National Socialist Equestrian Corps

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National Socialist Equestrian Corps (NSRK) , since 1936 the comprehensive name for all mounted units of the NS fighting organizations within the NSDAP . Formally it also comprised the Reiter-SS , which, however, acted autonomously within the framework of the NSRK and existed between March 1936 and May 1945.

Subordination

The NSRK was subordinate to the Reich Inspectorate SA Riding Schools and to the Reich Inspector for Riding and Driving Training . The SA-Obergruppenführer Karl-Siegmund Litzmann exercised both functions and he was solely responsible to the SA Chief of Staff , who acted as the highest employer and deputy of Adolf Hitler .

Area of ​​responsibility

General

The National Socialist Riding Corps was set up on March 10, 1936 with the task of providing uniform riding and driving training for all members of the mounted special formations of the Nazi organizations before their military service . All conscripts who intended to belong to mounted units in the Wehrmacht or the SS disposable troops were obliged to acquire their riding license in the NSRK . This also applied to members of the Reiter-SS , which otherwise acted autonomously.

Furthermore, it was the responsibility of the National Socialist Riding Corps to train all reserve officers and reserve officer candidates as well as Wehrmacht officers of the army , provided that such a facility was not available in the main units.

By order of the Reich Youth Leader , since March 14, 1936, all members of the Reiter-HJ were obliged to join the NSRK and take the riding test there. The rule there was that riding training in the NSRK was given a higher priority than the HJ sports service.

On November 23, 1936, the Federal Leader of the Soldiers' Union announced that all former soldiers who had undergone rider training in the army had to voluntarily join the National Socialist Equestrian Corps in order to continue to renew and expand their skills.

Riding license test

The Reich inspector for riding and driving training organized every year in the Reich an examination for the rider certificate . The acquisition of a riding license promised, on the one hand , that it would be used in the desired part of the troops if the Reichsheer voluntarily joined . On the other hand, there was a promise to be used preferentially as a driver or rider during the dutiful excavation.

Instead of the official riding license, so-called youth riding licenses were issued to members of the Reiter-HJ . All holders of a riding license within the Reiter-HJ were awarded the HJ riding badge in the form of a sleeve disk.

definition

The National Socialist Equestrian Corps was founded in 1936 with the aim of enabling all members of the Reiter-HJ and Reiter-SA as well as the Reiter-SS to be accepted into the cavalry units of the Wehrmacht and available troops and to ensure a uniform level of training in all mounted formations.

During the Second World War , the National Socialist Equestrian Corps only played a subordinate role. Rather, his main area of ​​responsibility was limited to the pre- and post-military training of SA and Hitler Youth . In addition, this organization supported officer candidates of the Wehrmacht and the Waffen SS with regard to their final exams, provided that these came from the NSRK and that this support was desired. After the end of the war, the NSRK was banned in 1946. It was exempted from condemnation as a criminal organization because the National Socialist Equestrian Corps was viewed as part of the SA as a whole.

Uniformity

In contrast to other Nazi organizations, no uniform uniforms were introduced for the NSRK and all members wore the uniforms of their parent organizations. In the NSRK, both the brown SA uniforms and the black uniforms of the General SS as well as the brown and black uniforms of the Hitler Youth were used. All units were identified by two crossed lances, which were worn in the SA and SS units on the right collar tab and on a sleeve badge on the left forearm. In the case of higher SA and SS leaders, the lances were only worn on a sleeve badge on the left forearm. Members of the Hitler Youth also only wore the lances on a sleeve badge on their left forearm.

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