Reichsleiter

Reichsleiter ( German: Reichsleiter ; Imperial leader) - the highest party functionary, who led one of the main areas of activity of the NSDAP .

Reichsleiter
Reichsleiter
Reichsleiter Standard since 1941 Reichsleiter Standard until 1941
Assigned	Adolf Hitler
Term of office	is not limited
Post has appeared	1933
Position abolished	1945

As a rule, the Reichsleiter led one of the main departments of the Nazi party in the system of the Imperial leadership of the NSDAP (“Reichsleitung”). The Reichsleiter’s rank was assigned at the discretion of personally by Adolf Hitler and was not directly linked to the party functionary held by the functionary. It was a kind of title denoting the belonging of its bearer to the highest elite of the Nazi party.

In total, before the collapse of Germany in 1945, he was assigned to 25 party leaders, in most cases after the Nazis came to power. Five of them were deprived of this title during the war ( Baldur von Schirach , Rudolf Hess , Wilhelm Grimm , Hans Frank , Richard Walter Darre ); three died ( Ernst Rohm , Adolf Hünlein and Victor Lutze ).

June 2, 1933 Reichsleiter rank received:

• Max Amann - Imperial Press Director
• Philip Buler - Imperial Clerk
• Walter Buch - Chairman of the Investigative Arbitration Committee ( Schlichtungsausschuss und ein Untersuchungsausschuss )
• Joseph Goebbels - Imperial Propaganda Leader
• (until September 20, 1933) - Rudolf Hess - personal adjutant of the Führer and political commissar of the NSDAP
• Heinrich Himmler - Reichsfuhrer SS
• Wilhelm Grimm - Chairman of the 2nd Chamber
• Richard Walter Darre - imperial head of the Agrarian and Political Administration
• Otto Dietrich - Imperial Press Director
• Robert Ley - Imperial Organization Leader
• Ernst Röhm - Chief of Staff of the SA
• Alfred Rosenberg - Imperial Head of the Foreign Policy Directorate
• Karl Filer - imperial head of the Main Directorate of Municipal Policy of the NSDAP
• Hans Frank - Imperial Head of Legal Affairs
• Franz Xaver Schwartz - Imperial Treasurer
• Baldur von Schirach - Imperial Youth Leader

On August 3, 1933, the Reichsleiter became:

• Franz Xaver von Epp imperial head of the Political-Military Directorate

October 10, 1933 :

• Martin Bormann - Chief of Staff of the Deputy Fuhrer for the Party
• Wilhelm Frik - leader of the NSDAP faction in the Reichstag

June 30, 1934 :

• Victor Lutze is the new chief of staff of the SA .

In subsequent years, the Reichsleiter became -

September 10, 1936 :

• Konstantin Hirl - Head of the Imperial Labor Service

September 8, 1938 :

• Adolf Hünlein - Head of the National Socialist Auto Corps

August 8, 1940

• Arthur Axmann - Reichsugendführer

1943 year :

• Wilhelm Shepmann - new chief of staff of the SA

In 1940, there were 20 Reichsleiters in the leadership of the Nazi party:

• Martin Bormann - Chief of Staff of the Deputy Fuhrer;
• Max Amann - party publishers;
• Philip Bowler - Head of the Office of the Party Leader;
• Walter Buch - President of the Supreme Party Court of the NSDAP;
• Richard Darre - Head of the Imperial Department of the NSDAP on Agricultural Policy;
• Otto Dietrich - spokesman for the NSDAP;
• Franz Xaver von Epp - Head of the Military Colonial Directorate of the NSDAP;
• Karl Filer - Head of the Main Department of Municipal Policy of the NSDAP;
• Hans Frank - Head of the Legal Department of the NSDAP;
• Wilhelm Frick - head of the parliamentary faction of the NSDAP in the Reichstag ;
• Joseph Goebbels - Head of the Reich Propaganda Office (Reichspropagandaleiter);
• Konstantin Hirl - Head of the Imperial Labor Service ;
• Heinrich Himmler - Reichsfuhrer SS ;
• Adolf Hünlein - Head of the National Socialist Auto Corps (NSKK);
• Robert Ley - Head of the Organizational Department of the NSDAP and at the same time - Head of the German Labor Front ;
• Victor Lutze - Chief of Staff of the SA ;
• Alfred Rosenberg is the head of the Foreign Policy Department of the NSDAP and at the same time is the authorized Fuhrer to control the general spiritual and worldview education of the NSDAP;
• Baldur von Schirach - head of the Hitler youth ( Hitler Youth );
• Franz Xaver Schwartz - Imperial Treasurer of the NSDAP;
• Wilhelm Grimm - Chairman of the 2nd Chamber of the Supreme Party Court of the NSDAP.

Buttonholes of the highest ranks of the NSDAP 20: Beraichsleiter , 21: Oberberaichsleiter , 22: Hauptberaichsleiter , 23: Dinstleiter , 24: Oberdinstleiter , 25: Hauptstainter , 26: Befelsleiter , 27: Oberbefelsleiter , 28: Haupbefelsleiter , 29,