VOELKISCHER BEOBACHTER, 2 MAY 1941
On the National holiday of the German people, at a solemn meeting of the Reich Chamber of Labour which took place in the Messerschmitt Works in Augsburg, were proclaimed the distinctions bestowed by the Fuehrer, "National Socialist Model Factory" and "Pioneer of Labour."
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The centerpoint of the celebration was the address by the Fuehrer's Deputy, Rudolf Hess, in which he honoured the distinguished merits (if the newly nominated Pioneers of Labour.
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If the Fuehrer—thus Rudolf Hess began his speech—honours in regular sequence on the National holiday of the German people, the representative German undertakings by the bestowal of the Golden Ensign and the distinction National Socialist Model Factory, not only is the National Socialist spirit of the individual industrial combines characterized, but the performances of workers and Managing Directors are publicly honoured before the whole people.
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The German soldier must understand: for the uniqueness and the abundance of his weapons and of his material, for these he must thank the untiring efforts for many years of Adolf Hitler— but for their uniform reliability and excellence, for these things he must thank the German creators. And the German soldier is as little likely to forget them as the creators will forget his struggle and his victory.
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' If already by today, at the termination of the fourth German industrial production campaign, continued Rudolf Hess, so many German factories could be distinguished with the Golden Ensign, it is the emblematical pledging of personality to the conception of the National Socialist Industry and the National Socialist industrial combines which has gained this success. Here, as everywhere, it is the strong individual personality which stands as prototype and involves its surroundings with it. We must never forget that it is not the organization or the type of organization, not the essential conception of the undertaking or the . industry which is decisive, the decisive factor is personality, the personality of the Managing Director, the personality of the workman. The organization does not create personality, but the creative and productive personalities make for themselves the organization within which they can develop.
Extract from a speech to the Chamber of Labor, on the production of weapons due to Hitler's leadership and the skill and personality of managers and workers
Authors
Rudolf Hess (Deputy to the Fuehrer; minister without portfolio)
Rudolf Hess
German Nazi leader (1894-1987)
- Born: 1894-04-26 (Alexandria)
- Died: 1987-08-17 (Spandau Prison) (located in the administrative territorial entity: West Berlin)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: aircraft pilot; politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Member of: Thule Society
- Participant in: Beer Hall Putsch
- Military rank: lieutenant
Date: 02 May 1941
Literal Title: Extract from Voelkischer Beobachter, 2 May 1941.
Defendant: Rudolf Hess
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: M-105
Citation: IMT (page 4088)
HLSL Item No.: 453683