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]

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Adolf Hitler (Fuehrer, Reich Chancellor, Supeme Commander of Wehrmacht)

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Adolf Hitler

Austrian nationalized German politician, leader of the National Socialist party and dictator of Germany (1889-1945)

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  • 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

Voelkischer Beobachter

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

Citation: IMT (page 255)

HLSL Item No.: 450351

Trial Issues

Conspiracy (and Common plan, in IMT) (IMT, NMT 1, 3, 4) IMT count 1: common plan or conspiracy (IMT) Nazi regime (rise, consolidation, economic control, and militarization) (I…

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

VOELKISCHER BEOBACHTER, 26 July 1934 p.I.
The Fuehrer elevates the SS to a standing of an Independent Organization.
Munich, 25 July
The Reich Press Office announces the following order of the Fuehrer:
In consideration of the very meritorious service of the SS, especially in connection with the events of 30 June 1934,- I elevate it to the standing of an independent organization within the NSDAP. The Reichsfuehrer SS, like the Chief of Staff, is therefore directly subordinate to the highest SS fuehrer. The Chief of Staff and the Reichsfuehrer SS are both invested with the party rank of Reichsleiter.
Munich, 20 July 1934.
/s/ Adolf Hitler.
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