Kanzlei des Führers

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The Kanzlei des Führers was a Nazi Party office under Adolf Hitler responsible for handling petitions, clemency requests, and secret programs such as the T4 euthanasia initiative.

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instanceOf Nazi Party office
government office
alsoKnownAs Chancellery of the Führer
Kanzlei des Führers der NSDAP
appliesToJurisdiction Greater German Reich
complicitIn implementation of Nazi racial policy in the field of euthanasia
murder of disabled and mentally ill people under Aktion T4
country Nazi Germany
differentFrom Parteikanzlei (Nazi Party Chancellery)
Reich Chancellery
dissolvedAfter defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945
dissolvedIn 1945
employed Nazi Party officials
legal experts of the Nazi Party
foundedBy Adolf Hitler
function cover organization for the central coordination of Aktion T4
filtering and summarizing citizen petitions for Adolf Hitler
issuing decisions on clemency and pardons on behalf of Hitler
hasPart Hauptamt I of the Kanzlei des Führers
Hauptamt II of the Kanzlei des Führers
Hauptamt III of the Kanzlei des Führers
head Philipp Bouhler
headOfGovernment Adolf Hitler
headquartersLocation Berlin
historicalRole instrument of Nazi dictatorship and repression
involvedIn Aktion T4
Nazi euthanasia program
crimes against humanity
jurisdiction Nazi Party affairs
languageOfWorkOrName German
leader Philipp Bouhler
location Berlin
notableWork coordination of the Aktion T4 euthanasia program
operatedBy National Socialist German Workers' Party
linked to: Nazi Party
partOf Führer’s personal chancellery system
Nazi Party leadership structure
positionHeld Reichsleiter Philipp Bouhler as chief
responsibleFor administrative support for Adolf Hitler in party matters
coordinating certain secret programs of the Nazi regime
handling clemency requests
handling petitions addressed to Adolf Hitler
screening complaints from German citizens
subjectOf historical research on Nazi administrative structures
studies of the Aktion T4 program
subordinateTo Adolf Hitler
timePeriod Nazi era

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Tiergartenstrasse 4 usedBy Kanzlei des Führers
Kanzlei des Führers hasPart Hauptamt II of the Kanzlei des Führers
linked to: Kanzlei des Führers
Kanzlei des Führers hasPart Hauptamt I of the Kanzlei des Führers
linked to: Kanzlei des Führers
Kanzlei des Führers hasPart Hauptamt III of the Kanzlei des Führers
linked to: Kanzlei des Führers
Kanzlei des Führers alsoKnownAs Kanzlei des Führers der NSDAP
linked to: Kanzlei des Führers