Aussenpolitisches Amt der Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei

  • Aussenpolitisches Amt
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Identifier
770
Type of Entity
Corporate Body

Dates of Existence

Founded in 1934

History

Hitler actively encouraged the creation of party agencies which claimed expertise in certain fields of foreign policy. The Aussenpolitisches Amt der Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei was established to institutionalize Alfred Rosenberg's aspirations to become the guru of Nazi foreign policy. This body also put pressure on German allies to carry out the Final Solution. For example, its diplomats exhorted Benito Mussolini, unsuccessfully, to deport Jews under Italian jurisdiction.

Places

  • Founded in Germany.

Sources

  • Dictionary of the Holocaust : Biography, geography, and terminology / E.J. Epstein, P. Rosen. – Westport, 1997. – p. 18 Diplomacy and Persecution, www.diplomatiekvandevervolging.nlFascist Ideology : Territory and Expansionism in Italy and Germany, 1922-1945 / A.A. Kallis. - London, 2000. - p. 81