The National Socialist Motor Corps (Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrerkorps), also known as the National Socialist Drivers Corps, was a paramilitary organization of the Nazi party that existed between the years of 1931 and 1945. The group was a successor organization to the older National Socialist Automobile Corps which had existed since the start of 1930. A paramilitary is a group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion. ... The Nazi swastika symbol The National Socialist German Workers Party ( German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), better known as the NSDAP or the Nazi Party was a political party that was led to power in Germany by Adolf Hitler in 1933. ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

A Nazi pamphlet illustration of an NSKK member

Known by the initials NSKK, the National Socialist Motor Corps was the smallest of the Nazi Party organizations and had originally been maintained as a motorized corps of the Sturmabteilung (SA). In 1934, the group held a membership of approximately ten thousand and was separated from the SA to become its own independent organization. This action may have saved the NSKK from extinction, as shortly thereafter the SA suffered a major purge as part of the Night of the Long Knives. Hitler addressing SA members in the late 1920s The Sturmabteilung (SA, German for Storm Division and is usually translated as stormtroops or stormtroopers) functioned as a paramilitary organisation of the NSDAP – the German Nazi party. ... The Night of the Long Knives (German, Nacht der langen Messer), also known as Reichsmordwoche or the Blood Purge, was a purge ordered by Adolf Hitler of potential political rivals (who have been said to want more socialism and less nationalism in the party)in the Sturmabteilung, or S.A...

The primary aim of the NSKK was to educate its members in motoring skills and mainly trained in the performance and maintenance of high performance motorcycles and automobiles. In the mid 1930s, the NSKK also served as a roadside assistance group, much comparable to the modern day American Automobile Association. A motorcycle (or motorbike) is a two-wheeled vehicle powered by an engine. ... A small variety of cars, the most popular kind of automobile. ... The AAA (often called “triple-A”), formerly known as the American Automobile Association, is an American not-for-profit automobile advocacy and service organization. ...

Membership in the NSKK did not require any knowledge of automobiles and the group was known to accept persons for membership without driver's licenses. It was thought that training in the NSKK would make up for any previous lack of knowledge. The NSKK did, however, adhere to racial doctrine and screened its members for Aryan qualities. The NSKK was also a paramilitary organization with its own system of paramilitary ranks. Driving licences within the European Union are subdivided in different categories. ... For the ancient Christian sect, See Arianism. ... A paramilitary is a group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion. ...

With the outbreak of World War II in 1939, the National Socialist Motor Corps became a target of the Wehrmacht for recruitment since the NSKK possessed knowledge in motorized transport, whereas the bulk of the Wehrmacht relied on horses. Most NSKK members thereafter joined the regular military serving in the transport corps of the various service branches. The Wehrmacht (literally defence force or means/power of resistance) was the name of the armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945. ... horse, see Horse (disambiguation). ...

In 1945, the NSKK was disbanded and the group was declared a “condemned organization” at the Nuremberg Trials (although not a criminal one). This was due in part to the NSKK’s origins in the SA and its doctrine of racial superiority required by its members. The Nuremberg Trials is the general name for two sets of trials of Nazis involved in World War II and the Holocaust. ...

Source: The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich by Christian Zenter and Friedemann Bedurftig. (1985 by Sudwest Verlag GmbH & co. KG, Munich)