NATIONAL SOCIALIST PARTY CORRESPONDENCE
[Nationalsozialistische Partei Korrespondenz] Periodical, issue of 27 April 1933, page 1
' Fuehrer Decrees
NSK. The Fuehrer issues the following decrees:
Decree
I hereby appoint the chief of the political central commission, Party Member Rudolf Hess, as my deputy and give him full power to m^ke decisions in my name in all questions of partyleadership. Munich, 21 April 1933
(signed) ADOLF HITLER
Decree appointing Hess as Hitler's deputy, with full power in issues of party leadership
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: 21 April 1933
Literal Title: From "Nationalsozialistische Partei Korrespondenz" . . . Fuehrer Decrees
Defendant: Rudolf Hess
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-3196
HLSL Item No.: 453729
Notes:This document was apparently not entered as evidence against Hess.
Trial Issues
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Document Summary
PS-3196: Hitler’s decree, 21 April 1933, appointing Hess as his deputy