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Wobser, Walter (Hrsg.): Sprechende Bilder vom Stahlhelm B.d.f. (seltenes Dokument der wenig später verbotenen Organisation). [ Permalink ]
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Dresden 1933, 10 Blatt mit je 1 montierten Foto (13 x 18 cm), dazwischen jeweils 1 Seidenblatt, gegenüber der montierte, erklärende Text, illustr. OKart., 4°, Kordelbindung
[ Tags: "Der Stahlhelm", Dresden, Militaria, Paramilitär ]
Often used abbreviations and their translations
Condition: geringe Lagerspuren
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– Background –
The Stahlhelm was a paramilitary association during the Weimar Republic, founded by reserve officer Franz Seldte on December 25, 1918. In 1930, the organization had more than 500,000 members and was the second-largest paramilitary association in the Weimar Republic. Although the Stahlhelm officially presented itself as non-partisan, it was openly hostile to the republic and democracy, as well as being antisemitic and racist. The association's goals were the establishment of an autocracy in Germany, the preparation for a retaliatory war, and the establishment of an anti-parliamentary corporate state. The association also had demands such as the creation of a "völkisch großdeutschen Reich," the fight against the Social Democrats, the allocation of leading positions in the state to front soldiers, and a policy for "Lebensraum" in the East. The Stahlhelm had an Aryan clause that excluded Jews from membership. It organized a referendum against the Young Plan, together with the DNVP and the NSDAP. The Stahlhelm was significantly involved in the initiative to dissolve the Prussian Landtag. After the NSDAP's seizure of power, it was brought into line by the National Socialists. Seldte joined the NSDAP and became Reich Minister of Labor. In August 1933, the SA took over the Stahlhelm and divided it into various reserve units. The remaining members were organized under the name "National Socialist German Front-Line Fighters' League (Stahlhelm)." This organization, too, was eventually dissolved in November 1935.