VOELKISCHER BEOBACHTER, Southern German Edition (Publisher Franz Eher, Successor), issue 136, of 11 May 1933, Page 1, column 5.
THE GERMAN LEADERS OF LABOR AN EDICT BY ADOLF HITLER
Berlin, 10 May
The Fuehrer Adolf Hitler has issued the following edict:
I appoint the Chief of Staff of the Political Organization [P.O.] of the NSDAP, Dr. Robert Ley, as leader of the German Labor Front.
I appoint District Leader [Gauleiter] Forster Danzig, as leader of the Employees' Associations [Angestelltenverbaende].
I appoint the leader of the National Socialist Factory Cell Organization [N.S.B.O.], Schuhmann, as leader of the Workers' Associations [Arbeiterverbaende].
Berlin, 10 May
Adolf Hitler.
Edict appointing Robert Ley as the leader of the German Labor Front
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: 10 May 1933
Literal Title: The German Leaders of Labor
Defendant: Robert Ley
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-1940
Citation: IMT (page 255)
HLSL Item No.: 450394
Notes:Two others, Forster and Schumann, were appointed to lesser offices. The edict was issued on 10 May and published in Voelkischer Beobachter on 11 May 1933.
Trial Issues
Conspiracy (and Common plan, in IMT) (IMT, NMT 1, 3, 4) IMT count 1: common plan or conspiracy (IMT) Nazi regime (rise, consolidation, economic control, and militarization) (I…
Document Summary
PS-1940: Translation of an excerpt from column 5, page 1 of the Voelkischer Baebechter, South German Edition issue 136, entitled 'The German Labor Leaders'