Editing Viktor Brack (section)

==Early life and Nazi Party membership==
Brack was born the son of a physician in [[Haaren (Aachen)|Haaren]] (now part of [[Aachen]]) in the [[Rhine Province]].{{sfn|Friedlander|1995|p=68}} In 1928, he completed a degree in agriculture at the Technical University of Munich and shortly thereafter began managing the estate attached to his father's sanatorium; he also was a test driver for BMW.{{sfn|Friedlander|1995|p=68}}

In 1929 at the age of 25, Brack became a member of the [[Nazi Party]] (NSDAP) and the ''[[Schutzstaffel]]'' (SS). Throughout 1930 and 1931, Brack was one of [[Heinrich Himmler]]'s personal drivers, having become acquainted with the ''Reichsführer-SS'' as a consequence of his father having delivered one of the SS leader's children.{{sfn|Friedlander|1995|p=68}} Sometime in 1932, he became adjutant to [[Philipp Bouhler]] and by 1934, Brack was his chief of staff.{{sfn|Stackelberg|2007|p=186}} In 1936, he was appointed chief of ''Hauptamt II'' (main office II) in the [[Hitler's Chancellery|Chancellery]] of the [[Führer]] in [[Berlin]].{{sfn|Friedlander|1995|p=41}} The office handled matters concerning the Reich Ministries, [[Wehrmacht]], NSDAP, clemency petitions and complaints received by the Führer from all parts of Germany.{{sfn|Friedlander|1995|pp=40–42}}