NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Party Chancellery

Party Chancellery was the name of the office that replaced that of Deputy Fuhrer of the NSDAP (Nazi Party), after Rudolf Hess made his flight to Britain in 1941. It was responsible for handling Nazi Party affairs.

Martin Bormann, who first served as Hess' secretary, then later Adolf Hitler's secretary, was appointed head of the Party Chancellery after Hitler had publicly stripped Hess of his office when his flight to Britain became known. Bormann used this office to restrict access to Hitler and to further party influence in areas such as armaments and manpower. Armaments Minister Albert Speer complained about Bormann's interfering with his staff in this manner.

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	He joined the National Socialist Party in 1925, was a member of the Staff of the Supreme Command of the SA from 1928 to 1930, was in charge of the Aid Fund of the Party, and was Reichsleiter from 1933 to 1945.
	From 1933 to 1941 he was Chief of Staff in the Office of the Fuehrer's Deputy and, after the flight of Hess to England, became Head of the Party Chancellery on 12th May, 1941.
	It was only when he became Head of the Party Chancellery in 1941, and later in 1943 secretary to the Fuehrer when he attended many of Hitler's conferences, that his positions gave him the necessary access.

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