HITLER’S ORDERS
ILLITERATE NAZIS MAY BE OFFICERS (Recd. 7.45 p.m.) New York, Oct. 11. The New York Times’ Stockholm correspondent says that exceptionally high losses of German subalterns, plus fears for the morale of the army in the forthcoming winter, inspired Hitler to issue an ordinance to-day enabling any illiterate but reliable young Nazi to become an officer. The emphasis of the ordinance on loyalty to the National Socialist Party’ and its leaders indicates that officers henceforth will be recruited among tough Nazi youngsters, whose main qualifications are a party ticket and vocal worship of Hitler.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 241, 13 October 1942, Page 5
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