CERTIFICATE
Nürnberg, Germany
I hereby certify and agree that the following positions in the NSDAP and the German Government were held by Baldur von Schirach at or within the times stated for each position, or, if no time is stated, at some point between 1924 and 1945.
1. Member of NSDAP, 1925-1945.
2. Member of Reichstag, 1932-1945.
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3. Reich Youth Leader on Staff of SA Supreme Command, holding rank of General [Obergruppenfuehrer], in the SA, 1933. (I was Gruppenfuehrer and Reich Youth Leader on Staff of SA Supreme Command from 1931 until 1932; from that time on I was made independent [Reichsleiter] and only kept my rank and title as Gruppenfuehrer and—since about 1941—Obergruppenf uehrer.)
4. Reichsleiter in the NSDAP for Youth Education, 19321945.
5. Leader of Youth in the German Reich (Jugend fuehrer des Deutschen Reiches), 1933-1940. (As "Jugend-fuehrer des Deutschen Reichs" I belonged in 1933 to the Ministry of the Interior, then since 1936 to the Ministry of Education. On December 1, 1936 my office became "Oberste Reichsbehoerde.")
6. Leader of Hitler Jugend (Reichsjugendfuehrer der NSDAP) 1931-1940.
7. Reich Defense Commissioner for Vienna, 1940-1945.
8. Reichstatthalter of Vienna, 1940-1945.
9. Gauleiter of Vienna, 1940-1945.
10. Deputy to the Fuehrer for Inspection of the Hitler Youth (Beaufträger des Fuehrer fur die Inspektion der Gesamten Hitler Jugend), 1940-1945.
Signed: V. Schirach.
Signed: -Dr. Sauter, R.A.
Statement of von Schirach's positions in the party, Youth Leader posts, the SA, and the government
Authors
Baldur Schirach, von (Nazi youth leader; governor of Vienna)
Baldur von Schirach*
German Nazi politician and convicted war criminal (1907-1974)
- Born: 1907-05-09 (Berlin)
- Died: 1974-08-08 (Kröv)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: autobiographer; politician; screenwriter
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Member of: Sturmabteilung
- Military branch: Wehrmacht
- Position held: member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany; member of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
Date: Date Unknown
Literal Title: Certificate
Defendant: Baldur Schirach, von
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: PS-2973
Citation: IMT (page 254)
HLSL Item No.: 450461
Notes:The statement was also signed by von Schirach's attorney, Dr. Sauter. It is not dated; similar statements by other defendants were made in November 1945.