THE REICH YOUTH LEADER AT WORK
Issue 423, 22 June 1933, of "NSK". National Socialist Party Press Agency, [NSK, Pressedienst der NSDAP—the official news agency of the NSDAP], Edited by Wilhelm Weiss. Responsible for communications of the Reich Press Office. Dr.
Otto Dietrich, Reich Press Chief. Published by Franz Eher Successor, Munich.
IMPORTANT ORDER OF BALDUR VON SCHIRACH NSK Berlin, 22 June
The Youth Leader of the German Reich, Baldur von Schirach, has published the following order:
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1. The Greater German League [Grossdeutscher Bund], together with its sub- and member organizations, is dissolved as of 17 June 1933. The property of the Greater German League and of the affiliated sub- and member organizations is to be secured. Thus, along with the Greater German League the following have been dissolved: .
1. Free Band of the Young Nation [Freischar Junger
Nation].
2. German Free Band [Deutsche Freischar].
3. German Boy Scout League [Deutscher Pfadfinderbund].
4. The Geuses [Die Geusen],
5. Community Circle of German Boy Scouts [Ringgemeinschaft deutscher Pfadfinder].
6. Circle of German Boy Scout Districts [Ring deutscher
Pfadfindergaue].
7. German Boy Scout Corps [Deutsches Pfadfinderkorps].
8. Free Band of Protestant Boy Scouts [Freischar evangelischer Pfadfinder],
2. The Reich Committee of German Youth Associations [Reichsausschuss der deutschen Jugendverbaende] is dissolved herewith. Previous tasks of the Reich Committee will be taken over into the expanded sphere of tasks of the Youth Leadership of the German Reich.
3. All Youth Organizations in Germany are to be reported to the Youth Leader of the German Reich (Berlin NW 40, 10, Kronprinzenufer, Department for Organizations). Youth Organizations which have not reported, or reported only incompletely, by 15 July 1933, are to be considered as dissolved. It is expressly emphasized that the term "Youth Organizations" also comprises such organizations which' are groups within adult organizations. The reports are to be submitted by the top leadership of indi-
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vidual youth organizations for the entire organization. Insofar as the youth groups of adult organizations do not have centralized youth leadership, the leadership of the adult organization is obligated to submit the report.
It is mandatory that the report contain:
1. name of the society (with accurate information about
the legal-status of the society) ;
2. board of directors of the society (accurate information
about name, residence, and telephone number (if applicable) ) ;
3. information relative to person authorized to represent
the society;
4. office of the society (telephone) ;
5. banking and postal checking accounts of the society,
with indication who is authorized to sign for the society there;
6. accurate membership figures with indication when the
figures were ascertained;
7. statutes of the society;
8. information about the organizational structure of the
society, insofar as they are not contained in the statutes ;
9. information about chairmen of districts, regions, states,
or similar subdivisions;
4. The tasks of the Youth Leader of the German Reich must be accomplished partially with the help of contributions of affiliated organizations.. The amount of contributions will be fixed in the very near future.
Order dissolving various youth organizations and ordering reports from existing youth organizations
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: 22 June 1933
Literal Title: 1933 Nationalsozialistische Partei-Korrespondenz . . . The Reich Youth Leader at Work[.] Important Order of Baldur von Schirach
Defendant: Baldur Schirach, von
Total Pages: 3
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-2229
Citations: IMT (page 255), IMT (page 258)
HLSL Item No.: 450275
Trial Issues
Conspiracy (and Common plan, in IMT) (IMT, NMT 1, 3, 4) Education, propaganda, and youth programs (IMT) IMT count 1: common plan or conspiracy (IMT) Nazi regime (rise, consolidation, economic control, and militarization) (I…
Document Summary
PS-2229: Order by Baldur von Schirach, 22 June 1933: the greater German federation and the Reich committee of the German youth associations are dissolved; all German youth organizations are to be reported to Schirach as Reich youth leader