Political Leaders of the NSDAP

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A profusely illustrated book which sets out the full regulations for u niformq, insignia.,aldprgaqization for NSDAP Political Leaders of the Third Reich; this is an exact English translation from the original material in the sought after'Organisationsbuch der NSDAP', 1943 edition. With eight colour pages and

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ENGTISH TRANSLATION FROM THE 1943 EDITION OF'ORGANISATIONSBUCH DER NSDAP' COVERING IN FULL DETAIL THE SECTIONS ON UNIFORMS. INSIGNIA AND ORGANIZATION

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tsBN 0 85524 073 3

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Edited by L. Milner

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Edited by L. Milner

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@ 1972 Almark Publishing Co. Ltd. lntroduction and English translation @ L. Milner

lntroduction n LTH O UG H much has been written about the National Socialist era, particularly

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First published

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August 1972

ISBN 0 85524 072 5 (hard cover edition) ISBN 0 85524 073 3 (paper covered edition)

ir) respect of military uniforms and decorations, little has so far been published rlcaling in detail with the so-called Political Leaders of the Nazi Party. The ilrIL'ntion of this book is to provide the serious uniform enthusiast-as well as :jludents of the history of the Third Reich-with an illustrated record of the virrious orders of dress, badges, insignia, and decorations of all the grades of l'olitical Leader. ln order to make the complexities of the ranks and grades inlclligible it is also necessary to give some account of the organization, Irrnctions, selection, qualifications, and indoctrination of Political Leaders. Tlre subject of the National Socialist Party is still politically sensitive in most irrrrirs and rather than offer personal comment or trying to unravel the immense r;ubjcct of Nazi organization here, we have instead presented the entire book rrr llro Nazi Party's own words. The text which follows is an exact translation of tlrc section dealing with Political Leaders and the Dress of Political Leaders lrrrrrr the Nazi Party's own rule book, the Organisationsbuch der NSDAP (Ortlanization Book of the National Socialist Party), 1943 edition. Some other rlurns dealing with the organization side are also reproduced from this book. llroug;lr a facsimile edition of the complete Organisationsbuch der NSDAP is irvirilirble from an American publisher, this is in the original German Gothic tlxl, difficult to read even for the modern non-German who knows the l;rrrlyrrage" Much of the original book is taken up with highly detailed adminislrirlivr) information of only limited interest to the uniform enthusiast; this l)r{rsont volume reproduces the uniform section in English at a more modest lrrir:c. lt must be pointed out, however, that the actual translated text has not lroon altered in any way from its original style or wordage, as the editor and lrrrlrlishers feel that the National Socialist platitudes contained herein give ,;orrro indication of the social climate of the period in Nazi Germany; in the case

()l llto stated qualities expected of a Political Leader the text gives an interesting (;rrrrl sinister) insight into the type of person thar the Fijhrer, Adolf Hitler, fondly rrrrirr;incd he had at his disposal. lltc Organisationsbuch, being in effectthe handbook for Political Leaders ;rl ;rll lcvels, dealt fully with all aspects of their work, and the 1943 edition was

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CONTENTS

Printed in Great Britain by Martins Press Ltd., London ECl R OEN for the publishers, Almark Publishing Co. Ltd., 270 Burlington Road, New Malden, Surrey KT3 4NL, England.

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would reproduce better than the poorer quality plates of earlier 'lrrr,,r!.i Also. the 1943 edition was the most'complete' in terms oJ text and

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