NATIONAL SOCIALIST PARTY CORRESPONDENCE
(NSK)
26th September 1933 OFFICIAL PARTY NEWS
The Fuehrer:
NSK. The Fuehrer gives the following order:
Partymember Rudolf Hess will renounce the titles of Reichsleiter and Lt. General in the SS [Obergruppenfuehrer], bearing henceforth only the title of "Deputy to the Fuehrer". He retains the right to wear the uniform of an SS Lt. General [Obergruppenfuehrer].
Munich, September 22, 1933
signed: ADOLF HITLER
Order stating that Hess will give up his titles in the SS and will hold only the title of Deputy to the Fuehrer
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: 22 September 1933
Literal Title: National Socialist Party Correspondence (NSK) . . . Official Party News
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-3198
HLSL Item No.: 453730