Reichswehr vereidigung auf hitler biography

Reichswehr uniform 1920

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1919–1933[]

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1933–1934[]

In January 1933, Adolf Nazi was allotted Reichskanzler enthralled the Facultative Act dominant Gleichschaltung came in avoid. As a result, a new language was adoptive on 1 December 1933:

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Ich schwöre bei Gott diesen heiligen Eid, daß ich meinem Volk reveal Vaterland allzeit treu games redlich dienen u • The term Hitler oath refers to the oaths of allegiance, or Reichswehreid, sworn by German Wehrmacht officers and soldiers as well as civil servants during the Third Reich between the years 1934 and 1945. The oath pledged personal loyalty to the person of Adolf Hitler in place of loyalty to the constitution. Background[] The death of 87-year-old President Paul von Hindenburg on August 2, 1934 removed the final obstacle to Adolf Hitler obtaining absolute power over Germany. Even with the passage of the Enabling Act and the banning of all political parties apart from the Nazi Party, Hindenburg still had the right to remove Hitler as , and was hence the only check on Hitler's power. On the day before Hindenburg's death, Hitler's cabinet had enacted a law combining the offices of (the head of government) and President (the head of state); Adolf Hitler would henceforth be known as Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Chancellor) and was both head of state and commander in chief of the armed forces. The day of the President's death, the cabinet ordered a plebiscite for August 19 for the German people to approve the combination of the two offices. Although the popular view is that Hitler drafted the oath himself and imposed it on the military, in truth it oath was the i • The Reichswehr Swears an Oath of Allegiance to Adolf Hitler on the Day of Hindenburg’s Death (August 2, 1934) Source Abstract To realize his long-term expansionist goals, Hitler had to have absolute control of the armed forces. According to the Weimar Constitution, the armed forces were subordinate to the Reich President. On the day of Hindenburg's death, Hitler had the Reichswehr swear an oath of allegiance to him personally and made it pledge its unconditional loyalty. The oath went as follows: “I swear to God this holy oath, that I will offer unconditional obedience to the Führer of the German Reich and People, Adolf Hitler, the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and that I am prepared as a brave soldier, to lay down my life at any time for this oath.” Keywords Source Source: Swearing in of the Reichswehr to Adolf Hitler on the day of the death of Reich President Paul von Hindenburg. Unknown photographer. bpk-Bildagentur, image number 30009386. For rights inquiries, please contact Art Resource at requests@artres.com (North America) or bpk-Bildagentur at kontakt@bpk-bildagentur.de (for all other countries). © bpk

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Ich schwöre bei Gott diesen heiligen Eid, daß ich meinem Volk reveal Vaterland allzeit treu games redlich dienen u
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The term Hitler oath refers to the oaths of allegiance, or Reichswehreid, sworn by German Wehrmacht officers and soldiers as well as civil servants during the Third Reich between the years 1934 and 1945. The oath pledged personal loyalty to the person of Adolf Hitler in place of loyalty to the constitution.
Background[]
The death of 87-year-old President Paul von Hindenburg on August 2, 1934 removed the final obstacle to Adolf Hitler obtaining absolute power over Germany. Even with the passage of the Enabling Act and the banning of all political parties apart from the Nazi Party, Hindenburg still had the right to remove Hitler as , and was hence the only check on Hitler's power. On the day before Hindenburg's death, Hitler's cabinet had enacted a law combining the offices of (the head of government) and President (the head of state); Adolf Hitler would henceforth be known as Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Chancellor) and was both head of state and commander in chief of the armed forces. The day of the President's death, the cabinet ordered a plebiscite for August 19 for the German people to approve the combination of the two offices. Although the popular view is that Hitler drafted the oath himself and imposed it on the military, in truth it oath was the i
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The Reichswehr Swears an Oath of Allegiance to Adolf Hitler on the Day of Hindenburg’s Death (August 2, 1934)
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Abstract
To realize his long-term expansionist goals, Hitler had to have absolute control of the armed forces. According to the Weimar Constitution, the armed forces were subordinate to the Reich President. On the day of Hindenburg's death, Hitler had the Reichswehr swear an oath of allegiance to him personally and made it pledge its unconditional loyalty. The oath went as follows: “I swear to God this holy oath, that I will offer unconditional obedience to the Führer of the German Reich and People, Adolf Hitler, the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and that I am prepared as a brave soldier, to lay down my life at any time for this oath.”
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Source: Swearing in of the Reichswehr to Adolf Hitler on the day of the death of Reich President Paul von Hindenburg. Unknown photographer.
bpk-Bildagentur, image number 30009386. For rights inquiries, please contact Art Resource at requests@artres.com (North America) or bpk-Bildagentur at kontakt@bpk-bildagentur.de (for all other countries).
© bpk