Bamberg Conference

The Bamberg leadership conference was a meeting of the leadership of the National Socialist German Workers' Party ( NSDAP) on 14 February 1926. Adolf Hitler claimed there sole, uncompromising leadership within the party that he was able to pass completely through the course of the year.

Prehistory

After the failure of the Hitler-Ludendorff - Putsch of 1923 and the subsequent trial for treason, the NSDAP was banned until 1925 and sentenced Hitler to December 20, 1924 in Landsberg Fortress prison. During this time there was Aufsplitterungstendenzen and changing leadership aspirations within the organization. Especially under Gregor Strasser, a left wing began to emerge who had a " national socialism " instead of " Nazism " to the destination according to its own definition.

Within the NSDAP took place in winter 1925/1926 into a political discussion, the position that we should refer to the Reichstag in the upcoming issue of Prince severance. The NSDAP functionaries of the Association Northwest met on January 24, 1926 in Hanover and spoke out against compensation. This view did not meet the approval of Hitler, who had no desire to alienate supporters of a prince compensation and this question looked at as secondary, as in Bavaria since 1923 there was a system with the House of Wittelsbach. An impending split of the NSDAP wanted to stop Hitler.

Process and consequences

Matter was held on February 14, 1926 a meeting of leaders place in Bamberg ( Bavaria). There, the left wing of the party had his program demands that expressed a more " National Bolshevik " policy, withdraw under Gregor Strasser, and Joseph Goebbels. The Völkische observers reported that it was complete unanimity has been reached. Adolf Hitler went emerge from this debate out, combined the wing of the party and became the sole leader of the NSDAP. With the adopted little later party constitution of 22 May 1926, its 1920 declared the 25 -point program unchangeable, the victory over the Strasser group was complete.

Joseph Goebbels, however, showed in his diary entry of Hitler deeply disappointed:

" Hitler is talking about. Two hours. I'm like beaten. What a Hitler? What a reactionary? Fabulous clumsy and uncertain. Russian question: completely wrong. Italy and England inherent allies. Horrible! Our task is the destruction of Bolshevism. Bolshevism is Jewish making! [ ... ] Prince severance! Law must remain legal. Even the princes. Not shake question of private property! Dreadful! [ ... ] Strasser speaks. Hesitantly, trembling, awkward, the good, honest Strasser, oh God, how little we have grown these pigs down there. [ ... ] Probably one of the biggest disappointments of my life. I no longer believe completely to Hitler. That's the terrible thing: my inner reliance is taken. I'm only halfway "

Two months later, however, wrote Goebbels, who was embraced by a speech by Hitler: "I 'm something of happy ". On July 25, 1926 Goebbels was then in the diary: "He [ Hitler ] I feel connected to the last. Now the last question to me has disappeared. Germany is live! Heil Hitler! " Finally, he justified his volte-face in an open letter of 15 November 1926.

Strasser, who represented increasingly pro-business positions since 1931 and of individual industrialists who accepted donations, resigned from all party posts due to recurring differences with Hitler in 1932. On June 30, 1934, he was murdered in so-called Röhm - Putsch by the Gestapo.