6-593: The Rheinische Volkspflege ( RVP ) was a propaganda organisation founded on 1 August 1919 as part of the Reichszentrale für Heimatsdienst (Reich Central Office for Home Service), the official press department of the Weimar Republic . It provided an umbrella organisation for a variety of educational and nationalistic movements during the occupation of the Rhineland by allied forces as accepted by
12-668: The Treaty of Versailles . The name can be translated as "Protectors of the Rhenish people". The organisation was first established under the leadership of Alfred von Wrochem , until differences of opinion between him and his superiors led to his replacement in June 1921. Von Wrochem subsequently published Die Kolonisation der Rheinlande durch Frankreich ( The Colonisation of the Rhineland by France ) to present his views in 1922. However his use of official documents led to further disapproval from
18-859: The Heimatsdienst. The RVP had a political department which co-ordinated the production of anti-French propaganda including material about the so-called Black Shame – the use of African troops by the French Army during the occupation of the Rhineland. There was also a press department, the Pressestelle and the Rheinische Frauenliga (Rhenish Women's league) which was headed by Margarete Gärtner from offices in Berlin. Reichszentrale f%C3%BCr Heimatsdienst Reichszentrale für Heimatdienst ("Reich Agency for Homeland Service")
24-732: The next few months its main role was producing propaganda in the Berlin area in favour of the Council of the People's Deputies and against the system of Workers' Councils advocated by the Spartacus League . In November 1919, it was renamed as the Reichszentrale für Heimatdienst and on 1 January 1920, the Deutschen Zentralverlags (German Central Publishing House) was set up as a private company subordinated to
30-573: Was an organisation established in Germany in March 1918 to disseminate propaganda and educational material. It was soon to play a role in the emergent Weimar Republic . The organisation was dissolved on 16 March 1933 following the Nazi seizure of power . In many ways it was replaced by Joseph Goebbels 's Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda established on 14 March 1933. The Heimatdienst
36-776: Was first set up as the "Zentrale für Heimatdienst" under the control of Erhard Deutelmoser , head of the Kriegspresseamt (War Press Office), overseen by the Oberste Heeresleitung (OHL) or Supreme Army Command. During the German Revolution of 1918 , the Council of the People's Deputies placed it under the control of Philipp Scheidemann , a leading politician from the Majority Social Democratic Party of Germany . During
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