Veterans Association (Germany)

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• Introduction
• Deutschen Reichskriegerbundes - German Empire War Association
• Wimpel für den Deutschen Reichskriegerbund - German Imperial Warrior´s Association Pennant
• NS-Reichskriegerbundes - National Socialist Empire War Association
• Nationalsozialistischen Kriegsopferversorgung - National Socialist Kriegsopferversorgung
• Deutschen Soldatenbundes - German Soldier´s Association
• Nationalsozialistischen Kriegsopferversorgung - National Socialist Kriegsopferversorgung
• Postscript

• Introduction to NSDAP Flags
• Third Reich 1933-1945
• Germany

Introduction

The Deutscher Kriegerbund (German Warrior League) was a War Veterans' and reservists' Association in Germany. It was established in 1873 in Weißenfels. Following World War I several German veteran groups including "Der Stahlhelm" (The Steel Helmet) were active as War Veterans' and reservists' Associations in Germany. However, under the National Socialist government these were all gradually eliminated.
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flag of the German Empire War Association 1933-c1934
Fahne des Deutschen Reichskriegerbundes

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This was the banner of the Kyffhäuserbund until around 1934. The Kyffhäuserbund (Kyffhäuser League) was an umbrella organization for War Veterans' and Reservists' Associations in Germany. The Deutscher Kriegerbund began the efforts to build a memorial that would honor and represent the German warriors in 1888. This monument, located on top of the 473 m high Kyffhäuser mountain was finally inaugurated in 1896. The Kyffhäuser Mountain is near Bad Frankenhausen in the state of Thuringia in central Germany.
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Pennant for the German Imperial Warrior Association 'Kyffhäuser' e.V. 1933-1938
Wimpel für den Deutschen Reichskriegerbund 'Kyffhäuser' e.V.

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Flag of the NAZI Reich War Association 1938-1943
Fahne des NS-Reichskriegerbundes

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This is the Banner of the Reichskriegerbund 'Kyffhäuser' during the times of the Third Reich. In the name of Gleichschaltung, the Kyffhäuserbund was nazified after the Nazi takeover of power in 1933. Five years later, its name was altered to "NS-Reichskriegerbund 'Kyffhäuser' e.V." (Nationalsocialist Reich Warriors Association 'Kyffhäuser'), becoming the sole and exclusive organization representing the Veterans' interests in the Third Reich.
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Flag of the German Soldier´s Association 1933-1945
Fahne des Deutschen Soldatenbundes

This is the flag of the Nazi Veterans Association. The Nazi era Government absorbed the several veterans groups such as the Stahlhelm (steel helmet) and the Kyffhauser bund (Kyffhauser bunch) to create a centralized Nazi controlled veteran´s association.
Chuck Linderman, 19 August 2007

Flags of the Nazi Kriegsopferversorgung NSKOV 1939-1945
Fahne der Nationalsozialistischen Kriegsopferversorgung

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The Kyffhäuserbund was swiftly and unceremoniously disbanded during the Second World War, in March 1943, by Adolf Hitler himself. Its assets in the whole Reich were transferred to the NSDAP. All its surviving local associations, which in the last phase of the war effort became the breeding ground for Volkssturm units, were also placed under the direct orders of the Nazi Party.

The Nationalsozialistische Kriegsopferversorgung (NSKOV), meaning "National Socialist War Victim's Care" was a social welfare organization for seriously wounded veterans as well as frontline fighters of World War I. The NSKOV was established in 1934 and was affiliated to the NSDAP.
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Postscript

After Nazi Germany's defeat in World War II, the American Military Government issued a special law outlawing the Nazi party and all of its branches. Known as "Law number five", this Denazification decree disbanded the NSKOV, like all organizations linked to the Nazi Party. The organizations taking care of the welfare for World War I veterans had to be established anew during the postwar reconstruction of both West Germany and the DDR.
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