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The NSDAP Office of Colonial Policy (German: ''Kolonialpolitisches Amt der NSDAP'', ''K.P.A.'' or ''KPA'') was a Nazi Party office formed in 1934. Its stated objective was to formulate plans for the re-taking of the former German colonies. The office lost much of its meaning after the start of World War II, and was dissolved after the reversal of Nazi Germany's military victories in 1943. ==History== There were several predecessor organization created in response to the German colonial problem in the Nazi Party. The last of these was the Colonial Section of the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party, under the central command of the SA-leadership. After the purge of the SA in the Night of the Long Knives it was reformed as the Colonial Political Office in 1934, with Franz Ritter von Epp as its leader. From that point on its task was to provide clear directives and policy guidelines for the party and its press in regard to every colonial-political and -economic problems. In addition the office also formulated plans for the re-acquisition of the former German colonies. In all this it had to completely coincide with the colonial policies of the central regime. Few sources exist about the early development of the office. Its headquarters was located at the National party seat of the NSDAP in Munich, although the Planning Department was moved to Berlin in 1936. The reason for this was to improve co-operation with the Colonial Section of the Foreign Office. It did not possess any budgetary resources of its own at that point. In order to set up a proper "Colonial budget" it was assigned several state administrators from the Nazi party - a considerable part of its leading experts took over these functions, while the rest was composed of some higher political officials. Epp's request that his office be assigned a role as the central state body for the formulation of colonial policy was denied by Adolf Hitler in 1938. Its assigned tasks were nevertheless extended. Hitler instructed Von Epp that the office should prepare for a new period of colonial conquest, after which the take-over of the colonies itself would fall within the jurisdiction of the Foreign Office. In 1940 all Reich departments were subordinated to the Colonial Political Office on overseas colonial matters. With this growth in importance its financial revenues also increased. In 1940 its reported expenditure was more than 870.000 Reichsmarks, an increase of 555% in over earlier years. The internal structure also underwent some changes. The office transformed itself into both a party organization in Munich and as a state organization in Berlin. Its new leader was the former diplomat Rudolf Asmis. This Colonial Political Office of the NSDAP ''and'' the Reich had four different departments and around 260 employees. Of these bureaucrats, 36 were a part of the office's higher and 44 of the mid-level services. Subsidiary offices were later established in Paris and Brussels to oversee the colonial ministries in these countries. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「NSDAP Office of Colonial Policy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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