| German Order Deutscher Orden | |
|---|---|
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Awarded by  Nazi Party | |
| Country | Nazi Germany |
| Eligibility | Services to the state and party |
| Status | Abolished |
| Führer | Adolf Hitler |
| Classes | 3 |
| Statistics | |
| First induction | 11 February 1942 |
| Last induction | 28 April 1945 |
| Total inductees | 11 |
The German Order (German: Deutscher Orden) was the highest award that the Nazi Party could bestow on an individual for his services to the "state and party". It was designed by Benno von Arent. Adolf Hitler awarded the first such order posthumously to Reichsminister Fritz Todt during Todt's funeral in February 1942.[1] A second posthumous award of the German Order was given to SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich at his funeral in June that year.[2] Cynics called the award the "dead hero order" as it was almost always awarded posthumously. The only two recipients who received the German Order and survived the war were Konstantin Hierl and Artur Axmann.[3]
- ^ Angolia 1989, p. 223.
- ^ Angolia 1989, p. 224.
- ^ Angolia 1989, pp. 223, 224.