There was no more important magazine circulated in Nazi Germany than Der Hoheitsträger (The Standard Bearers). It was published during the Third Reich for distribution to Gauleiters, Kreisleiters and other high officials of the Nazi Party and its paramilitary organizations such as Generals of the SS, SA, NSFK, NSKK, etc. It was circulated to the Commandant and a select group of Officers at each of the Ordensburgen and to the highest ranking people in the Hitler Youth, Reichsarbeitsdienst, Deutsche Arbeitsfront, etc. - people responsible for the entire “political appearance of the Nazi Movement” within their zones (Gau, Kreis, Ortsgruppe, etc.); people representing the Nazi Party at institutions that were responsible for setting the right example and behavior, maintaining discipline and order, as well as people supervising all party members in their spheres of responsibility. |
These 1939 issues of Der Hoheitsträger have articles by Dr. Robert Ley about about NS Ordensburg Sonthofen in Bavaria (see images below*), The Political Soldiers of the Führer and another titled “Us or the Jews”. Reichsleiter R. Walther Darré wrote about the importance of the expansion of the Nazi Agriculture Policy, Gauleiter Fritz Sauckel about Germany’s Destiny, Kreisschulungsleiter Jung of Bautzen contributed a chapter titled Führertum und Freitheit, Gauleiter Jakob Sprenger wrote about the Importance of Education, F.H. Woweries (the Nazi functionary responsible for the content of the Reichsschulungsbriefe der NSDAP magazine) contributed articles about Setting the Right Example (“not only in Nürnberg during the Reichsparteitag”) and Political Leaders and the Wehrmacht. Styrian Gauleiter Siegfried Uiberreither wrote about Education to Prepare for Battle, Admiral Canaris penned a rare article called Politics and the Armed Forces, The [Cultural] Swamp is the subject of Alfred Rosenberg’s chapter, Gauleiter Josef Bürckel opined about Justice-Honor-Loyalty, and an article by Rudolf Hess is about the Laws and Duties of Citizens. Reichsleiter Alfred Rosenberg’s chapter about the New European Structure is accompanied by a picture of a bust of him by Ferdinand Liebermann. |
Other articles cover Selecting the Best through Competition, Political Leader Involvement for Improving the Housing Situation, Using Motion Picture Film for Educational Purposes, Disrespectful Behavior during Carnival, Background Information on the Nazi Sicherheitsdienst and Gestapo, Charity Collections, Communicating with Fellow Party Members and Comrades, Jewish ‘Weapons’ in Propaganda Literature, the Jewish and Freemason Members of the US Government, We Are Torchbearers, the Nazi Mother’s Cross and the Importance of Large Families, Der Schulungsbrief magazine (the tool of spreading the National Socialist philosophy), Military Education, the Use of Alcohol, the Rising Birthrate in France, Combatting Landflucht (rural exodus), Mother’s Day, Kreistag der NSDAP, Preachers and Soldiers, Class Warfare, Nazi National Education Week, Nazi Foreign Policy, Cooperation between the NSDAP and the Geheime Staatspolizei (Gestapo), Well-Planned Work for Women, the Aryanization of Businesses, the Jewish Worldwide Web of Freemasons, NSDAP Membership Statistics, National Socialist Imagery in Furniture and House Decor, Lebensraum and Colonies, Eyewitness Experiences from German East Africa, Jesuit Morals, New National Socialist Community Homes, NSDAP Gau Pistol Championships, and much, much more. |
The unquestionable organizational genius of the Nazi Party, Reichsorganisationsleiter Dr. Robert Ley, was in charge of Der Hoheitsträger, its contents and its distribution (the magazine was published only for the orientation of competent, high-ranking party leaders and issues were not to be loaned out to other persons). So limited was the circulation of this heavily illustrated 9 x 12-5/8 inch Nazi Party magazine that on every issue there was a serial number printed across a pad of lines on the back cover, and written in German across the bottom of the front cover of each issue was a statement that translates “Only For Service Use - Confidential”. Each of the 1939 issues of the magazines in this lot has the word Vertraulich or Confidential printed at the bottom of most of the pages! |
need to know about the work of the SD and Gestapo" |
Each issue contained very sensitive information about how to make the Nazi Party look better to the press and the public, in Nazi ceremonies, Nazi organization, foreign news, book reviews and even a critique of the Nazi Party members themselves. This information was never intended for general circulation within the Nazi Party or in public. |
January 1939 issue of Der Hoheitsträger, even during Fasching (carnival)! |
one might find informational illustrated articles about the purpose and use of Ordensburgen such as the enormous one in its Idyllic setting at Sonthofen. |
in the center of the back covers of 1939 Der Hoheitsträger magazines. |
swastika armbands at Ordensburg Sonthofen. |
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SEVEN RARE 1939 ISSUES OF THE ILLUSTRATED NAZI PARTY
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