Gun Control in the Third Reich (37 page)

See also
Reichskristallnacht

“Firefight in Hamburg, Communist Snipers Armed with Carbines”
(Völkische Boebachter)
,
54

First Decree of the New Order of the Reich (February
2
, 1934),
125

Fischer (Prussian Interior Ministry),
86

Flatow, Alfred

arrest of,
145
,
146
–
50
,
153
–
54
,
155
,
157
, insert–
4

overview,
xv
,
218
–
19

Flatow, Gustav Felix,
146
,
150

Flegel, Dr.,
27

Fontane, Theodor,
194

Fourth Decree of the Reich President on the Protection of the Economy and Finance and on the Defense of Civil Peace,
32
–
35

France,
207

Frankfurt am Main, Germany,
189
–
90
,
196
–
97
,
200

Frankfurt an der Oder (Frankfurt/O),
70
–
73
,
75

Frankfurter, David,
115
–
19
,
165
,
175
–
76

Frankfurter, Felix,
xvii

Frankfurt, Germany,
67

Free Corps (Freikorps),
4
–
7
.
See also
Nazism

Free State Baden,
38
–
39

Freisler, Roland,
184
,
216

Freud, Arthur,
190

Frey, Herr,
27
–
28

Frick, Wilhelm (Reich Interior Minister)

ban on importation of pistols,
82
–
83

on Communists dressed as SA destroying Jewish shops,
61

firearms law amendments,
83
–
84
,
89
–
92
,
107
–
9
,
124
–
26
,
127
,
128
–
31

and Himmler,
174

Jews forbidden to have weapons,
174
–
75

on KPD,
53

law for testing firearms,
137
–
38

and Nazi rise to power,
51

and racial and political restrictions in the civil service,
65
–
66

on registration of Jews,
139

regulations to accompany Hitler–Frick Weapons Law,
135
–
37

on shady arms deals,
62

Friedrich, Adalbert,
192

Fromm, Bella,
55
,
64
,
127
,
140

Führer Principle (Führerprinzip),
79
–
81
.
See also
Gleichschaltung

G

Gdansk/Danzig, Poland,
180

General German Federation of German Trade Unions (Allgemeiner Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund),
55
–
56

German army.
See
Reichswehr; Wehrmacht

German Center Party (Deutsche Zentrumspartei),
11
,
50
–
51

German Communist Party (Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands, KPD)

arms of,
19
,
102
–
3

“Bloody Sunday,” Altona, Hamburg,
43

election of 1928,
20

and Freikorps,
4
,
5
,
6

Hamburg Uprising,
8
–
9
,
9
n

Nazis vs.,
22
,
49
,
51
–
52
,
53
–
57
,
67

occupation by police,
28

Red Front Combat League,
11
,
21

and SA,
40

Spartacist Uprising,
4

violent tactics leading to growth of Nazi Party,
7

violent tactics of,
21

German Reich Association for Physical Exercise (Deutschen Reichsbund für Leibesübungen),
119
–
20

German Reich Committee for Physical Exercise

(Deutscher Reichsausschuss für Leibesübungen),
80

German Social Democrat Party (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, SPD)

Ebert as chancellor,
4

election of 1928,
20

Nazi repression of,
57
–
58
,
59
–
60

Nazi seizure of firearms from,
70
–
76

Reichsbanner,
11
,
12
,
22
,
40
,
55
–
57
,
60
–
61

German State Party (Deutsche Staatspartei),
50
,
72

Germany

1848 Revolution,
218

middle class fear of reprisal,
172
–
73

registration of German people,
67
–
68
,
107
,
126
–
28
,
138
,
139

See also
firearms registration system

Gestapo (Secret State Police)

above the law status,
112
–
13
,
123
–
24
,
203
–
4

banning independent shooting associations,
120
,
121

gun control laws of,
xxii

Jews in custody of,
174

Law of February
10
, 1936, on detention of political prisoners,
113

memorandum on authority of,
103
–
5

orders for treatment of Jews,
167
–
68

overview,
122

regulations for disarming Jews,
181
–
82

requiring registration of all firearms and ammunition,
207
–
8

utilization of Nazi shot by a Jew,
116

and Volksgemeinschaftsgedanken,
121

Gisevius, Hans Bernd,
30
,
100
,
127
–
28
,
172
–
73
,
183

Glaserfeld, Bruno,
138
–
39

Gleichschaltung (forcing into line),
79
–
81
,
93
,
119
–
22
,
204

Goebbels, Joseph

affair with Czech actress,
140
n

on attacks on Nazi officials,
117

and Berlin Police,
22

on death of all Jews,
180

on death of vom Rath,
165
–
66

on Grynszpan (Grünspan),
175
–
76

and Helldorf,
140
,
164

on Jews' paying for damages caused by pogrom,
179

orders for treatment of Jews,
166
,
175

on pogrom's progress,
168
–
69

and Reichskristallnacht,
169
–
70

on Warsaw ghetto uprising,
213
–
14

Gold, Julius Ignatz,
150
–
51
,
154

Göring, Hermann

arming and use of SA, SS, and Stahlhelm as police,
51

atonement fine on Jews for damage on Reichskristallnacht,
179
–
80

on Germans' dependence on Hitler,
101

on police use of firearms,
50

and politically-based firearms seizures,
69
–
76

revocation of Jews' hunting permits,
180

sending confiscated firearms to concentration camps,
77
,
101

Gottschalk, Erich,
191

Great Britain, gun control laws,
xviii

Great Depression,
22

Grevenbroich, Germany,
120

Groener, Wilhelm,
31
,
34
,
35
,
42
, insert–
1

“Grünspan Case, The” (Goebbels),
175
–
76

Grynszpan (Grünspan), Herschel,
118
,
155
–
57
,
161
,
163
,
175
–
76
, insert–
6

Guben, Germany,
76

Gun Control Act (1968),
xvii
,
xvii
n

gun control laws, United Nations position,
xix

Gun Making Association of Zeller-Mehliser (Verband Zeller-Mehliser Waffenfabriken),
42

Gürtner, Franz,
90

Gustloff, Wilhelm,
115
–
19
,
165
,
175
–
76

Gutterer, Leopold,
163

Gypsies (Zigeuner),
16
,
17
,
125
,
183

H

Hagemann, Dr.,
26

Halder, Franz,
205
,
215

Haller, Otto Max,
113

Halle Stapo,
113

Hamburger Tagblatt
(newspaper),
172

Hamburg, Germany,
54
,
188
,
193
–
94

Hamburg Uprising,
8
–
9
,
9
n

Hanover, Germany,
187
–
88

Helldorf, Wolf Henrich Graf von

anti-Semitic campaign,
139
–
41

on Blomberg's wife,
128

opposition to Nazi techniques,
183

overview, insert–
6

and plot to kill Hitler,
184
,
215
–
16

and Reichskristallnacht,
164

and results of disarming Jews,
156
,
157
,
158
–
59
,
165

Herz, Yitzhak,
187

Hesse, Franz Josef,
191

Heydrich, Reinhard,
103
–
5
,
168
,
179

Hilberg, Raul,
212

Himmler, Heinrich

and draft of 1928 Firearms Law,
124

and Frick,
174

on Gypsies,
183

Jews forbidden to possess weapons,
173
,
174
–
75
, insert–
7

overview, insert–
6
, insert–
7

power of,
170

punishment for Jews with firearms,
xxii

as Reich leader of the SS and chief of Gestapo,
83
,
99

Reichskristallnacht decrees,
168
,
169
–
75

Hindenburg, Paul von,
32
–
35
,
49
,
51
–
52
,
101

Hirsch, Martha,
189
–
90

Hitler, Adolf

Beer Hall Putsch in Munich,
10
,
164

and Boxheim plans,
30

conspiracy to kill Hitler,
184

on death of vom Rath,
165

election of,
49

fear-based support for,
68

and Fromm,
64

Mein Kampf
,
10
–
11

orders for treatment of Jews,
168

overview, insert–
7

on shooting for sport,
204
–
5

speeches to Reichswehr,
101

on suppression of opponents,
208

on Swiss assassin,
206

utilization of Nazi shot by a Jew,
115
–
16

Hitler–Frick Weapons Law (March 13, 1938)

and Decree Against Jews' Possession of Weapons,
177

drafts and amendments to 1928 Firearms Law,
83
–
92
,
107
–
9
,
124
–
26
,
127
,
128
–
31

implementing regulations,
135
–
37
,
217

legal commentaries,
137

publication of,
131

Hitler Youth,
118

Hoche, Werner,
21
,
35
,
90
,
129
,
130
,
137

Holocaust,
xx
–
xxi
,
203
,
214

Honaker, Samuel W.,
200
–
201

hunting and sporting arms,
41
–
43
,
124
,
125
–
26
,
180

I

IBM equipment for organizing information,
67
–
68
,
107
,
138

“Inventory of Assets of Jews,”
138
,
180

Iron Front (Eisernen Front),
22

Isenberg, Therese Gertrude,
196

“Issuance of Weapons Permits to Jews” (Best),
111
–
13
,
158
, insert–
3

Italy,
8

J

Jew Has Shot, A
(Diewerge),
117

Jewish Central Association (Jüdischer Central Verein),
159
–
61
, insert–
5

Jewish Fighting Organization (Zydowska Organizacja Bojowa, or ZOB),
213
–
14

Jews

arrests for lawful possession of a firearm,
145
–
46

citizenship revoked from,
106
–
7

crime spree against,
114

deportation,
210
,
211