VOELKISCHER BEOBACHTER Southern German Edition 20 October 1944, page 1.
Order of the Fuehrer, Berlin, 18 October. I order:
1. There is to be formed in every Gau of the Greater German Reich the German Volkssturm consisting of all men, age 16 to 60 years, capable of bearing arms.
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8. The orders for the military execution are issued by the BdE Reichsfuehrer SS Himmler, the orders for the political and organizational execution are issued in my name by Reichsleiter Bormann.
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Adolf Hitler
Extracts from an order creating the Volksturm (civilian boys and men aged 16-60) for military service, to be led by Himmler and Bormann
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: 20 October 1944
Literal Title: Voelkischer Beobachter . . . 20 October 1944, page 1
Defendant: Martin Bormann
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-3018
Citation: IMT (page 2788)
HLSL Item No.: 453183
Notes:PS 3018 was presented for judicial notice without an exhibit number. Himmler was to lead the Volksturm in military matters, Bormann in political and organizational matters.