Reichspostdirektion (RPD)
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Reichspostdirektion (RPD)
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From 1st April 1934, the senior postal directorates were called the Reichspostdirektion (RPD).
The task of a senior post office was to relieve the burden on the general post office in Berlin. As a new middle authority, they had to manage the post offices operating in their district, personnel management and cash management. The senior postal director ran the administration in the district entrusted to him independently and under his own responsibility.
Due to the reorganisation of the Saar region in 1935, the number of senior postal directorates grew again to 41 with the establishment of the Saarbrücken senior postal directorate.
In National Socialist Germany, the number of senior postal directorates rose to 51 due to the incorporation of additional areas. The ten new senior postal directorates were located in Aussig, Gdansk, Graz, Innsbruck, Karlsbad, Klagenfurt, Linz (Donau), Poznan, Troppau and Vienna.
Conquered and occupied areas were connected to the German Reichspost through the 'Deutsche Dienstpost…' organisation, the post offices were Germanised and later looked after by the Reichspostdirektion. On 1st January 1940, Danzig had to supply 373 post offices and offices, Gumbinnen 10, Königsberg 25, Oppeln 263 and Posen.
In the course of simplifying administration during the war, 13 Reich postal directorates were abolished in 1943 (Aachen, Bamberg, Karlsbad, Kassel, Köslin, Landshut (Bavaria), Oldenburg (Oldb), Potsdam, Regensburg, Speyer, Trier, Troppau and Würzburg ).
On May 8, 1945, there were still 38 Reich postal departments.
Source: Wikipedia
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