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National Socialist Motor Corps

The National Socialist Motor Corps , also known as the National Socialist Drivers Corps, was a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party National Socialist German Workers Party

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 that existed from 1931 to 1945. The group was a successor organization to the older National Socialist Automobile Corps, which had existed since the beginning of 1930. It was headed from 1934 to 1942 by Adolf H?hnlein. The National Socialist Motor Corps was the smallest of the Nazi Party organizations and had originally been formed as a motorized corps of the Sturmabteilung Sturmabteilung

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The National Socialist Motor Corps , also known as the National Socialist Drivers Corps, was a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party National Socialist German Workers Party

The National Socialist German Workers Party , generally known in English [i] as the ... 

 that existed from 1931 to 1945. The group was a successor organization to the older National Socialist Automobile Corps, which had existed since the beginning of 1930. It was headed from 1934 to 1942 by Adolf Hühnlein.

The National Socialist Motor Corps was the smallest of the Nazi Party organizations and had originally been formed as a motorized corps of the
Sturmabteilung Sturmabteilung

The Sturmabteilung functioned as a paramilitary [i] organization [i] of the NSDAP [i] – the German [i] ... 

. In 1934, the group had a membership of approximately ten thousand and was separated from the SA to become an independent organization. This action may have saved the NSKK from extinction, as shortly thereafter the SA suffered a major purge during the Night of the Long Knives Night of the Long Knives

The Night of the Long Knives , also known as Reichsmordwoche, "Operation Hummingbird" or "the Blood... 

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The primary aim of the NSKK was to educate its members in motoring skills. They were mainly trained in the operation and maintenance of high performance motorcycle Motorcycle

A motorcycle is a two-wheeled vehicle [i] powered by an engine [i]. ... 

s and automobile Automobile

An automobile is a wheel [i]ed passenger [i] vehicle [i] that carries its own motor [i]. ... 

s. In the mid 1930s, the NSKK also served as a roadside assistance group, comparable to the modern-day American Automobile Association American Automobile Association

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 or the British Automobile Association The Automobile Association

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Membership in the NSKK did not require any knowledge of automobiles and the group was known to accept persons for membership without drivers' licenses Driver's license

A driver's license, driver license, operator's license , driving licence , driver l... 

. It was thought that training in the NSKK would make up for any previous lack of knowledge. The NSKK did, however, adhere to racial doctrine and screened its members for Aryan Aryan

Aryan is an English language [i] word derived from the Iranian [i] and Sanskrit [i] t... 

 qualities. The NSKK was also a paramilitary organization with its own system of paramilitary ranks Ranks and insignia of the National Socialist Motor Corps

The Ranks and insignia of the National Socialist Motor Corps were a paramilitary rank system [i] ... 

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With the outbreak of World War II World War II

World War II, or the Second World War, was a worldwide [i] conflict [i] fought betwe ... 

 in 1939, the National Socialist Motor Corps became a target of the Wehrmacht Wehrmacht

Wehrmacht was the name of the armed forces [i] of Nazi-Germany [i] from 1935 [i] t... 

 for recruitment, since NSKK members possessed knowledge of motorized transport, whereas the bulk of the Wehrmacht relied on horse Horse

The horse is a large odd-toed ungulate [i] mammal [i], one of ten modern species of the genus Equus [i]... 

s. Most NSKK members thereafter joined the regular military, serving in the transport corps of the various service branches.

In 1945, the NSKK was disbanded and the group was declared a "condemned organization" at the Nuremberg Trials Nuremberg Trials

The Nuremberg Trials were the trial [i]s of the Nazi [i] officials involved in the Holocaust [i]... 

 . This was due in part to the NSKK’s origins in the SA and its doctrine of racial superiority required from its members.

Source

  • Bedurftig, Friedemann, and Christian Zenter. The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich. 1985.





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