Ordinances, regulations and decrees on NSDAP organizations, including the party chancellery, provincial and local leaders, party schools; punishment of illegal radio broadcasting; censorship of literature; education and propaganda; exclusion of clergymen from the party; sports and military training by the SA

DECREES, REGULATIONS, ANNOUNCEMENTS [Verfuegungen Anerdnungen, Bekanntgaben] Vol. I
Ordinance for the execution of the decree of the Fuehrer concerning the position of the Head of the Party Chancellery of 16 Jan. 1942.
On the basis of the decree of the Fuehrer concerning the position of the Head of the Party Chancellery of 29 May 1941 (Reich Laws, vol. I, page 295) the following is enacted:
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1 The cooperation of the party in lawmaking results exclusively through the Head of the Party chancellery, insofar as the Fuehrer does not prescribe something else. Also proposals and incentives for lawmaking from the party, its branches and affiliated organizations may be forwarded only through the Head of the Party Chancellery to the proper Supreme Offices of the Reich.
2 In the same way the cooperation of the party in processing of the personnel records of officials results exclusively through the Head of the Party Chancellery.
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In every case the Head of the Party Chancellery has the position of a participating Reich minister in the work of lawmaking. He is therefore to be granted permission from the outset by the Supreme Offices of the Reich in preparation of the Reich laws, of decrees and ordinances of the Fuehrer, of ordinances of the Ministerrat for national defense as well as of ordinances of the Supreme Offices of the Reich including executive orders and supplementary provisions. The same applies to approval of laws and ordinances of the regions [Laender] and to ordinances of Reich deputies [Statthalter].
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In fundamental and political questions, particularly in such questions which concern the preparation, alteration or execution of laws, intercourse between the Supreme Offices of the Reich and the supreme offices of regions [Laender] which encompass several provinces [Gaue] on the one hand and on the other hand the offices of the party. Its branches and affiliated organizations, takes place only through the Head of the Party Chancellery. Direct intercourse the Supreme Officer of the Reich and the supreme offices of the region [Laender] with other offices of the party is not permissible in these cases. The same applies to processing of the personnel records of officials insofar as particular prescriptions therefor do not exist.
The Fuehrer's Headquarters, 16 January 1942 The Reich Minister and Head of the Reich Chancellery,
Dr. Lammers.
The Head of the Party Chancellery M. Bormann
Duty Sphere of the Party Chancellery R. 49/42 of 2.4.1942
In the executive decree of 16 January 1942 (RGBL. I, page 35, appendix 1) supplementing the Fuehrer's decree concerning the
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position of the Head of the Party Chancellery of 29 May 1941 (RGBL. I, page 35, appendix,) the powefs of the Head of the Party Chancellery in relation to the Supreme Offices of the Reich are made clear. This permits me to summarize again the regular tions enacted thus far for the sphere of the Party.
The Party Chancellery is an office of the Fuehrer. He makes use of it for the leadership of the NSDAP, which leadership he has again completely and exclusively taken over since 12 May 1941. * * *
Further, as Head of the Party Chancellery in the realm of the State by decree of the Fuehrer of 19 May 1941 on the basis of the law for safeguarding the unity of party and State, representation of the party relative to the Supreme Offices of the Reich has been given to me. From this arise the following powers which were affirmed anew by the ordinance for the execution of the decree of the Fuehrer concerning the position of the Head of the Party Chancellery of 16 January 1942 (RGBL I, 1942, page 35).
1. Participation in Reich and regional [Land] lawmaking inclusive preparation of Fuehrer decrees. The Head of the Party Chancellery puts into effect the role of the party as protector of National Socialist ideology (Fuehrer decree of 27.7.1934 and of 6.4.1935).
The Head of the Party Chancellery is to be granted participation from the outset by the Supreme Offices of the Reich in the preparation of Reich laws, of decrees and ordinances of the Fuehrer, of ordinances of the Ministerrat for national defense as well as of ordinances of the Supreme Offices of the Reich including executive orders and supplementary provisions. The same applies to approval of laws and ordinances of the regions [Laender] and to ordinances of Reich deputies [Statthalter].
2. Participation of the party in personnel matters of officials . and leaders of the Labor Service [Arbeitsdienstfuehrer] the appointment of whom the Fuehrer has reserved for himself (decree of the Fuehrer of 24.9.1935, RGBL, I, page 1002 and of 10.7.1937, RGBL I, page 769). Participation of the party in the remaining State personnel records is turned over to the Gauleiters by the decree of the Fuehrer to supplement the decree concerning appointment of officials and termination of the official relationship of 26.3.1942 (RGBL I, page 153).
3. Securing the influence of the party on the self-administration of regional bodies [Gebietskoerperschaften] (par, 18 German Community Ordinance, par. 3, par. 5 of the First Ordinance for Execution of the Ostmark law of 10 June 1939 and par. 2, par.
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5 of the First Ordinance for Execution of the Sudetengau law of 10 June 1939).
Since all the powers which belonged to the former deputy of the Fuehrer in the realm of the State according to hitherto existing laws, ordinances, decrees, statutes and other regulations have been transferred to me, all previous regulations concerning intercourse of party offices with the Supreme Offices of the Reich and the supreme offices of regions [Laender] which encompass several provinces [Gaue] are still valid. Accordingly the cooperation of the party in lawmaking and in the processing of personnel records of officials through the Supreme Offices of the Reich results exclusively through the party chancellery. Also proposals and incentives for lawmaking from the party, its branches and affiliated organizations may be forwarded only through the Head of the Party Chancellery to the proper Supreme Offices of the Reich.
Direct intercourse between the Supreme Offices of the Reich and the supreme offices of the regions [Laender] which encompass several provinces [Gaue] on the one hand, and on the other hand the offices of the party, its branches and affiliated organizations, in fundamental and political questions, particularly such which concern the preparation, alteration, or execution of Laws, as well as the processing of the personnel records of officials, is now as heretofore not permissible.
These prescriptions were instituted by the Fuehrer expressly to secure unified representation of the Party. They are therefore to be observed absolutely. I have for my part directed that at regular periods the offices of Reich leadership be informed in special conferences about the lawmaking work under way, that suggestions and incentives from these offices be accepted at the conferences, and that the party offices competent at the time be given a part in the processing of individual questions in a most thoroughgoing manner. * * *
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A. 170/39 of 15.9.1939
The task of political leadership assigned to the party in the war requires the strongest concentration of all its powers.
I therefore direct:
1. The Sovereign bearer [Hoheitstraeger] oftheNSDAP [Gauleiter, Kreisleiter, Ortsgruppenleiter] bears responsibility for the political conduct and attitude of the population in his sphere of authority. It is his right and his duty to take or to order all measures which are necessary for the frictionless fulfillment of his political tasks or for the elimination of harm within the party. He is responsible solely fo his superior functionary.
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2. The local sovereign bearer (Gauleiter, Kreisleiter, Ortsgruppenleiter) has the right to draft for assistance every member of the party, its branches (by arrangement with the locally competent branch leader) and affiliated organizations. In this connection he is required to consider professional activity with special appraisal of its war value.
3. The leaders of affiliated organizations as well as the leaders of the party women's organization are subordinated to the sovereign bearer [Hoheitstraeger] politically, functionally, disciplinarily, and personally. They receive their directions on the part of functionally competent offices of the superior department through their appropriate commander. The locai leaders of the NSD. — Dozentenbund and the NSD. — Studentenbund are subordinated to the appropriate authority [Hoheitstraeger] in the same way.
4. The formations of the NSDAP, with exception of the SS, for whom special provisions apply, are subordinated to the sovereign bearer politically and in respect to commitment. Responsibility for the leadership of the units rests in the hands of the unit leader.
5. The leaders and co-workers of the above named offices in the provinces [Gaue] and districts [Kreise] and in the — should they exist — Ortsgruppen place themselves at the disposal of the sovereign bearer for the taking over of other duties insofar as they are free from military service.
6. Commitment for tasks of war importance takes place exclusively through the commander. All requests from offices outside the party are to be directed only to the Kreisleiter, in larger tasks to the Gauleiter.
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Organization
General Organization questions.
Assumption of new Tasks by Organizations and associations. In order to be able to care for the whole German people in all realms of life the NSDAP, after the taking of power, created new organizations, the affiliated organizations of the party. * * *
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Party Schools
Decree of 15.1.1937
Adolf Hitler Schools
approved as preparatory schools for the trainingschools [Ordensburgen] of the Fuehrer.
As NSK reports, the Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor has issued the following decree:
Following a report of the Reich Organization Leader of the NSDAP and the Youth Leader of the German Reich I approve that
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the newly-to-be-created National Socialist schools, which are at the same time to serve as preparatory schools for the National Socialist Training Schools [Ordensburgen] shall bear my name. Berlin, 15 January 1937
Signed: Adolf Hitler
As the Youth Press Service ascertains, the two Reich leaders, Dr. Ley and Baldur v. Schirach make the following interpretation of the Fuehrer's proclamation:
Based on a plan prepared by us the Fuehrer issued the above decree concerning the Adolf Hitler schools of the NSDAP. The NSDAP and Hitler-Jugend have thereby received a new, tremendous task, which reaches far beyond the present time into the distant future.
More specific details concerning the Adolf Hitler schools are being made public today. However, to avoid confusion, we make known the following fundamentals.
1. The Adolf Hitler schools are units of the Hitler Jugend and are conducted responsibly by the latter. Study material, study plan, and teaching staff are determined by the undersigned Reich leaders in uniformity within the Reich.
2. The Adolf Hitler school comprises six classes. Entrance usually follows after completion of the 12th year of life.
3. Admittance into the Adolf Hitler schools is obtained by such youths as have proved themselves outstanding in the German youngvolk and are nominated by the pertinent authorities.
4. School training in Adolf Hitler schools is free.
5. Supervision of schools belongs to the leadership privileges of the Gauleiter of the NSDAP. He either exercises them himself or hands over the exercise thereof to the Gau [province] office for education.
6. After completing the graduation examination the AdolfHitler student has every profession in the party and the State open to him.
The Reich Organization Leader of the NSDAP
Signed: Dr. Ley
The Youth Leader of the German Reich
Signed: Baldur v. Schirach
Admittance of Adolf Hitler Students to the Universities The final examination of Adolf Hitler School students is on a par with the entrance certificate of the university and authorizes study at all German universities [Hochschulen]. A correspond-
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mg decree will be published shortly in the official organ of the Reich Ministry for Science, Education and Folk culture. * * *
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Copy
Law against illegal broadcasting of 2k November 1937
The government of the Reich has passed the following law which is hereby published:
Threat of Punishment
(1) The illegal broadcaster will be punished by confinement in a penitentiary.
(2) In less severe cases the punishment is imprisonment.
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Illegal broadcaster .
An illegal broadcaster is:
1. Whoever constructs or operates a radio sending apparatus without a previous permit from the German Postal Service;
2. Whoever has a permit from the German Postal Service to construct or operate a radio sending apparatus, but employs the apparatus for broadcasts which are not permitted by the permit from the German Postal Service;
3. Whoever employs a radio receiving apparatus against its prescription for the sending of information, signs, pictures, or sounds.
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Illegal broadcasting through negligence
Whoever commits one of the acts in paragr. 2 through negligence will be punished by imprisonment.
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Manufacture, distribution, possession of radio sending installations
(1) In the same manner as an illegal broadcaster will be punished :
1. Whoever manufactures a radio sending apparatus without having a permit from the German Postal Service.
2. Whoever imports, offers for sale, distributes, or in other ways provides other persons with radio sending apparatus in working order without having a permit from the German Postal Service.
3. Whoever takes a radio sending apparatus in working order into his possession, custody, or safekeeping, and possesses neither a permit from the German Postal Service for the possession,
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custody or safekeeping of said apparatus nor a permit from the German Postal Service for the construction and operation of said apparatus nor a permit according to Nos. 1 or 2.
(2) A radio sending apparatus in working order may not be taken into possession, custody or safekeeping on the basis of a permit according to par. 1, Nos. 1 or 2 when the permit specifies otherwise or is limited to other radio sending installations.
(3) If one of the actions described in par. 1 is committed through negligence the punishment shall be imprisonment.
(4) The permits (par. 1) are revocable; they can be issued with injunctions (grant- and permit conditions).
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Radio sending apparatus
(1) What radio sending installations are is determined by the provisions of the broadcasting law (law concerning broadcasting installations of 14 January 1928, RGBL I, page 8).
(2) A radio sending apparatus is considered in working order even when individual replaceable parts or individual connections are missing or were again removed.
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Authorization, sending permission
A permit in the sense of the above provisions may also be designated as an authorization or license.
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Confiscation
(1) Articles which were intended or employed for illegal broadcasting will be confiscated without consideration of whom they belong to.
(2) The judge may waive confiscation when the act was committed through negligence or when the articles were intended or employed for illegal broadcasting without the authorized person's fault.
(3) In the cases of par. 4 those radio sending installations may be confiscated which were manufactured, imported, offered for sale, distributed or given away or were in the possession, custody, or safekeeping of the perpetrator.
(4) The confiscation may be ordered independently when no specific person can be prosecuted or sentenced but aside from that the prerequisites of paragraphs 1, 3 are met.
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Provisions for execution
The Minister of the Postal Service issues the legal and administrative provisions necessary for execution (of the law).
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Transitional provisions
(1) Whoever at the time this law takes effect manufactures, imports, offers for sale, distributes, or otherwise gives to other persons, or has in his possession radio sending installations without possessing the permit required according to paragr. 4 shall request the permit in writing from a Reich Postal management within the time to be determined according to paragr. 3. If he has requested the permit within the specified time he may, until a decision is reached concerning the grant, continue to manufacture, import, offer for sale, distribute, give away, retain in his possession, custody or safekeeping said installations.
(2) Party offices of affiliated organizations must, within the time limit (paragr. 1), place the installations and apparatus at the disposal of the party chancellory. Prescriptions concerning the installations or decisions concerning a permit according to paragr. 4 will in these cases be made jointly by the Head of the Party Chancellery, the Reich Postal Minister and the Reich Minister of War.
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Taking effect
This law takes effect on the day of its publication.
Berlin, 24 November, 1937
Der Fuehrer Signed: Adolf Hitler The Reich Postal Minister
Signed : Ohnesorge The Reich Minister of Justice
Signed : Dr. Guertner
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Sphere of duty of the official party examining commission for protection of National Socialist literature. '
A. of 18.4.1934.
Recently a great variety of firms have produced in increasing numbers books and writings which concern themselves with the nature and goal of the National Socialist movement in the treatment of political, economic, cultural and general ideological problems as well as with historical, and particularly biographical presentation of leading personages of the NSDAP although a not inconsiderable number of these books is written without the neces-
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sary factual knowledge and treats the problems and subject-matter incompletely and inadequately or also in non-National Socialist ways of thinking, they are judged indiscriminately by the public as serious contributions to National Socialist literature on the basis of their titles and presentation. Thereby they are likely to present to the people a totally false picture of the development and objectives of the movement.
The NSDAP has the sovereign right and the duty to be on guard that the National Socialist heritage of ideas should not be counterfeited by unauthorized persons and employed for business purposes in a manner leading astray the general public.
Starting today thus is created an official "Examining commission for the protection of National Socialist literature."
The commission, which will work in closest coordination with the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and propaganda and the deputy charged with surveillance of the total spiritual and ideological training of the party and all politically coordinated organizations as well as the movement "Strength through Joy", has the task of examining all books and writings on the subject.
Books of the indicated contents may be publicized as National Socialist in the title, the makeup, in publishing notices or even in the presentation itself only when they have been placed before the examining commission and bear its certification of approval [Unbedenklichkeitsvermerk].
The NSDAP expects that manuscripts which have National Socialist problems and subject matter as a subject will be offered for publication first of all to the central party publishing office,
which is the property of the NSDAP. * * *
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6 If no doubts exist after completion of the examination, the approved writings will be accepted in the catalog of National Socialist literature. The publishing firm thereby receives the right to make the following notation in the book:
"This book, respectively this article, is evaluated as a serious contribution to National Socialist literature by the official party examining commission for the protection of National Socialist literature and has been entered as No. — in the official party catalog. * * *
A. 4/36 of 6.1.1936
Executory orders from the official party examining commission for the protection of National Socialist Literature are considered important party service.
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In the course of the development of the work of the "official party examining commission for the protection of National Socialist Literature" I order:
The official party examining commission may entrust specific tasks to party offices or individual party members within its sphere of work, that is, the examination of National Socialist literature, the creation of a N. S. bibliography, and the setting up of official lectureships necessary for its work. The fulfillment of these tasks is considered important party service and is therefore in all cases to be taken care of quickly and carefully.
It is left to the head of the official party examining commission to decide in detail, in what manner he will summon party officers or party members for assistance. * * *
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A. 9/40 of 30.1.1940 (RVBL.)
According to given instructions I point out the well understood duty of all party members and offices of the party, its branches and affiliated organizations to allow their writing to appear in the central publishing house of the NSDAP, Franz Eher's Successors. Documents that deal with questions of National Socialist ideology and with the parity and its history as well as printed matter intended for inter-office use are to be offered first of all to the central publishing house of the NSDAP for printing. The efficiency [Schlagkraft] of the central publishing house of the NSDAP is of great significance to the political leadership.
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R. 41/39 of 13.4.1939
Distribution of "Mein Kampf"
The widest possible dissemination of the book "Mein Kampf" is the urgent duty of all offices of the party, its branches and affiliated organizations. The effort should be made that some day every German family, even the poorest, will own this fundamental work of the Fuehrer.
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A. 152/37 of 11.11.1937
Education
General
Fundamental questions of National Socialism.
National Socialism as an idea builds on a few principles which consist on the one hand of faith in the inner laws of life given to the people by Creation and on the other hand of meeting all those
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conditions required for the fulfillment of the tasks given to this people.
We must hammer these fundamental principles into the German people, until German being and thinking which has so long been buried has become free again, and once again the assertion of the people's will to live is served by the activity of every German person, be this in science, art, in industry or any place in labor. These fundamental principles must be preserved clean and clear for centuries by the party. That is its great task. Our opponent will welcome nothing more than if National Socialism were to let itself be led astray from the preservation of these few National Socialist fundamentals, and should proceed to the unsteady field of scientific partisan — and conflicting questions which, though they may be of significance in spiritual history, would of necessity have to become a burden of unbearable proportions politically.
Science is subordinated to development and experience; it amplifies and completes itself constantly by new perceptions and observations. National Socialism announces the immortal truths of our folk existence which were as valid a thousand years ago as they will be a thousand years hence.
The admonishing example of church dogmatism must warn us not to fall into the same error. The attachment of the Roman church to the teaching that the sun revolves around the earth brought immeasurable damage to its credibility. .
Entering into scientific partisan — or conflicting questions, the revival of political —: ideological questions with departmental scientific interpretation in speeches and writings is therefore in the future to be abstained from. In matters of doubt the decision of the Fuehrer's deputy for supervision of total spiritual and ideological education of the NSDAP is to be obtained.
ducational and Propaganda Work in the Realm
A. of 19.11.1933
Unification of of Population Politics and Race Culture.
In order to maintain custody of unified educational and propaganda work in the realm of population — and race politics and in the future to prevent blunders in this work which may lead to serious inner and outer political results I hereby order that in matters relating to this subject all party offices may only proceed in closest connection with the leader of the race-Political office and according to his directives.
Under these regulations fall not only courses, meetings, etc., but also publication and distribution of periodicals, tracts and books with population — and race political contents.
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The head of the race-political office is responsible to me for the realm of education and propaganda in population — and race-political questions. All party offices must follow his instructions in these matters.
A. 117/35 of 15.6.1935
Execution of the ideological education of the NSDAP.
The unified execution of ideological and spiritual education and training in the NSDAP, its branches and affiliated organizations is regulated hereby as follows:
* 1. The Fuehrer's deputy for all spiritual and ideological education in the NSDAP issues instructions giving direction and contents for all ideological education and training within the NSDAP, its branches and affiliated organization.
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4. The Fuehrer's deputy for all spiritual and ideological education in the NSDAP has the right, in agreement with the Reich Education Leader [Reichsschulungsleiter], to summon all educational leader — and managers (Walter) regularly to courses and conferences concerning the contents and orientation of ideological education. His directives are to be observed in educational work.
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A. 140/39 of 14.7.1939
Admittance of Pastors and Theology students into the NSDAP not possible.
In my ordinance No. 34/37 of 9.2.1937 I ruled that in order to prevent introduction of church-political contradictions into the movement and to avoid suspicion of a onesided attitude for or against any existing church organization, the admittance of members of the clerical profession to the party was to be avoided.
It has been shown that non-admittance of members of the clerical profession into the party does not suffice.
The Reich treasurer of the NSDAP took cognizance of this fact in his order No. 34/39 concerning the lifting of the membership restriction of 10.5.1939 by the specification that clericals as well as other citizens who have strong confessional ties may not be admitted into the party.
Beyond that I order that in the future, party members who enter the clerical profession or who take up the study of theology must leave the party.
Those'students are not affected by this order who are primarily registered with another school and, without intending to enter
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the clerical profession later, attend individual lectures in the theological school.
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V. of 19.1.1939
Pre- and Post-Military Training.
SA — Sport insignia elevated to SA — Defense insignia and made basis of pre-and post-military training. SA responsible for training.
Official book of rules of the supreme SA — Leadership, 9th yearr Munich, 1 April 1939, No. 5.
Der Fuehrer
In extension to my decree of 15 February 1935 and 18 March 1937 concerning the earning of the SA — Sport insignia and the annual repetition exercises I elevate the SA — Sport insignia to be SA — Defense insignia and make it the basis of pre- and postmilitary training.
I appoint the SA as custodian of this training. Every German man who has completed his 17th year of life and comes within the scope of the prerequisites for honorable military duty has the social duty of earning the SA — Defense insignia in preparation for military service.
The Hitler-Jugend classes are to be prepared, after the completion of their 16th year, for the earning of the SA — Defense insignia.
Soldiers honorably separated from active army duty and fit for service are to be incorporated into defense organizations for preservation of their spiritual and physical powers and to be attached to the SA insofar as they are not assigned to other branches of the party (SS, NSKK, NSFK.) for special training and will take their defence toughening on the basis of the SA — Defense insignia.
Organization and training are to take the requirements of the Wehrmacht into consideration.
The chief of Staff of the SA. issues the necessary executive regulations in agreement with the supreme commanders of the branches of the Wehrmacht. He alone is responsible for their execution.
Party and State offices must support the SA. in this training-effort and evaluate the certificate of possession of the SA. Defense insignia accordingly.
Berlin, 19 January 1939
Signed :
Adolf Hitler
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