Article entitled: "The German Living Space," 5 January, 1935, p. 13. Article entitled: "Folk and Space-A Geopolitical View," 27 April, 1935, p. 13. Article entitled: "The Enlargement of our Living Space," 25 April, 1936, p. 10. Article entitled: 1936, p. 15. "Our Right, Our Colonies," 10 October, Article entitled: "Our Right for Colonies," 18 December, 1937, p. 7. Article entitled: "Space and Folk," 14 October, 1938, p. 3. Article entitled: "Colonies for Germany," 2 January, 1937, p. 4. This article reads in part as follows: "The German Ambassador in London, Herr von Ribbentrop, recently, on occasion of a reception in the Anglo-German Fellowship * ** has renewed, in a speech which aroused great interest, the unretractable claim of Germany for the restitution of its colonies which had been snatched away. * "Shortly thereafter the Reichsbank president and Reich Minister of Economics, Dr. Schacht, published in the Eng`lish magazine, 'Foreign Affairs,' a detailed article on the German colonial problem. * * * "For the rest Dr. Schacht laid out the categorical demand that Germany must, in order to solve its raw materials problem, get colonies, which must be administered by Germany, and in which the German standard currency must be in circulation." The next group consists of articles condemning the Versailles Article entitled: "What is the Situation regarding our 66 * ** The dictate of Versailles established the political, economical and financial destruction of Germany in 440 artfully-one could also say-devilishly devised paragraphs; this work of ignominy is a sample of endless and partly contradictory repetitions in constantly new forms. Not too many have occupied themselves with this thick book to a great extent, for one could only do it with abomination Article entitled: "The Unbearable Limitations of our Article entitled: "Versailles after 15 years," 19 Janu- Article entitled: "How about Germany's fight for Equal Article entitled: "Through Adolf Hitler's Acts: Free a victory, for upon its flag since the beginning of * * * "" A third group consists of articles describing preparations for war allegedly being carried on by other nations: Article entitled: "Military Training of the English Youth" (showing pictures of Eton students wearing traditional Eton dress-tall hats and frock coats-marching with rifles), 26 January, 1935, p. 14. Article entitled: "The Army of the Soviet Union" (with oh pictures of self-propelled artillery and tanks. One picMature bears the quotation "The Artillery of the Red Army is already extensively motorized"), 16 March, 1935, p. 14. Photograph of Russian Artillery bearing the notation "Soviet Russian Heavy artillery on maneuver," 16 March, 1935, p. 1. Article entitled: "Armies of Tomorrow" (discussion of anticipated developments in motorized and mechanized warfare. One section of the article is devoted to "plans of foreign countries with respect to motorized armies"), 30 March, 1935, p. 14. Article entitled: "The Red Danger in the East," 4 April, 1936, p. 13. Article entitled: "The Red Army Today," 4 April, 1936, p. 13. Article entitled: "Russia prepares for World War," 29 Article entitled: "Red Terrorism Nailed Down," 19 June, Cartoon bearing title "Stalin Wants World Revolution," 26 February, 1938, p. 13. These lists of articles are not exhaustive. These articles are merely typical of many in similar vein which appear throughout the issues of "Der SA-Mann.” (5) The Training of German Youth for Aggressive Warfare. The important responsibility of training the youth of Germany in the technique of war, and of preparing them physically and spiritually for the waging of aggressive warfare, was delegated to the SA. Hitler characterized this task of the SA in these words: "Give the German Nation six million perfectly trained bodies in sport, all fanatically inspired with the love for the Fatherland and trained to the highest offensive spirit and a National Socialist State will, if necessary, have created an Army out of them in less than two years." (3215-PS) The military character of the SA is demonstrated by its organizational structure (2168-PS). As appears from the SA organizational chart, (Chart Number 8) it was organized into units. closely corresponding to those of the German army. The organizational scheme consisted of divisions, regiments, battalions, companies, platoons, and squads. In addition, there were special units and branches, including cavalry, signal corps, engineer corps, and medical corps. There were also three officer training schools (2168-PS). SA members wore distinctive uniforms adapted to military functions, bore arms, and engaged in training, forced marches, and other military exercises. These facts are disclosed in photographs and articles in "Der SA-Mann”. SA members, moreover, were governed by general regulations which closely resemble service regulations of an armed force (2820-PS). According to these regulations, "discipline and obedience are the foundations as strong as steel for each military unit." These regulations further provide for punishment for disobedience. The punishments provided demonstrate the militaristic character of the SA. They include the following: Reprimand in presence of superiors and announcement thereof at formations; Prohibition of right to wear the service uniform; House arrest; Arrest and confinement in jail; Demotion in rank; Prohibition of right to carry weapon. (2820-PS) Preparation for war through the SA training program was commenced in Germany as early as 1933, but the scope of this program was not made public because it constituted a violation of the Treaty of Versailles. The strict secrecy with which the program was surrounded is shown by an order from the Chief of Staff of the SA dated 25 July, 1933 (D-44): "Further to my instruction Z II 1351/33 dated 11 July 33, I find cause to ask all SA authorities to exercise the greatest caution with regard to any publicity given to the SA service not only in the press, but also in the information and news sheets of the individual SA units. "Only during the last few days, the Reich Ministry of the Interior, at the request of the Foreign Office, has given strict instructions to all Reich authorities according to which the most severe control is to be exercised on all publications which might give other countries an opening to construe German infringements of the terms of the Versailles Treaty. "As is known from the Geneva negotiations, our opponents have piled up material collected in Germany and submitted to them, which they use against us on every occasion during the conferences. "From this point of view, the information sheets circulating among the subordinate SA units cause the liveliest concern. I hold all higher SA leaders responsible that any such internal information sheets appearing in the district of their command are submitted to the most stringent control before they go into print, and I feel compelled to draw attention to the threat of a prosecution for treason, pronounced by official instructions issued in the last few days, in cases where such reports, printed no doubt in good faith, are publicized and therefore exposed to the danger of falling into the wrong hands. "On principle, pictures of the technical specialized units of the SA and SS, in particular of the signals, motorized and possibly also of the air wings which now exist outside these formations, are forbidden, such pictures enabling other coun tries to prove the alleged formation of technical troop units." (D-44) Secrecy was also required in the order assigning a Wehrmacht officer to the SA in January, 1934, to assist in the SA Training Program (2823-PS). A memorandum from SA Headquarters dated 20 January, 1934 designates an officer of the Wehrmacht to assist in the military training of SA members and goes on to provide: "For the purpose of disguise, Lt. Col. Auleb will wear SA uniform with insignia of rank according to more detailed regulations of the Supreme SA leaders". (2823–PS) The military training program of the SA was for many years conducted under the guise of a sports program. This plan was created by Hitler as early as 1920 in founding what he called the National Socialist Sport Troop (SA). Hitler's declaration at the time of the creation of this sports organization was as follows: * * "The Sport Troop The fact that the so-called Sports Program was in reality closely associated with and in fact a means of providing military training for German youth, is shown by the following characterization of the program by Lutze, the Chief of Staff of the SA, in an article written in 1939 (3215–PS): 66*. * * This goal setting also served for the decrees of the Fuehrer to the SA of 1935 regarding the renewing of, in 1936 regarding the evaluation of, in 1937 regarding the yearly repetitive exercises of the SA sport badge. Parallel to this decree of the Fuehrer for the physical betterment and military training the organizational and development missions within the SA were met. Out of the conception that the preservation and intensification of the military power of our people must especially be requested by military and physical exercises, the training was especially carried out systematically in these fields. In 25 schools of the troop and in 3 Reichsfuehrer schools of the SA yearly 22,000 to 25,000 officers and non-coms were trained since 1934 in special educational courses until they possessed the education and examination certificates. In clearly outlined training directives the training goals which had to be achieved yearly were given and at the same time the yearly Reich competitive contests were established. Hand in hand the training of the Fuehrer Corps and corresponding organizational measures and the training at the front proceeded on the broadest basis." (3215-PS) |