German Reichsbauernrat

The German Reichsbauernrat was an organization in the agricultural economy and agricultural policy in the German Reich from 1933 to 1941.

history

The Reichsbauernrat was set up with effect from September 19, 1933 by the Reich Minister for Food and Agriculture Richard Walther Darré , who dissolved it again on April 22, 1941 due to the war and replaced it with the “Reichsbeirat for Food and Agriculture”, which was made up by State Secretary in 1942 Herbert Backe was "liquidated" in the Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture .

tasks

The Reichsbauernrat served as an advisory board to the Reichsbauernführer with the aim of uniting the top workers of the Reichsnährstand to form a uniform leader corps, an equivalent of the SS for the peasant class. The close connection with the person of Darré did not prevent his loss of power, which resulted in his dismissal as Reich Food Minister and Reich farmers leader in 1942.

According to the statutes of 1935, the organization consisted of full members (Reichsbauernführer and people deserving of the peasantry) and members by virtue of office (officials of the Reichsnährstand, country farmers leaders and country stewards).

Further tasks were:

the care of the farmer leaders in personal matters
the regulation of traffic with the Reichsbauernführer
Management of personnel files, regulation of honorary matters and administrative matters. These served until 1939, the office of the Seal Keeper (Registry of the German Reich Farm Council) in Munich. From 1936 these tasks were taken over by the Reichsbauernführer Richard Walther Darré's own chancellery in Berlin.

Keeper of seals

Richard Arauner (1934–1936), employee of the Reich Office for Agricultural Policy , resigned through death
Erwin Metzner (1936–1939)
Johannes von Reibnitz (1939), regional farmer leader of Silesia, resigned through death
Walther Seidler (1939), acting
Gustav Giesecke (1939–1941), acting

speaker

Werner Willikens (1934–1935),
Walter Granzow (1935–1937),
Wilhelm Bloedorn (1937–1939),
Erwin Metzner (1939–1941), acting

literature

Wilhelm Lenz: The German Reichsbauernrat - Darrés political fighting community . In: Friedrich P. Kahlenberg (Ed.): From the work of the archives. Contributions to archives, source studies and history. Festschrift for Hans Booms ( Writings of the Federal Archives , Volume 36), Boldt Boppard am Rhein 1989, ISBN 3-7646-1892-2 , pp. 787-799.
Heinz Boberach (Ed.): Inventory of archival sources of the Nazi state. Part 1: Reich central authorities, regional authorities and scientific universities for the ten West German states and Berlin. Saur, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-598-10861-3 , p. 367.
Andreas Dornheim: Race, Space and Autarky. Expert opinion on the role of the Reich Ministry for Food and Agriculture in the Nazi era . Developed for the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, Bamberg 2011.

Individual evidence

^ Andreas Dornheim: Race, Space and Autarky. Expert opinion on the role of the Reich Ministry for Food and Agriculture in the Nazi era . Developed for the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection. Bamberg 2011, p. 76f.

[1] Andreas Dornheim: Race, Space and Autarky. Expert opinion on the role of the Reich Ministry for Food and Agriculture in the Nazi era . Developed for the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection. Bamberg 2011, p. 76f.