Chapter CXXXIX: Section 3: , subsection 2 of the law of 30 November 1933 (2)

1. Education and training according to the doctrines and aims of the Fuehrer as they are set forth in the “Kampf” and in the party program for all phases of our lives and our National Socialist ideology.

2. The teachings of the history of the German people for the tasks of our time.

3. Exercise of the National Socialist doctrine of duty.

_Group b_:

1. Security police service,

2. Physical exercises,

3. Marching exercises,

4. Terrain service,

5. Small-caliber shooting practice,

6. Gas and air-raid protection,

7. Service of special units, (Maritime, Communications, Engineers, and Cavalry units).

_Group c_:

1. Assemblies and demonstrations

2. Contests and performance examinations for S.A. sport insignia

3. Security service

4. Home service (catastrophe service, etc.)

The training of leaders is the prerequisite for the total training. The suitability of the SA leaders for their positions was first established through examinations.

Leaders designated as suitable will be educated and trained step by step according to the previously mentioned points of view and according to the special educational guidance of the Office of the Chief of Storm Troops [Oberste SA-Fuehrung].

The SA Sport Insignia [Page 369]

The new state demands a resistant, hardened generation. In addition to the ideological education of the mind, a fighting training of the body must be required by means of simple, useful, and natural body exercises.

In order to create increased incentive and aims for the endeavors of youth, I reestablish the

SA Sport Insignia

for the entire SA and for all its former branches, which is earned by means of a performance test after a conscientiously executed period of training.

In order to give conscious expression to the fostering of a valiant spirit in all parts of the German people, I further decide that this SA Sport Insignia can also be earned and worn by persons who are not members of the movement, inasfar as they comply racially and ideologically with the National Socialist requirements.

Enforcement regulations are decreed by the Chief of Staff.

Berlin, 15 February 1935.

Chief of Storm Troops [Der Oberste SA-Fuehrer]
Signed: Adolf Hitler

* * * * * * *

The performance test includes three groups of exercises:

Body exercises,
Military sports,
Topographical (naval) services.

Group I Body exercises:
100-meter race,
Broad jump,
Shot-put,
Throwing of hand grenades,
3000-meter race.

Group II Military sports:
25-Kilometer march with pack,
Firing of small-caliber arms,
Aimed throwing of hand grenades,
200-meter cross-country race with gas masks over 4 obstacles,
Swimming or bicycle riding,
Basic knowledge of first aid in case of accidents.

Group III Terrain service:
Orientation,
Terrain observation,
Estimate of terrain,
Estimate of distance,
Camouflage,
Observing and reporting,
Utilization of terrain and general behavior in terrain service.

Special regulations for SA naval units:

Group I Body exercises:
unchanged

Group II Military sports:
15-kilometer march with pack instead of 25-kilometer.

Group III Naval service:
25 minutes of long-distance rowing in cutter seamanship
in and on the boat, throwing of lines,
knotting and splicing,
signaling and transmitting of Morse code messages,
compass, designation of navigable water,
navigation lights, rules on turning aside,
general seamanlike behavior while in naval service.

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[Sixth Edition, Pages 359, 364a, 364b, 365]

Structure of the S. A.

1. S.A. Units

The S.A. extends over the whole Reich territory.

It is organized according to political and local [Landsmannschaftlich] viewpoints into S.A. groups as follows:

S.A. Group--Alpenland

S.A. Group--Bavarian Ostmark (Govt. Dist. lower Bavaria, upper
Palatinate and upper Franconia)

S.A. Group--Berlin-Brandenburg (Province Mark Brandenburg and Greater
Berlin)

S.A. Group--Danube

S.A. Group--Franconia (Govt. Dist. central and lower Franconia)

S.A. Group--Hansa (Free City of Hamburg and Mecklenburg)

S.A. Group--Hesse (Parts of the Free State of Hesse, upper Hesse, the
Province of Hesse, and Hesse-Nassau)

S.A. Group--Highland (Hochland) (Govt. Dist. upper Bavaria and Swabia)

S.A. Group--Palatinate (Govt. Dist. Rhenish Palatinate, Saar, and
Rhenish Hesse)

S.A. Group--Middle (Province of Saxony and Free State of Anhalt)

S.A. Group--Lower Rhine (Parts of Rhine Province and the Ruhr
District)

S.A. Group--Lower Saxony (Parts of Province of Hannover and Free
State of Brunswick)

S.A. Group--Nordmark (Province of Schleswig-Holstein, Free City of
Luebeck)

S.A. Group--North Sea (parts of Province of Hannover and Westphalia,
Free State of Oldenburg, Free City of Bremen)

S.A. Group--Ostland (Province of East Prussia and Free State of
Danzig)

S.A. Group--Ostmark (Province of Grenzmark)

S.A. Group--Pomerania (Province of Pomerania and parts of Grenzmark)

S.A. Group--Saxony (Free State of Saxony)

S.A. Group--Silesia (Province of upper and lower Silesia)

S.A. Group--Sudeten

S.A. Group--Suedmark

S.A. Group--Southwest (Free State of Baden and Wurttemberg)

S.A. Group--Thuringia (Free State of Thuringia)

S.A. Group--Warthe

S.A. Group--Vistula

S.A. Group--Westphalia (Province of Westphalia)

S.A. Group--Westmark (Rhine Province and part of the Province of
Hesse-Nassau)

2. Special Units [Identical with corresponding passage in 5th and 7th editions]

In order to comply with the manifold demands on the services of the S.A. during demonstrations, assemblies, catastrophes, and accidents, as well as to preserve the efficiency of S.A. men, S.A. members have been organized into special and technical units. There are: Marine, Mounted, Communications, Engineer and Medical units.

Their organization into companies, battalions, and so forth, and their subordination are variously regulated according to location and the given circumstances.

_a._ Marine S.A.: The Marine S.A. includes all S.A. men who by occupation are or have been sailors of the merchant marine, the navy, or interior shipping, as well as men who are connected with shipping in any way or particularly interested in it.

The seagoing S.A. men, who come into contact with the population of other countries, should represent National Socialist will and thought [Wollen and Denken].

For this reason their ideological education and professional training is a main mission of the marine S.A.

This schooling and training is given aboard ship in the board troops [Bordtrupps] and on land in the marine S.A. units.

Further tasks are service in catastrophes and accidents, especially those caused by water. For this purpose thorough training in seamanship is given each marine S.A. man.

_b._ Mounted S.A.: As the mainstay of the national socialist riding corps [NSRK], the S.A. cavalry is responsible for the training of German youth in riding and driving, before military service, as well as additional training in riding for men already in the service (compare discussion on Page 373 “National Socialist Riding Corps”). The S.A. cavalry further cultivates riding and driving activities within the S.A.

_c._ Communications S.A.: The task of the Communications S.A. is to enable the responsible leader during assemblies and other demonstrations and in the catastrophe service to exercise control over subordinated or employed units. The training therefore extends primarily to telephone service. Beyond that, however, the communications S.A. men are also trained in sending and receiving Morse Code signals. The “Communications Certificate of the S.A.” is a certificate of merit for those S.A. men who wish to enlist in the signal corps of the armed forces.

_d._ Engineers S.A.: The tasks of the S.A. engineers include catastrophe protective service during incidents capable of damaging the German national property.

Every S.A. engineer has to prove in thorough technical examinations his degree of training and his initiative [Einsatzbereitschaft].

The examinations are entered in a performance book, which also contains the “S.A. Engineers Certificate” as certificate of merit.

_e._ Medical S.A.: The S.A. doctors and S.A. medical personnel organized into medical units will supervise and care for the bodily health and efficiency of the individual S.A. man as well as units under their jurisdiction.

Schools of the S.A. for special units

_a._ Marine S.A. Schools: The following schools are available for training the marine S.A.: Marine S.A. school “DUSTERNBROCK” and the training sailing ship “DUHNEN.” The school “DUSTERNBROCK” has to accomplish above all practical and theoretical training in boat service, in row, sail and power boat, according to the regulations of the navy.

The continuation of seamanship training takes place on the seagoing training ship “DUHNEN.” Here one gets used to the ship and learns to know and serve it in all its parts and equipment, and here also knowledge of weather and steering is taught and applied.

_b._ Reich Riding Leadership School. (See under REICHSREITERFUEHRERSCHULE on page 373).

_c._ Reich Communications School of the S.A.: Here the S.A. leaders of communications units are trained in all particulars of communications. Here they also become eligible through examinations for the “S.A. Communications Certificate.”

THE S.A. REGIMENT “FELDHERRNHALLE”

The S.A. Regiment “Feldherrnhalle” has its seat in Berlin, Voss-Strasse 1. It consists of six garrisoned battalions stationed in: Berlin, Munich, Hattingen, Krefeld, Stettin, and Stuttgart.

S.A. General [Obergruppenfuehrer] Hermann Goering was appointed by the Fuehrer on 12 January, 1937, as Chief of the S.A. Regiment “Feldherrnhalle”. The S. A. regiment is directly subordinated to the chief of staff. Its mission, beyond regular S.A. service, is to supervise bureaus of the S.A., the party, and the state. It is to be ready at all times for any and all purposes.

[Seventh Edition, page 359, 367]

BRANCHES OF THE S.A.

1. S.A. Units

The S.A. embraces the entire territory of the Reich. It is divided according to political and local (LANDSMANNSCHAFTLICH) points of view into the following groups:

S.A. Group--Alpenland (District /Gau/ Upper Danube, Salzburg,
Tyrol-Vorarlberg)

S.A. Group--Bayernwald (Govt. Dist. Lower Bavaria, Upper Palatinate
and Upper Franconia)

S.A. Group--Berlin-Brandenburg (Province Mark Brandenburg and Greater
Berlin)

S.A. Group--Danube (Gau Lower Danube, Vienna)

S.A. Group--Elbe (Province of Saxony and Free State of Anhalt)

S.A. Group--Franconia (Govt. Dist. Central and Lower Franconia)

S.A. Group--Hansa (Free City of Hamburg and Mecklenburg)

S.A. Group--Hesse (Parts of the Free State of Hesse /Upper Hesse/,
the Province of Hesse, and Hesse-Nassau)

S.A. Group--Highland (Hochland) (Govt. Dist. Upper Bavaria and Swabia)

S.A. Group--Palatinate (Govt. Dist. Rhenish Palatinate, Saar
District, Rhenish Hesse, Lorraine)

S.A. Group--Central Rhine (Rhine Province, Part of the Province of
Hesse-Nassau, Luxemburg)

S.A. Group--Neckar (Part of the Free State of Baden and Wuerttenberg)

S.A. Group--Lower Rhine (Parts of the Rhine Province and of the Ruhr
District)

S.A. Group--Lower Saxony (Part of the Province of Hannover and Free
State of Brunswick)

S.A. Group--Nordmark (Province of Schleswig-Holstein, Free City of
Luebeck)

S.A. Group--North Sea (Parts of the Province of Hannover and
Westphalia, Free State of Oldenburg, Free City of Bremen)

S.A. Group--Upper Rhine (Parts of the Free State of Baden and Alsace)

S.A. Group--Oder (Province of Grenzmark)

S.A. Group--Pomerania (Province of Pomerania and parts of Granzmark)

S.A. Group--Saxony (Free State of Saxony)

S.A. Group--Silesia (Province of Upper and Lower Silesia)

S.A. Group--Sudeten (Reich Gau Sudetenland)

S.A. Group--Suedmark (Gau Styria and Carinthia)

S.A. Group--Tannenberg--(Province of East Prussia)

S.A. Group--Thuringia (Free State of Thuringia)

S.A. Group--Warthe (Reich Gau Wartheland)

S.A. Group--Vistula (Reich Gau Danzig--West Prussia)

S.A. Group--Westphalia (Province of Westphalia) * * *

WITHDRAWAL FROM THE S.A.

Service with the S.A. is and remains voluntary. As in recruitment for the S.A. no advantages may be promised and no pressure whatsoever may be exerted, the S.A. man should have the possibility to withdraw from the S.A. if he believes that he can no longer agree with S.A. views or if he is not in a position to fulfill completely the duties imposed on him as a member of the S.A. On presentation of honorable reasons in a corresponding written petition, the S.A. member can be “released from the S.A. by own request.” However, if he shows no interest or if he has joined the ranks of the S.A. merely because of a whim or for the sake of a good opportunity, there ensues a “discharge from the S.A. according to number 127_b_ of the SADV/1” (official measures for insuitability for service in the S.A.). If he is guilty of any disciplinary or political or possibly criminal offenses, the competent disciplinary officer can declare him as “punished with permanent discharge from the S.A.” In serious cases “exclusion from the S.A.” can be declared.

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1938 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 258

Second Law on the Right to Vote for the Reichstag, 18 March 1938.

The government of the Reich has decided to pass the following law which is proclaimed herewith:

Article 1

The electoral list for the Reich shall replace the electoral list for the Kreise.

Article 2

One or more candidates may be nominated on the electoral list for the Reich.

Article 3

For the elections to the Reichstag in Austria, the same general rules which are valid for the elections to the Reichstag apply, inasmuch as the requirements of the plebiscite in Austria of 10 April 1938 do not necessitate different regulations.

Article 4

The Reich Minister of the Interior is authorized to change the orders on the procedure of the elections as much as may be necessary, in order to simplify this procedure.

Berlin, 18 March 1938.

The Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor
ADOLF HITLER

The Reich Minister of the Interior
FRICK

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SPEECH BY HITLER BEFORE REICHSTAG, 20 February 1938

DOCUMENTS OF GERMAN POLITICS [Dokumente der deutschen Politik] Part
VI, 1, Pages 50-52.

In the fifth year following the first great foreign political agreement of the Reich, it fills us with sincere gratification to be able to state that in our relations with the State with which we had had perhaps the greatest differences, not only has there been a detente, but in the course of these years there has been a constant improvement in relations, * * * This good work, which was regarded with suspicion by so many at the time, has stood the test, and I may say that, since the League of Nations finally gave up its continual attempts to unsettle Danzig and appointed a man of great personal attainments as the new commissioner, the most dangerous spot from the point of view of European peace has entirely lost its menacing character. The Polish State respects the national conditions by this State, and both the city of Danzig and Germany respect Polish rights. And so the way to a friendly understanding has been successfully paved, an understanding which, beginning with Danzig, has today, in spite of the attempts of certain mischief-makers, succeeded in finally taking the poison out of the relations between Germany and Poland and transforming them into a sincere, friendly cooperation.

Relying on her friendships, Germany will not leave a stone unturned to save that ideal which provides the foundation for the task which is ahead of us--peace.

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SPEECH DELIVERED BY HITLER IN THE SPORTSPALAST IN BERLIN ON 26
SEPTEMBER 1938

[Quoted from the Voelkischer Beobachter, Munich Edition, special edition for Tuesday, 27 September 1938.]

“I have conducted really a practical peace-policy during these years.

“I approached all apparently impossible problems with the firm determination to solve them in a peaceful manner even at the cost of more or less heavy German concessions. I am a front-line soldier myself and I know the hardships of a war. _I wanted to spare the German people from it._ I approached therefore problem after problem with the solid determination to try everything for a peaceful solution.

“The most difficult problem with which I was confronted was that of our relations with Poland. There was a danger that Poles and Germans would regard each other as hereditary enemies. I wanted to prevent this. I know well enough that I would not have been successful if Poland had had a democratic Constitution. For these democracies which indulge in phrases about peace are the most blood-thirsty war agitators. In Poland there ruled not a democracy but _a man_; and with him I succeeded, in precisely one year, in coming to an agreement which, for 10 years to begin with, entirely removed the danger of conflict. We are all convinced that this agreement will bring lasting pacification. We realize that there are two peoples which must live together, and neither of which can do away with the other. A people of 33 millions will always strive for an outlet to the sea. A way to understanding, then, had to be found. * * *”

“And now we are confronted with the last problem which must be solved and which will be solved. It is the last territorial claim which I have to make in Europe, but it is a claim from which I will not swerve, and which I will satisfy, God willing.”

* * *

“I have little to explain. I am grateful to Mr. Chamberlain for all his efforts. I have assured him that the German people want nothing but peace; but I have also told him that I cannot go back beyond the limits of our patience.

“I assured him, moreover, and I repeat it here, that when this problem is solved there will be no more territorial problems for Germany in Europe. And I further assured him that from the moment when Czechoslovakia solves its other problems, that is to say, when the Czechs have come to an arrangement with their other minorities, peacefully and without oppression, I will no longer be interested in the Czech State. And that, as far as I am concerned, I will guarantee. We don’t want any Czechs at all. But I must also declare before the German people that in the Sudeten German problem my patience is now at an end. I made an offer to Herr Benes which was no more than the realisation of what he had already promised. He now has peace or war in his hands. Either he will accept this offer and at length give the Germans their freedom, or we will get this freedom for ourselves.”

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SPEECH BY HITLER BEFORE THE REICHSTAG, 30 January 1939

[Quoted from the Voelkischer Beobachter, Munich Edition, Tuesday, 31 Jan. 1939.]

“On account of this intolerable provocation which had been aggravated by a truly infamous persecution and terrorization of our Germans there I had resolved to solve once and for all, and this time radically, the Sudetan German question. On May 28 I ordered (1) that preparations should be made for military action against this state by October 2. I ordered (2) the immense and accelerated expansion of our defensive front in the West.”

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Voelkischer Beobachter, South German Edition

Nr. 123/124 Saturday and Sunday 2 and 3 May 1936

The Fuehrer begins speaking now amid the cheers of the whole of Germany:

“The lies that Germany will pounce upon Austria tomorrow or the day after are being spread again (jeers and laughter of the crowd). I ask myself: Who are these elements who do not want peace and mutual understanding, who must stir up and sow distrust continuously, who are they in reality?”

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EXTRACTS FROM SPEECH BY HITLER BEFORE REICHSTAG

30 January 1937

DOCUMENTS OF GERMAN POLITICS [Dokumente der deutschen Politik] Part
VI, 2, Page 42.

“By a series of agreements we have eliminated existing tensions and thereby contributed considerably to an improvement in the European atmosphere. I merely recall an agreement with Poland, which has worked out to the advantage of both sides. * * *

“True statesmanship will not overlook realities, but consider them. The Italian nation and the new Italian State are realities. The German nation and the German Reich are equally realities. And to my own fellow-citizens, I would say that the Polish nation and the Polish State have also become a reality. * * *

“The German Reich with its strong Army will protect her own security and her own honor. But, fully convinced that there is for Europe no greater good than peace, the German Reich will always be a responsible and conscious promoter of the European peace idea. * * *”

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1933 MINISTERIAL GAZETTE FOR THE PRUSSIAN INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION

[Ministerialblatt fuer die Preussische Innere Verwaltung] Page 503

Execution of ordinance for security of people and state (national
security)

Dated: 28 Feb. 1933 (RGBl I, Page 83)

Rd. Erl. d. M.d. J. (KDR) 3.3.1933--II--1121 (Circular)

As a defense against the criminal, communist activities and a means of ruthless suppression of this source of peril, whose extremely dangerous scope has been revealed at the last minute, the Reich president decided on 28 Feb. 1933 to proclaim the decree for the protection of the people and the state. Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, page 83.

For the actual application of the measures authorized in this decree, I give the following directions:

1. Sect. 1 of the decree not only suspends temporarily articles 114, 115, 117, 118, 123, 124 and 153 of the constitution; it rather eliminates all other Reich and state limitations in this matter, as far as this is necessary or practical in order to reach the aims of this decree. Within this framework police officials thus may go beyond the restrictions laid down by the provisions of sections 14 and 41 of the Prussian police code, their orders still remain police ordinances of police warrants and thus as far as form is concerned remain subject to the applicable regulations. However, violations are punished according to sect. 4 of the decree which in this respect prevails, according to p. 4 of the preceding decree. Conforming to the aim and purpose of the decree, the additional permissible actions will be directed primarily against the communists, but also against all those working with the communists or even indirectly supporting or promoting their criminal aims. To avoid any blunder, I remind you that the decree for the protection of the people and state, dated 28 Feb. 1933, should be used against members or institutions other than communist, anarchist or social democratic parties or organizations, when such measures serve for the defense against such communist tendencies in their broadest meaning. In other cases the decree of 2 April 1933 shall be applied. Labor unions shall not be put on the same level with social-democratic organizations.

2. The local police has principal jurisdiction for all those police measures, which are permissible after the legal limitations mentioned under 1. have been removed. The jurisdiction has been changed by my decree of 3 Feb. 1933, (G.S. page 33) based on section 3 par. 5 of the Prussian police Code. Consequently all regulations dealing with the suspension of a periodical or the restriction of property have to be issued from the state police offices. Regulations concerning personal liberty, the right to assemble and congregate, or restrictions concerning the secrecy of mails, communications, telegraph and cable may be ordered by the district police only, (Section 3, part 2, P.V.G.).

3. All orders under Section 1 of the decree of 28 Feb. 1933 must be in writing and signed by the competent chief of police of his general appointed deputies or a deputy appointed for such a measure. In cases of restriction of personal liberty, freedom of speech including freedom of press and property rights the involved person is to be served at the latest at the beginning of the procedure with a certified copy of such an order statement. In cases of interferences with the secrecy of mail, postal service, telegraph and cable one certified copy of the order is to be sent immediately to the post office concerned, as well as to the regional postal office. This order does not affect the existing formal requirements and prerequisites under which restrictions of personal liberty, of free speech incl. free press, of the right to organize and assemble, interference in the secrecy of postal, telegraph, and cable services, orders of search and seizure, and limitations upon property rights, could be carried out in accordance with prevailing legal provisions.

4. The state police departments have to keep themselves informed on all measures taken in their districts in accordance with sect. 1, of the decree of 28 Feb. 1933, and they have to report to me on the 5th and 20th of each month on measures taken in the second, resp. first half of the preceding month. Unless specially ordered, individual measures, including the suspension of periodicals in accordance with section 1 of this decree need not be reported unless it concerns a very important case.

5. If on principle (see figure 1, par. 2 of this circular) or for some special reason the application of the decree for the protection of the people and state (RGBl I, Page 83) dated 28 Feb., 1933, seems out of question or not advisable, the provisions of the decree for the protection of the German people (RGBl I, page 35) dated 4 February 1933, and the applicable executive directions remain in effect unchanged.

To all police dept. M Bli v. 1, page 233.

# # # # #

Reorganization of the political police Circular decree of the Ministry
for the Interior of 26 April 1933--II 1000/53

In order to guarantee effective counter-measures against all activities endangering the existence and security of the state, the state government has decided to reform the organization of the political police more severely than before and to create the necessary conditions for speedy and successful operations. For this purpose and for the benefit of a uniform supreme management of the political police the Office of Secret State Police (which is) directly subordinated to myself has been established in Berlin SW 11, Prinz Albrechtstrasse 8 by the law of 26 April 1933 printed in annex 1 (Gesetz-Sammlung, Seite 122) (collection of laws, page 122). Its duty is to investigate all political activities endangering the state by special executors with the assistance of outside bureaus for the individual provincial police districts (State-Police-Bureaus) and with the support of the ordinary police authorities within the entire territory of the state, to collect and exploit the results of these investigations, to keep myself, the Minister for the Interior, permanently informed, to prepare and provide at all times the necessary proofs for my decisions, and finally to report all politically important observations and statements also to other police authorities and provide them with suggestions. Furthermore the Office of the Secret State Police is authorized within the sphere of its activity to request political measures from other police-authorities and to give them instructions.

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1936 REICH MINISTERIAL GAZETTE [RMBl]--Part V, Pages 1344-5

Unified designation of the Offices of the Secret State Police in the
Reich

(Decree of RF-SS and Chief of German Police in the Reich Ministry of
Interior 28 August 36)

After the Reichsfuehrer SS was installed as Chief of the German Police, the unified direction of all branches of the police and also the designation of the offices must become pronounced.

The greatest differences existed previously among the individual states [Laender] in the field of the political police. At present there are 17 different designations. The unified form of the credentials of the officials of the political police calls for a unified designation of their offices in order to eliminate confusion and misunderstanding among outsiders. Also the simplification of the business transactions calls for assimilation.

1. Therefore the political police of the German states will carry the designation of Secret State Police [Geheime Staatspolizei] from 1 October 1936 on.

2. The state central authorities of the Secret State Police carry the designation

_a._ in Prussia:

Secret State Police Bureau [Geheime Staatspolizeiamt]

_b._ in the rest of the state:

State police main office [Staatspolizeileitstelle] or State police
office (Staatspolizeistelle)

and so

in Baden State police main office Karlsruhe

in Bayern State police main office Munich

in Wuerttenburg State police main office Stuttgart

in Sachsen State police main office Dresden

in Anhalt State police office Dessau

in Braunschweig State police office Braunschweig

in Bremen State police office Bremen

in Hamburg State police office, Hamburg

in Hessen State police office Darmstadt

in Luebeck State police office Luebeck

in Mecklenburg State police office Schwerin

in Oldenburg State police office Oldenburg

in Thueringen State police office Weimar

The state police directive offices have the tasks of a state police office for the area of their jurisdiction, a final regulation hereon is withheld. * * *

To the Prussian secret state police office in Berlin, the political police of the exterior Prussian states.--For information to the Prussian Ministry President as chief of the Prussian secret state police, the state cabinet of exterior Prussia, the main office Ordnungs-Police, the Prussian state criminal police office in Berlin, the Prussian Supreme and Government President.

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EXCERPTS FROM GERMAN PUBLICATIONS

1. “The first chairman is responsible for the entire leadership of the movement. He divides the work among the committeemen, subordinated to him, as well as among the otherwise necessary collaborators. Each of these gentlemen is therefore fully responsible for the tasks that have been allotted to him. He is subordinate only to the first chairman, who has to concern himself with the cooperation of everyone responsible. Through selection of persons and issuance of general directives he must bring about this collaboration himself.

“This law of essential responsibility has gradually become a matter of course within the movement, at least insofar as it concerned the party leadership.”

(MEIN KAMPF, Adolf Hitler, Munich, 1933, page 661)

2. “How shall I give expression, my Fuehrer, to what is in our hearts? How shall I find words for your deeds? Has there ever been a mortal as beloved as you, my Fuehrer? Was there ever belief as strong as the belief in your mission? God sent you to us for Germany.”

(Goering, Speeches and Writing, [Reden und Aufsaetze]
Munich, 1938, page 326)

3. “Above all was God’s hand which has visibly guided the Fuehrer and his Movement. Only those who have no faith, claim that chance has persecuted us. In reality Moltke’s word was proven to be true in regard to the Fuehrer and the Party; namely, that in the long run only the strong will have good luck. What had been prepared quietly and had grown organically during ten years, swept over all of Germany like a torrent on 30 January 1933 and during the time which followed. There was nobody in the country and in the world who could have escaped the powerful, resounding rhythm of these events. It was as if a whole people awoke from its sleep, threw off in one quick move the chains which oppressed it and rose like a Phenix out of the ashes of a fallen system. And out of the flame and enthusiasm with which the masses of millions of people yielded to Hitler and his idea, the cry which once before at the time of the crusades had made Germany rise, seemed to come again: ‘It is God’s will!’

“And as he gave us his blessing, he denied it to the others. Although they called for him loudly from their pulpits and party-seats, their work was not his work, their faith was not his faith and their will not his will.

“It is not mere chance that millions in Germany are of the holy conviction that National Socialism is more than politics, that in it the word and the will of God proclaim itself, that the bulwark it has created against Bolshevism was conceived on higher inspiration as the last salvation of Occidental culture before the threat of Asiatic atheism.”

(Joseph Goebbels, From Kaiserhof to Reich Chancellery,
[Vom Kaiserhof zur Reichskanzlei], 1934, page 12.)

4. “It is with pride that we see that one man is kept above all criticism--that is the Fuehrer.

“The reason is that everyone feels and knows: he was always right and will always be right. The National Socialism of us all is anchored in the uncritical loyalty, in the devotion to the Fuehrer that does not ask for the wherefore in the individual case, in the tacit performance of his commands. We believe that the Fuehrer is fulfilling a divine mission to German destiny! This belief is beyond challenge.”

(Hess, Speeches [Reden] Munich, 1928, page 25;
Radio speech at Cologne, 25 June 1934)

5. _The Technique of the State_--“Therefore the Fuehrer principle in administration means; instead of the results of a majority vote, to entrust in each case the decision to a definite person with clear-cut authority who will be solely responsible toward above and who will carry out the execution of the decision toward below.”

(Hans Frank, German Law, [Deutsches Recht]
V. 11, Berlin, 1941, p. 2626;

also Otto Koellreutter, German Administrative Law,
[Deutsches Verwaltungsrecht], Berlin, 1938, p.8.)

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Transcriber’s note

Punctuation and spelling has been maintained except where obvious printer errors have occurred. Since these documents were written by different individuals there can be variants in spelling and capitalization between them.

This volume has no German diacritics, only French diacritics. As a result, Goering and Fuehrer are spelled without umlauts throughout.

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Tables that were wider than the default margin were formatted to fit.

A fact was corrected on Page 626: “I separated this service already in 1941 from the troops.” It was changed to 1931.

A couple of sentences had missing words. The following missing words were added:

Page 399: “Jeschonnek shares the opinion we should to Bardufoss” “Jeschonnek shares the opinion we should =go= to Bardufoss”

Page 433: “would then have a compartment all themselves” “would then have a compartment all =to= themselves”

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Page 851: “laws and cabinet decisions are repeated effective immediately” “laws and cabinet decisions are =reputed= effective immediately”