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Order increasing the status of the SS and its leaders within the NSDAP after its service in June 1934 [the purge of the SA leaders]
IMT
Authors
Adolf Hitler (Fuehrer, Reich Chancellor, Supeme Commander of Wehrmacht)
Adolf Hitler
Austrian nationalized German politician, leader of the National Socialist party and dictator of Germany (1889-1945)
- Born: 1889-01-01 1889-04-20 (Braunau am Inn) (country: Austria-Hungary; located in the administrative territorial entity: Archduchy of Austria above the Enns; statement is subject of: Adolf-Hitler-Geburtshaus)
- Died: 1945-04-30 (Berlin Führerbunker) (country: Nazi Germany; located in the administrative territorial entity: Berlin; statement is subject of: death of Adolf Hitler)
- Country of citizenship: Cisleithania (period: 1889-04-20 through 1918-11-11); First Republic of Austria (period: 1919-01-01 through 1925-04-30); Nazi Germany (end cause: death of Adolf Hitler; period: 1933-01-30 through 1945-04-30); Republic of German-Austria (period: 1918-01-01 through 1919-01-01)
- Occupation: painter (statement is subject of: paintings by Adolf Hitler); political writer; politician (reason for preferred rank: generally used form); soldier
- Member of political party: German Workers' Party (period: 1919-09-12 through 1921-07-11); Nazi Party (series ordinal: 556)
- Member of: Nazi Party
- Participant in: Aktion T4; Beer Hall Putsch; The Holocaust; ethnic cleansing
- Significant person: Albert Speer; Benito Mussolini; Eva Braun; Joseph Stalin
Date: 20 July 1934
Literal Title: from: Voelkischer Beobachter . . . The Fuehrer elevates the SS to standing of Independent Organization.
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-1857
Document Book No: Prosecution Z: SS
Citation: IMT (page 1820)
HLSL Item No.: 451447
Notes:This document was entered for judicial notice.
Trial Issues
Criminal organizations (Gestapo, Leadership Corps, Cabinet, SS, SA, SD, OK… Administration & organization (all cases)
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
PS-1857: Voelkischer Peobachter, fighting sheet of the National Socialist Movement
Red Series Doc Descriptions
PS-1857: Hitler’s decree, 20 July 1934, promoting the Ss to be an independent organization within the Nsdap
Blue Series Subject Index
PS-1857: SS -- National Socialist Party’s elite organization -- Independent organization within the NSDAP