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Shortly the history of this force is here included, taken over from my text from volume 4 from "Headgear of Hitler's Germany":
During the Reichsparteitag in September 1933 at Nürnberg, it required no explanation that the conditions
relating to provisioning and refreshing the participants were far from ideal. Manpower was sufficient, but
the technical framework was not effective in its execution for the tens of thousands of party-members.
SA-Sturmbannführer Seidler, the Bavarian leader of the Winterhilfswerk, formulated plans for an emergency
aid organization for the NS-Volkswohlfahrt (Peoples Welfare Organization), after making his intend known to
the NSDAP.
The "Amt für Beamte der Obersten Leitung der Politischen Organisation der NSDAP" (ABPO - Department of Functionaries
of the Highest Leadership of the NSDAP Political Organization) was attracted to Seidler's idea to form such a unit
"for everyday use" to take care of medical, supply of food and technical services, in addition to be employed
during other occasions such as catastrophes and larger meetings of the Party. Shortly after the end of the
Party Day Seidler was ordered to work out his ideas at full speed. The NS-Beamtenschaft (NS, Civil Servants) placed
funds at Seidler's disposal.
Seilder, the NSV, the NS-Frauenwerk (NS Women's Group) and chief-engineer Ulrich from the truck manufacturer
C.D. Magirus K.G. from Ulm, assisted and were advisors with enormous devotion to the task of further development.
The workers from Magirus accomplished the rest. The basic unit was ready after about nine weeks and was in action
for the first time in mid-November 1933 at Ulm.
On January 4, 1934 the leader of the earlier mentioned department of the ABPO, Hermann Neef, who also was the
leader of the RDB "Reichsbund der Deutschen Beamten" (National Union of German Civil Servants), his deputy and staff-
leader Josef Reusch, Rudolf Hess (Hitler's deputy) and various other high ranked NSDAP functionaries were shown the
results so far attained at the unit's formation at the Fransizkaner Leistbrauerei (an abandonded brewery, located near
the central train station in Munich). On this occasion, the unit was officially named Hilfszug Bayern, to honor all
people from bavaria that were so devoted to the unit's objective. In the beginning the HZB was commonly referred to
as "Beamten-Hilfszug Bayern" or the "Autohilfszug Bayern".
The unit was created by Seidler, who was the staff leader for the SA from SA-Hochland. The actual HZB leader was
SA-Sturmführer Doppler. Both were subordinated to Gauleiter Adolf Wagner, the State Minister for Bavaria and the
"oberste Leiter des Hilfszuges" (the highest leader of the HZB and also the unit's patron). A the end of February 1934
Hitler made an appearance and was fully briefed on the unit's potential.
The above mentioned subordination to Wagner ended on December 1, 1934. As of this date the HZB was subordinated
to Dr. Josef Goebbels, the Reichspropagandaleiter der NSDAP (Reich Propaganda Leader of the NSDAP) and the Reichsleitung
der NSDAP while being at the same time renamed as the "NSDAP Reichsleitung - Reichspropagandaleitung Hilfszug Bayern"".
With the agreement of reichsleiter Franz Xaver Schwarz, the Reichsschatzmeister der NSDAP (the Treasurer of the NSDAP),
the Reichspropagandaleitung (RPL), furnished the operational funds while the Schwarz-department took care for the
unit's administration (to be continued).
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