National Socialist Motor Corps

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The National Socialist Motor Corps was a paramilitary organization of Nazi Germany responsible for motorized transport training and support for the regime’s military and party activities.

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instanceOf Nazi organization
motor transport organization
paramilitary organization
abbreviation NSKK
activity operating motor pools for the Nazi Party
participating in German rearmament efforts
propaganda events and rallies logistics
supporting military supply columns
supporting occupation authorities in conquered territories
training civilian and party members in driving
country Nazi Germany
dissolved 1945
dissolvedBy Allied Control Council
foundedBy Adolf Hitler
Nazi Party leadership
linked to: Nazi leadership
headquartersLocation Munich
ideology Nazism
inception 1931
language German
legalStatusAfterWar declared a criminal organization in postwar denazification (with some limitations)
membership hundreds of thousands of members at its peak
membershipPolicy restricted to so-called Aryans
nativeName Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps
notableLeader Adolf Hühnlein
Erwin Kraus
parentOrganization Nazi Party paramilitary apparatus
partOf Nazi Party
politicalAlignment far-right
precededBy National Socialist Motor Corps (SA Motor Unit)
reorganizedAsIndependentFromSA 1934
role driver training
logistical support for Nazi Party activities
maintenance of motor vehicles
motorized transport training
support for Wehrmacht transport and logistics
support for military operations in occupied territories
support for police and SS operations
traffic control and convoy organization
separatedFrom Sturmabteilung
subOrganization NSKK Luftwaffe units
NSKK Marine units
NSKK Motor-Hitlerjugend liaison units
NSKK Motorbrigaden
NSKK Transportbrigaden
linked to: NSKK Motorbrigaden
symbol NSKK winged wheel and swastika insignia
uniform brown paramilitary uniform
usedFor militarization of German motoring
preparation of drivers for wartime service

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Ferdinand Porsche memberOf National Socialist Motor Corps
National Socialist Motor Corps nativeName Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps
linked to: National Socialist Motor Corps
National Socialist Motor Corps precededBy National Socialist Motor Corps (SA Motor Unit)
linked to: National Socialist Motor Corps
National Socialist Motor Corps subOrganization NSKK Motor-Hitlerjugend liaison units
linked to: National Socialist Motor Corps
1939 German Grand Prix organiser National Socialist Motor Corps
Nazi Party paramilitary ranks usedBy National Socialist Motor Corps