The graft which got Hitler German citizenship

Описание: Adolf Hitler was an Austrian. True, he had served in the German army in WW1, for which he had to get special permission as a foreigner, but he also had a criminal record having been found guilty of treason and initiating a putsch in which four police officers were killed. In 1924, at his trial, he had avoided being deported after the end of his sentence thanks to a friendly judge. However if he wanted to hold high office in Germany, then he needed to hold German citizenship.
Whilst Hitler was on prison, the Bavarian state government sought to deport him. At first, there actually seemed to be nothing to prevent a deportation to Austria, until the Austrian Federal Chancellery under Chancellor Ignaz Seipel became aware of the matter on 27 September 1924. On 11 October orders were issued to deny Hitler entry to Austria. On 20 December 1924 with Hitler’s release from prison, the Bavarian government abandoned its plans to expel Hitler as they had nowhere to deport him to.
In order to prevent a later threatened expulsion, Hitler applied on 7 April 1925 for his release from Austrian citizenship.
The governor of Linz agreed immediately.
In July 1925 an attempt was made to get citizenship of Thuringia which failed. An attempt was then made at the end of 1929 to get citizenship in Bavaria. This also failed in view of Hitler's political past.
The "easiest" way to obtain German nationality was by getting a job in the civil service, as this automatically resulted in naturalisation.
At that time, the assembly of the state of Thuringia had 53 seats, 28 of which were occupied by the governing coalition. This was the first state in which the Nazi party was in power, albeit with only six seats of the 28 in the governing coalition.
Wilhelm Frick was State Minister for the Interior and Education.
Frick tried to get Hitler a post at the State College for Crafts and Architecture , the successor institute of the Bauhaus in Weimar . This was blocked by the Thuringian head of State Erwin Baum and by the Thuringian state government. Only a few months later, in July 1930, Frick had another go. Frick secretly arranged for Hitler to be appointed gendarmerie commissioner in a ten-person agency in Hildburghausen, a town of some 7,500 people. This was done so secretly that not even Hitler was informed. Hitler was appointed on 12 July 1930. Hitler seems to have given the matter some thought then turned it down – maybe because, as Fuhrer and leader of the German people, an advisory job in a Thuringian backwater did not appeal to him.
The Nazis had also been in ruling coalition in the Free State of Braunschweig since October 1930. The interior minister was Dietrich Klagges who joined the Nazi party in July 1931. The head office of the Nazi Party in Berlin ordered him to arrange for a quick and inconspicuous naturalisation of Hitler. Klagges tried to get Hitler appointed to a university role.
The university management refused to approve the plan as Hitler had no academic qualifications and the overall intention that was perceived as "unreasonable". This made Hitler the subject of a great deal of mirth.
The next plan for Hitler's naturalization came from the Prime Minister of Braunschweig, Werner Küchenthal , who suggested offering Hitler the position of acting mayor in Stadtoldendorf . The undertaking also failed immediately due to the refusal of the state parliament.
In Braunschweig, the main aim of the NSDAP leadership was to ensure that Hitler received German citizenship in good time before the presidential elections on 13 March 1932 , so that a quick and, above all, discreet solution had to be found.
The following solution was agreed: Hitler would be given a position in the Braunschweig embassy at the Reichsrat in Berlin. The Reichsrat was the assembly of the 18 German states.
On 26 February 1932, Hitler was sworn in and received at the same time the "citizenship in the Free State of Braunschweig" which also made him at the same time a "citizen of the Reich" under constitutional law . He was thus able to take part in the presidential election.
On 28 February 1932, Hitler applied for leave to take part in the election campaign. Hitler went on to lose the presidential election to Paul von Hindenburg. As there were no more presidential elections, Hitler never needed to have German citizenship.
In October 1932, Hitler applied for an indefinite leave of absence. Since it was not clear to the public or to the opposition politicians in the Braunschweig Landtag which services Hitler had provided for the state, the opposition applied to find out just what work Hitler had done. On 26 January 1933, it was announced that an audit of the remuneration paid to him and the services he had provided for it would be performed. This was conveniently forgotten once he became Chancellor only four days later. On 16 February 1933, Chancellor Adolf Hitler requested Braunschweig release him from the civil service.