National Socialist Motor Corps

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The National Socialist Motor Corps was a paramilitary organization of Nazi Germany responsible for motorized transport training and support for the regime’s military and party activities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi organization ⓘ
motor transport organization ⓘ
paramilitary organization ⓘ
abbreviation NSKK ⓘ
activity operating motor pools for the Nazi Party ⓘ
participating in German rearmament efforts ⓘ
propaganda events and rallies logistics ⓘ
supporting military supply columns ⓘ
supporting occupation authorities in conquered territories ⓘ
training civilian and party members in driving ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
dissolved 1945 ⓘ
dissolvedBy Allied Control Council ⓘ
foundedBy Adolf Hitler ⓘ
Nazi Party leadership ⓘ
linked to: Nazi leadership
headquartersLocation Munich ⓘ
ideology Nazism ⓘ
inception 1931 ⓘ
language German ⓘ
legalStatusAfterWar declared a criminal organization in postwar denazification (with some limitations) ⓘ
membership hundreds of thousands of members at its peak ⓘ
membershipPolicy restricted to so-called Aryans ⓘ
nativeName Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps ⓘ
notableLeader Adolf Hühnlein ⓘ
Erwin Kraus ⓘ
parentOrganization Nazi Party paramilitary apparatus ⓘ
partOf Nazi Party ⓘ
politicalAlignment far-right ⓘ
precededBy National Socialist Motor Corps (SA Motor Unit) ⓘ
reorganizedAsIndependentFromSA 1934 ⓘ
role driver training ⓘ
logistical support for Nazi Party activities ⓘ
maintenance of motor vehicles ⓘ
motorized transport training ⓘ
support for Wehrmacht transport and logistics ⓘ
support for military operations in occupied territories ⓘ
support for police and SS operations ⓘ
traffic control and convoy organization ⓘ
separatedFrom Sturmabteilung ⓘ
subOrganization NSKK Luftwaffe units ⓘ
NSKK Marine units ⓘ
NSKK Motor-Hitlerjugend liaison units ⓘ
NSKK Motorbrigaden ⓘ
NSKK Transportbrigaden ⓘ
linked to: NSKK Motorbrigaden
symbol NSKK winged wheel and swastika insignia ⓘ
uniform brown paramilitary uniform ⓘ
usedFor militarization of German motoring ⓘ
preparation of drivers for wartime service ⓘ

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Ferdinand Porsche → memberOf → National Socialist Motor Corps ⓘ
National Socialist Motor Corps → nativeName → Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps ⓘ
linked to: National Socialist Motor Corps
National Socialist Motor Corps → precededBy → National Socialist Motor Corps (SA Motor Unit) ⓘ
linked to: National Socialist Motor Corps
National Socialist Motor Corps → subOrganization → NSKK Motor-Hitlerjugend liaison units ⓘ
linked to: National Socialist Motor Corps
1939 German Grand Prix → organiser → National Socialist Motor Corps ⓘ
Nazi Party paramilitary ranks → usedBy → National Socialist Motor Corps ⓘ