Hesse or Hessia, officially the State of Hesse, is a state of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. With an area of 21,000 square kilometers and a population of just over six million it ranks seventh and fifth respectively among the sixteen German states. Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Germany's second-largest metropolitan area, is mainly located in Hesse.
Karl Brandt was a German physician and Schutzstaffel (SS) officer in Nazi Germany. Trained in surgery, Brandt joined the Nazi Party in 1932 and became Adolf Hitler's escort doctor in August 1934. A member of Hitler's inner circle at the Berghof, he was selected by Philipp Bouhler, the head of Hitler's Chancellery, to administer the Aktion T4 euthanasia program. Brandt was later appointed the Reich Commissioner of Sanitation and Health. Accused of involvement in human experimentation and other war crimes, Brandt was indicted in late 1946 and faced trial before a U.S. military tribunal along with 22 others in United States of America v. Karl Brandt, et al. He was convicted, sentenced to death, and later hanged on 2 June 1948.
This article is about the history of Hesse.
Jakob Sprenger was a Nazi politician who was the Gauleiter in Hesse-Nassau from 1927 to 1945.
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil is a 1985 American made-for-television war drama film about two German brothers, Helmut and Karl Hoffmann, and the paths they take during the Nazi regime. The movie was directed by Jim Goddard and starred John Shea, Bill Nighy, Tony Randall, David Warner and John Woodnutt. The film shows Karl, who was originally enthusiastic about the Nazi Party, becoming disillusioned and Helmut, who was at first wary of the Nazi Party, joining the Schutzstaffel (SS) and later being an accomplice to war crimes.
Wilhelm Leuschner was a social-democratic politician who opposed the Third Reich.
Philipp, Prince and Landgrave of Hesse was head of the Electoral House of Hesse from 1940 to 1980.
Hugo Jury was an Austrian Nazi. He held the offices of Gauleiter of Reichsgau Niederdonau and Reichsstatthalter for Lower Austria. He committed suicide at the end of the war in Europe.
Oskar Müller was the first employment minister in Hesse, Germany after World War II.
Hermann Muhs was a German lawyer and Nazi Party politician who served as State Secretary and leader of the Reichsministry for Church Affairs in Nazi Germany.
Heinrich Held was a German Catholic politician and Minister President of Bavaria. He was forced out of office by the Nazi takeover in Germany in 1933.
Karl Krolow was a German poet and translator. In 1956 he was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize. He was born in Hannover, Germany and died in Darmstadt, Germany.
Karl Vetter was a German politician in the NSDAP during World War II.
Philipp Meyer was a German politician who held the position of a Kreisleiter in the Nazi Party from 1932 to 1945. He was sentenced to death at end of the Second World War for refusing to evacuate his district and prepare it for defense, but was spared. In post-war West Germany he was a member of the Bundestag, the federal parliament, from 1953 until his death.
Johannes Heinrich Becker was a German immigrant to Australia and member of the German Nazi Party. He immigrated to Australia in 1927. In 1933 he was appointed as the Nazi state trustee for Australia. He was later the state leader of the Nazi Party of Australia, but was removed as state leader in 1936. During World War II Becker was interned by the Australian authorities and after the war, in 1947, he was deported to West Germany, where he lived until his death in 1961.
Friedrich Ringshausen was an official of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) who served as the Gauleiter of Gau Hesse-Darmstadt and in the State government of the People's State of Hesse.
Karl Lenz was a Nazi Party (NSDAP) official who served as the third and last Gauleiter of Gau Hesse-Darmstadt. He was also an officer in the Allgemeine SS and the Waffen-SS.
Karl Linder was a Nazi Party (NSDAP) official who served as Gauleiter of Gau Hesse-Nassau South and Gau Hesse-Nassau as well as in many governmental positions, including as Second Bürgermeister of Frankfurt am Main. A member of the Sturmabteilung (SA), Linder held the rank of SA-Brigadeführer.
Peter Gemeinder was a Gauleiter of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) and a member of the German Reichstag.
