German Red Cross; Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (Q4428)

After Hitler's appointment as Chancellor in January 1933, the Nazi Party began to reshape the private charity sector. By July 1933, the Deutsches Rotes Kreuz, or DRK, was one of only four non-state aid organizations left in Germany. Its president, Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, was a member of the Nazi Party. In December 1937, the DRK became a unit of the Nazi Party and, by 1938,