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Finally, by the law of 15 September 1934 the swastika
flag of the Party was made the official flag of the Reich. I refer to
Document 2079-PS, which is the English translation of the Reich Flag Law
found in Reichsgesetzblatt 1935, Part I, Page 1145. Just this
one sentence the — quotation, "The Reich and national flag is
the swastika flag."
The swastika was the flag and symbol of the Leadership Corps of the
Nazi Party. By law it was made the flag of the State; a recognition that
the Party and its corps of political leaders were the sovereign powers
in Germany.
On 23 April 1936 a law was enacted granting amnesty for crimes which
the offender had committed "in his eagerness to fight for the
National Socialist ideals." I cite Document 1386-PS, which is the
English translation of the "Law Concerning Amnesty," Reichsgesetzblatt
1936, Part I, Page 378. In furtherance of the conspiracy to acquire
totalitarian control over the German people, a law was enacted on I
December 1936 which incorporated the entire German youth within the
Hitler Youth, thereby achieving total mobilization of the German youth.
And I cite Document 1392-PS, containing that law, 1936
Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, Page 993. The law further provided that the
task of educating the German youth through the Hitler Youth was
entrusted to the Reichsleiter of the German youth in the NSDAP. By this
law a monopoly control over the entire German youth was placed in the
hands of the top official, a Reichsleiter of the Leadership Corps of the
Nazi Party, the Defendant Von Schirach.
On 4 February 1938 the Führer of the Leadership Corps of the Nazi
Party, Hitler, issued a decree in which he took over direct command of
the whole German Armed Forces. I cite Document 1915-PS, 1938 Reichsgesetzblatt,
Part I, Page 111. Hitler says, "From now on, I take over directly
and personally the command of the whole Armed Forces."
By virtue of the earlier law of 1 August 1934 Hitler combined the
offices of the Reich President and the Chancellorship. In the final
result, therefore, Hitler was Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, the
Head of the German State, and the Führer of the Nazi Party. With
respect to this, the Party manual states as follows, and I quote from
Page 19 of Document 1893-PS:
"The Führer created the National
Socialist German Workers' Party. He filled it with his spirit and his
will, and with it he conquered the power of the State on 30 January
1933. The Führer's will is the supreme law in the Party....
"By authority of the law about the Chief of State of the German
Reich, dated 1 August 1934, the office of the Reich President has been
combined with that of the Reich Chancellery.