File:Organisationsbuc00nati orig 0489 ORGANISATIONSBUCH DER NSDAP 1936 Tafel 40 Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps NSKK Uniform Scharfuhrer Technischen Fuhrerschule Schulanzug NSKK-Mann Dienstanzug Sturzhelm No known copyright Cropped.jpg

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Deutsch: ORGANISATIONSBUCH DER NSDAP 1936 – Tafel 40
Das Nationalsozialistische Kraftfahrkorps (NSKK, NS-Kraftfahrkorps) war eine paramilitärische Unterorganisation der NSDAP von 1931 bis 1945. NSKK wurde 1934 zur dritten NSDAP-"Kampfgliederung" neben der SA und der SS erhoben. Es fungierte bis zu seiner Auflösung 1945 als Sammelbecken für alle politisch anpassungswilligen, motorbegeisterten und im Kraftfahrwesen beruflich oder sportlich engagierten Personen und hatte mehr als 500.000 Mitglieder. Das NSKK erhielt eine schwarz-braune Uniformierung. Nach Adolf Hühnleins Tod im Juni 1942 übernahm Erwin Kraus als „Reichsleiter NSKK“.

Organisationsbuch der NSDAP; Herausgeber: Der Reichsorganisationsleiter der NSDAP., Dr. Robert Ley; 1936; Zentralverlag der NSDAP., Franz Eher Nachf., München.

Die Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP) war eine in der Weimarer Republik gegründete politische Partei, deren Programm und Ideologie (der Nationalsozialismus) von radikalem Antisemitismus und Nationalismus sowie der Ablehnung von Demokratie und Marxismus bestimmt war. Ihr Parteivorsitzender war ab 1921 der spätere Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler, unter dem sie Deutschland in der Diktatur des Nationalsozialismus von 1933 bis 1945 als einzige zugelassene Partei beherrschte. Alle Organisationen waren nach dem Führerprinzip aufgebaut und orientierten sich an der Rangordnung der Wehrmacht.

English: Illustration plate from the official Nazi Party handbook 1936, showing flags, emblems, signs, badges, ranks, insignia, uniforms, etc.:
Uniforms of the NSKK
  • Scharführer ("squad leader") in the NSKK in school uniform (Schulanzug):
    • Kepi (Schaftmütze) with leather chin strap, buttons and metal eagle. The colour on the SA kepi displayed which Gruppen (division) the wearer belonged to.
    • Tunic (Waffenrock): single-breasted service jacket, with front closure, two side pockets, two box-pleated patch breast pockets with stylised (scalloped) button-down flaps
    • Collar patches/tabs (Kragenspiegel) with rank insignia
    • Shoulder strap on right shoulder
    • NSKK cloth badge on upper right sleeve
    • NSKK qualified driver's badge (NSKK-Kraftfahrraute) on left sleeve: On black backing in white a wheel with six visible spokes, over the centre of which is superimposed a German eagle, looking right, clutching a circular wreath enclosing a swastika (the Party Eagle, Parteiadler, the stylised German imperial eagle during Nazi rule with its head turned to its left wing). The Raute emblem was worn as a diamond shaped cloth sleeve badge on the left forearm of the tunics of those NSKK personel who were qualified drivers.
    • Nazi Party swastika armband/brassard (Hakenkreuzarmbinde, Kampfbinde) fitted around the left arm and tacked on with thread
    • Belt with double claw open buckle and crossbelt
    • Pistol holster
    • Calf-length breeches (riding pants with extra width in the thigh area (Breecheshosen, Reit- bzw. Stiefelhosen)
    • Black knee-high jackboots (Schaftstiefeln)
etc.
  • NSKK-Mann (private of the NSKK) in ceremonial dress (full dress/parade uniform)
    • Padded crash helmet in painted black leather, with a small visor, chin strap and neck flaps (Sturzhelm; schwarzer Ledersturmhelm mit umlaufendem Ring- und Kammwulst, seitlich mit Lüftungslöchern, vorn der aufgelegte Adler, mit gelaschtem Lederfutter, Ohrenschutz und Kinnriemen mit Schnalle). The helmet was worn while driving an open-topped car or a motorbike, at parades, ceremonies and rallies. The helmet type was originally used by pilots under World War I, adopted by the Motor SA circa 1928 and later by the NSKK with the addition of a large metal swastika-and-eagle insignia (the Party Eagle, Parteiadler, the stylised German imperial eagle during Nazi rule with its head turned to its left wing) and the NSKK banner.
    • Brown (khaki) shirt (blouse) with turn-down collar and pleated breast pockets with scalloped button flaps and
    • Shoulder strap (epaulette) on the right shoulder with cords etc. denoting class of rank and Motorgruppe locality
    • Brown (khaki) necktie
    • Rectangular collar patches/tabs (Kragenspiegel); the right showing the number, type and locality of unit, the left containing rank insignia. See "SA Collar Tab and Shoulder Board Identification Guide" at GermanDaggers.com.
    • NSKK eagle and swastika emblem machine-woven in white onto a cloth badge sewn to lower right sleeve
    • Nazi Party swastika armband/brassard
    • Nazi Party membership badge on necktie
    • Belt with double claw open buckle and crossbelt
    • NSKK service dagger with scabbard and hanging strap, similar to that of SA, but with black scabbard, see "Dagger Guide" at Germandaggers.com.
    • Black calf-length riding breeches
    • Black knee-high jackboots
etc.
The National Socialist Motor Corps (Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps,NSKK), was a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party in Germany from 1931 until 1945. The NSKK members trained in the operation and maintenance of automobiles, trucks and motorcycles. They soon became involved with training recruits for the German Army's armoured and motorised arms and during World War II NSKK augmented Army and Air Force transport assets. From 1944 it became a dedicated transport corps, but was disbanded with the surrender of Nazi Germany in May 1945.
The rank system and insignia of the NSSK were based closely on those of the SA (Sturmabteilung), of which the NSKK was originally a part. The NSKK members also wore similar uniforms and insignia; the uniform of a SA member was principally a brown shirt (the members were called "brownshirts", Braunhemden), a Swastika armband (Hakenkreuzarmbinde) and a kepi cap (Schaftmütze). The SA-style kepi of the NSKK had a black top and brown (khaki) sides (Steife Schaftmütze aus olivbraunem Gabardinetuch, schwarzer Mützendeckel)

Cropped page from Organisationsbuch der NSDAP issued by the Nazi Party's national organizational leader (Reichsorganisationsleiter) Robert Ley for the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei, Reichsorganisationsamt; published in 1936 by Zentralverlag der NSDAP, Franz Eher Nachf., München; circa 550 pages, 71 pages of plates; German language; letters in Fraktur style typefaces.

The National Socialist German Workers' Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, NSDAP) was a far-right, nationalist, antisemitic and anti-Marxist political party in Germany between 1920 and 1945. The Nazi Party command structure was divided into the general membership (Parteimitglieder), the political leadership corps (Politische Leiter), the upper command levels encompassed by the Gauleiter and Reichsleiter, and the position of Führer held by Adolf Hitler as supreme leader. Ranks of the Nazi Party were paramilitary titles. All political leaders wore official uniforms, while regular party members wore civilian clothing with a standard party badge. The uniforms, ranks and insignia of the Nazi party and its sub-organizations – Sturmabteilung (SA), SS, Gestapo, Hitler Youth, etc. – underwent several changes.
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Source Cropped page from Organisationsbuch der NSDAP by Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei / Robert Ley, Zentralverlag der NSDAP, Franz Eher Nachfolger, Munich, Germany 1936. Scanned book found at https://archive.org/details/organisationsbuc00nati (Internet Archive). Collection/contributor: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington D. C. No known copyright restrictions; the artist/designer/illustrator is uncredited, and the editor died, the organization ceased to exist, and the publisher closed down in 1945, more than 75 years ago in 2021.
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