Nazi Party Chancellery | |
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Parteikanzlei | |
Nazi Party | |
Reports to | the Führer |
Appointer | the Führer |
Precursor | Staff of the Deputy Führer |
Formation | 12 May 1941 |
Abolished | 8 May 1945 |
The Party Chancellery (German: Parteikanzlei), was the name of the head office for the German Nazi Party (NSDAP), designated as such on 12 May 1941. The office existed previously as the Staff of the Deputy Führer (Stab des Stellvertreters des Führers) but was renamed after Rudolf Hess flew to Scotland in an attempt to negotiate a peace agreement without Adolf Hitler's authorization. Hess was denounced by Hitler, his former office was dissolved, and the new Party Chancellery was formed in its place under Hess' former deputy, Martin Bormann.