GERMANY IN BATTLE [Deutschland in Kampf], Page 107 Written by Ministerialdirigent A. J. Berndt of the Reich Propaganda Ministry and Lt. Col. von Wedel of the German Army High Command, June 1940 Issue
The NSKK is playing a decisive part in the carrying out of considerable war-important tasks on the Inner Front, one of which is'traffic . . . Among the tasks of the NSKK are pre-military training, education, and schooling and motorized transport. Thus, for instance, the conducting of the entire transport system of the TODT Organization on the West Wall and the traffic in the Western War Theater are in the hands of the NSKK.
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Extract from a book on the war, on the "war-important tasks" of the Motor Corps (NSKK), including traffic and transport in the western theater
Authors
Alfred Ingemar Berndt (Propaganda Ministry (1940))
Alfred-Ingemar Berndt
journalist and writer (1905-1945)
- Born: 1905-04-22 (Bydgoszcz)
- Died: 1945-03-28 (Veszprém)
- Country of citizenship: Nazi Germany
- Occupation: journalist; politician; writer
- Member of political party: Nazi Party (since: 1932-01-01)
- Member of: Militant League for German Culture; Schutzstaffel; Sturmabteilung
- Military rank: Hauptsturmführer
- Employer: Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
Wedel, von (Lt. col., Army High Command (1940))
Hasso von Wedel
Commander of German propaganda troops (1898-1961)
- Born: 1898-11-20 (Stargard)
- Died: 1961-01-03 (Gehrden)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: jurist; military officer
- Member of political party: Nazi Party (since: 1937-01-01)
- Member of: National Socialist Association of German Legal Professionals (since: 1933-05-01); Sturmabteilung (since: 1933-05-01)
- Participant in: Judges' Trial (date: 1947-05-21; role: witness)
- Significant person: Curt Rothenberger (role: colleague; since: 1934-01-01)
Date: June 1940
Literal Title: Extract from "Deutschland im Kampf"
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-2810
Citation: IMT (page 265)
HLSL Item No.: 450549
Notes:Deutschland im Kampf was published as a book series during the war.