Wilhelm Weiss - Nazi Party

Nazi Party

In 1922 – as one of the first members – Weiss joined the Nazi Party, and participated in the Beerhall Putsch and the March on the Feldherrnhalle.

Between 1924 and 1926, Weiss held a position as editor-in-chief of the Völkischer Kurier, until January 1927 when he became Office Chief at the editorial department of the Völkischer Beobachter (VB).

A military career advance came in 1930 when Weiss was appointed SA Oberführer on the Supreme SA Leadership's staff. At the same time, Weiss was given leadership of the SA press office.

Besides his work on the VB, Weiss also functioned as editor-in-chief of the anti-Semitic magazine Brennessel ("Stinging Nettle"), and in 1932, he became leader of the Central Writing Leadership of the NSDAP's central publishing house.

Only in 1933 did Weiss become acting editor-in-chief, and as of 1938 as Alfred Rosenberg's successor, fully-fledged editor-in-chief of the VB.

Further important functions bestowed upon Weiss between 1933 and 1945 were Leader of the Reich Association of the German Press, and in the same period Member of the Reichstag.

Having been promoted to SA Gruppenführer in February 1934, he functioned as of July in the same year as a member of the Volksgerichtshof.

In 1935, Weiss became a member of the Reich Culture Senate, and in 1936 Main Office Leader (Hauptamtsleiter) in the NSDAP's Reich leadership. In 1937 came Weiß's promotion to SA Obergruppenführer.