with section 1 of this decree need not be reported unless it concerns a very important case.