Adolf Hitler Medal

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The Adolf Hitler Medal was an award donated by Adolf Hitler and awarded by the Reich Association of German Animal Welfare Associations (Reichstierschutzbund) from November 1933 to people and organizations who had made special contributions to the protection of animals.

The medal was designed by Emil Paul Börner and manufactured by the state porcelain factory in Meißen , bore a portrait of Adolf Hitler and the words “I am a resolute opponent of cruelty to animals”. The inscription goes back to a quote from Hitler that was published in the German press in 1933 after the seizure of power and the full wording was "I am a resolute opponent of animal cruelty, which will no longer exist in the new Germany".

See also

literature

  • Stefan Dirscherl: Animal and nature protection under National Socialism Legislation, ideology and practice . In: Contributions to basic questions of law . 1st edition. tape 10 . V & R Unipress, Göttingen 2012, ISBN 978-3-8471-0029-4 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Daniel Heintz: Animal protection in the Third Reich: in the new Reich there must be no cruelty to animals . Wâra-Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-9812587-0-7 , p. 77.
  2. ↑ a b Stefan Dirscherl: Animal and nature protection in National Socialism: Legislation, ideology and practice . V&R unipress GmbH, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8471-0029-4 , p. 87.
  3. ^ Munich veterinary weekly . J. Gotteswinter, 1934, p. 184.
  4. ↑ Federal Archives: Signature for pictures 102-15342
  5. ↑ Federal Archives: Holdings BArch R 43-II / Reich Chancellery. Volume 13, Part 2, Page 1179.