3rd Reich NSKK Adolf Hühnlein mit Motor-HJ in Sommerlager

In an excellent condition a photograph of NSSK Corps leader Adolf Hühnlein

On the back an original paper and stamp. Stating released from international press censorship. Adolf Hühnlein 60 years old. Reichsleiter Adolf Hühnlein

Hühnlein was appointed to the "Supreme SA leadership" and in 1925 quartermaster of the NSDAP. Ernst Röhm appointed Hühnlein SA Obergruppenfuhrer and in 1927 chief of the SA motor vehicle department. In 1930 he founded the SA motor squads and the National Socialist Automobile Corps (NSAK), in 1931 the National Socialist Motor Corps (NSKK) as a sub-division of the SA.

In June 1933, as NSKK corps leader, he was entrusted with the task of organizing the merger of the SA's own motor vehicle department and that of the NSKK. He was also elected a member of the Reichstag in the same year. In 1934 he organized the 2000 km through Germany rally. On September 1, 1934, after the murder of Ernst Röhm, Hitler appointed him corps commander of the new NSKK, which had been upgraded to an independent NSDAP structure. Hühnlein was also appointed President of the Supreme National Sports Commission for automobile racing in Germany. In this function, he accompanied the Silver Arrows of Auto Union and Mercedes-Benz to national and international races and also organized the speed record runs on the AVUS and the Frankfurt-Darmstadt autobahn. In 1938, Bernd Rosemeyer had a fatal accident during one of these record drives. Since almost all German racing drivers were members of the NSKK, Hühnlein used victories as an opportunity to promote successful drivers.

On May 14, 1936, Hühnlein received the character of Major General of the Wehrmacht. On November 8, 1938, a report appeared in the Völkischer Beobachter, according to which Hühnlein undertook a "record drive" on the Reichsautobahn route Berlin-Munich together with chief engineer Winkelmann in a motor vehicle (5.4 l). He covered the total distance of 527 kilometers in around four hours. On February 22, 1940, Hühnlein was given the position of "Commissioner for Motorized Transport in the War Economy". His direct superior was Hermann Goering. Hühnlein was also a member of the board of directors of the Reichsautobahnen Society and a member of the Reich Traffic Council and the Reich Chamber of Labor. During the Second World War he was in charge of motorized transport for the war economy.

After his death, Hühnlein received a state funeral and posthumously Hitler awarded him the NSDAP's highest decoration, the Teutonic Order.

Under the leadership of Adolf Hühnlein, the NSKK became a paramilitary aid organization of the Wehrmacht or the state, which took care of the training of young drivers and drivers and was also used during the Second World War as a transport organization in the occupied territories and during deportations to the death camps . His successor as NSKK corps leader was Erwin Kraus.

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