The NSDAP Office of Foreign Affairs (German

German language

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: Außenpolitische Amt der NSDAP, A.P.A. or APA) was a Nazi Party organization. It was set up in April 1933 in the Hotel Adlon

Hotel Adlon

Hotel Adlon is a hotel on Unter den Linden, the main boulevard in the Berlin city centre, directly opposite the Brandenburg Gate.-First Hotel Adlon 1907-1945:...

 in Berlin

Berlin

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 immediately after the Nazis' 'Machtergreifung

Machtergreifung

Machtergreifung is a German word meaning "seizure of power". It is normally used specifically to refer to the Nazi takeover of power in the democratic Weimar Republic on 30 January 1933, the day Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor of Germany, turning it into the Nazi German dictatorship.-Term:The...

'. It was led by Alfred Rosenberg

Alfred Rosenberg

' was an early and intellectually influential member of the Nazi Party. Rosenberg was first introduced to Adolf Hitler by Dietrich Eckart; he later held several important posts in the Nazi government...

. It was one of the central authorities for the foreign policy

Foreign policy

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 of Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany

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, alongside the Auswärtigen Amt

Foreign Office (Germany)

The Foreign Office is the foreign ministry of Germany, a federal agency responsible for both the country's foreign politics and its relationship with the European Union. From 1871 to 1919, it was led by a Foreign Secretary, and since 1919, it has been led by the Foreign Minister of Germany...

 or Foreign Office (AA) under the leadership of Neurath, the Auslandsorganisation

NSDAP/AO

The NSDAP/AO was the Foreign Organization branch of the National Socialist German Workers Party . AO is the abbreviation of the German compound word Auslands-Organisation...

 (NSDAP/AO) of Ernst Wilhelm Bohle

Ernst Wilhelm Bohle

Ernst Wilhelm Bohle was the leader of the Foreign Organization of the German Nazi Party from 1933 until 1945.-Early life:...

, the Bureau under Joachim von Ribbentrop

Joachim von Ribbentrop

Ulrich Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim von Ribbentrop was Foreign Minister of Germany from 1938 until 1945. He was later hanged for war crimes after the Nuremberg Trials.-Early life:...

 (Dienststelle Ribbentrop) and part of the Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda

Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda

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 (RMVP) under Joseph Goebbels

Joseph Goebbels

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