Former German nobility in the Nazi Party
Beginning in 1925, some members of higher levels of the German nobility joined the Nazi Party, registered by their title, date of birth, NSDAP Party registration number, and date of joining the Party. Following Kaiser Wilhelm II's abdication and the German Revolution, the German nobility, as a legally defined class, was abolished. On promulgation of the Weimar Constitution on 11 September 1919, all such Germans were declared equal before the law with all persons of formerly lesser rank. There were 22 heads of these former federal states: 4 German kings—of Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony, and Württemberg—6 grand dukes, 5 dukes, and 7 princes, who—along with all of their families—lost their titles and domains. Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goering, Heinrich Himmler, and other Nazi leaders frequently appealed to these former princes, and especially to Wilhelm II and his family, by expressing sympathy for a restoration of the abolished monarchies and other such lost inheritances. From 1925, the newly formed...
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