Document No. 2260-PS
International Military Tribunal · 1900AUTHOR — International Military Tribunal
Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression Volume IV
Document No. 2260-PS
PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT 2260-PS
SETTLEMENT OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NSDAP AND STAHLHELM (STEEL HELMETS)
From Page 1, Issue 422, 21 June 1933, of "NSK" National Socialist Party Press Agency, \[NSK, Pressedienst der NSDAP, the official news agency of the NSDAP\] Edited by Wilhelm Weiss. Responsible for communications of the Reich Press Office Dr. Otto Dietrich, Reich Press Chief. Published by Franz Eher Successor, Munich.
NSK The Reich Press Office of the NSDAP informs us:
The following agreement was reached in a conference that took place today between the Reich Chancellor, the Reich Labor Minister Seldte, the Reich War Minister and the Vice-Chancellor:
To ensure the striking power of the National Socialist revolution the Stahlhelm, League of front-line Soldiers \[Bund der Frontsoldaten\], integrates itself into the National Socialist movement in the following manner:
a. The Old-Guard Nucleus of the Stahlhelm \[Kernstahlhelm\] remains, as heretofore, under the leadership of the League Leader.
b. The League Leader prohibits, as of now, any party membership except that in the NSDAP to members of the Old-Guard Nucleus of the Stahlhelm.
c. The leader of the NSDAP, Adolf Hitler, thus permits membership in the Stahlhelm for the NSDAP.
d. The Stahlhelm Youth \[Jungstahlhelm\] takes its place side by side with the SA and SS, and is subordinate to the Supreme SA Leader \[Obersten SA-Fuehrer\]. The "Scharnhorst" will be integrated into the Hitler Youth.
e. The leader of the Stahlhelm Youth \[Jungstahlhelm\] von Morozowicz, joins the staff of the Supreme SA Leader.
Berlin, 21 June 1933.
Adolf Hitler
Franz Seldte
Source:<br>Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression Volume IV<br>Office of the United States Chief Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality<br>Washington, DC : United States Government Printing Office, 1946