List of Gauleiters

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The following list enumerates those who held the Nazi Party rank of Gauleiter , the senior regional party leader in Germany under Adolf Hitler's system.

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Of the 44 former Gauleiter who survived the war, 13 committed suicide when Nazi Germany surrendered, eight were executed by the Allies after the war, one was executed by the SS and one died in Soviet captivity. By 1954, when Karl Wahl became the first former Gauleiter to publish his memoirs, eight were still missing, three in jail and the remaining ten free. [1]

List

This is a list of Gaue and Gauleiter, with their time in office in brackets: [2] [3] [4]

Killed in actionCommitted suicide before capture or in captivityExecuted or assassinatedDied in captivity, except suicide or executionDied of natural causes or through an accidentImprisoned, later released and died a free manEluded capture or escaped from captivityFate unknown or unclear
GauleiterGau(e)In officeFate
Herbert Albrecht Gau Mecklenburg 1930–1931Died in June 1945
Alois Bachschmid Gau Elbe-Havel [lower-alpha 1] 1925–1926Died in 1968 in Italy
Ernst Wilhelm Bohle NSDAP/AO [lower-alpha 2] 1934–1945Imprisoned until 1949, died in 1960 in West Germany
Fritz Bracht Gau Oberschlesien [lower-alpha 3] 1941–1945Committed suicide in May 1945
Karl Brück Gau Saar [lower-alpha 4] 1931–1933Died in 1964 in West Germany
Josef Bürckel Gau Rheinpfalz [lower-alpha 5] 1926–1935Died in September 1944 [5]
Gau Saar 1933–1935
Gau Pfalz–Saar [lower-alpha 6] 1935–1944
Reichsgau Wien 1939–1940
Helmuth Brückner Gau Schlesien [lower-alpha 7] 1925–1934Died in Soviet captivity in 1951 or 1954
Walther von Corswant Gau Pommern 1927–1931Died in 1942
Léon Degrelle Reichsgau Wallonien 1944–1945 [lower-alpha 8] Escaped to Spain in 1945 where he died in 1994
Artur Dinter Gau Thüringen 1925–1927Died in 1948 in the French occupation zone in Germany
August Eigruber Reichsgau Oberdonau 1938–1945Found guilty in the Dachau trials and executed at Landsberg Prison in May 1947
Joachim Albrecht Eggeling Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt 1935–1937Committed suicide in April 1945 [6]
Gau Halle-Merseburg 1937–1945
Adolf Ehrecke Gau Saar 1929–1931Died in 1980 in West Germany
Otto Erbersdobler Gau Niederbayern [lower-alpha 9] 1929–1932 [7] Died in 1981 in West Germany
Walter Ernst Gau Halle-Merseburg 1925–1926Killed in action in March 1945 near Danzig
Friedrich Karl Florian Gau Düsseldorf [lower-alpha 10] 1930–1945Imprisoned until 1951, died in 1975 in West Germany [8]
Albert Forster Reichsgau Danzig-Westpreußen [lower-alpha 11] 1930–1945Executed in Poland in 1952
Peter Gemeinder Gau Hessen-Darmstadt [lower-alpha 12] 1931Died in 1931
Karl Gerland Gau Kurhessen [lower-alpha 13] 1943–1945 (acting to 1944)Killed in action in April 1945 in Frankfurt on the Oder
Paul Giesler Gau Westfalen-Süd 1941–1943Committed suicide in May 1945 [9]
Gau München-Oberbayern [lower-alpha 14] 1944–1945
Odilo Globocnik Reichsgau Wien 1938–1939Committed suicide in British captivity in May 1945
Joseph Goebbels Gau Berlin-Brandenburg [lower-alpha 15] 1926–1928Committed suicide in Berlin in May 1945 [10]
Gau Berlin 1928–1945
Arthur Greiser Reichsgau Wartheland [lower-alpha 16] 1939–1945Executed in Poland in 1946
Wilhelm Grimm Gau Mittelfranken [lower-alpha 17] 1928–1929Executed in 1944 for connection with the 20 July plot
Josef Grohé Gau Köln-Aachen 1931–1945Imprisoned until 1950, died in 1987 in West Germany
Heinrich Haake Gau Rheinland–Süd [lower-alpha 18] 1925Died in British captivity in 1945
Ludolf Haase Gau Hannover-Süd [lower-alpha 19] 1925–1928Died in 1972 in West Germany
Karl Hanke Gau Niederschlesien [lower-alpha 20] 1941–1945Captured and killed by Czech partisans
Anton Haselmayer Gau Hessen-Nassau-Süd [lower-alpha 21] 1925–1926Died in 1962
Edmund Heines Gau Oberpfalz [lower-alpha 22] 1930 (acting)Executed during the Night of the Long Knives in 1934
Otto Hellmuth Gau Unterfranken [lower-alpha 23] 1928–1945Imprisoned until 1955, committed suicide in 1968 in West Germany [11]
Konrad Henlein Reichsgau Sudetenland 1938–1945Committed suicide in U.S. captivity in May 1945
Friedrich Hildebrandt Gau Mecklenburg 1925–1930
1931–1945
Found guilty in the Dachau trials and executed at Landsberg Prison in November 1948
Paul Hinkler Gau Halle-Merseburg 1926–1931Committed suicide in April 1945
Franz Hofer Gau Tirol 1932–1934Escaped captivity in 1948, re-arrested 1949, and imprisoned until 1952. Died in 1975 in West Germany.
Reichsgau Tirol-Vorarlberg 1938–1945
Albert Hoffmann Gau Westfalen-Süd 1943–1945Imprisoned until 1950. Died in West Germany in 1972
Paul Hofmann Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt 1932Died in 1980 in West Berlin
Hans Albert Hohnfeldt Gau Danzig 1926–1928Died in 1948
Emil Holtz Gau Brandenburg [lower-alpha 24] 1928–1930Fate unknown
Karl Holz Gau Franken [lower-alpha 25] 1942–1945 (acting to 1944)Died 20 April 1945 under unclear circumstances in the defense of Nuremberg, either committed suicide or killed in action [12]
Rudolf Jordan Gau Halle-Merseburg 1931–1937Imprisoned in the Soviet Union until 1955, died in West Germany in 1988 [13]
Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt 1937–1945
Jakob Jung Gau Saar 8 December 1926–21 April 1929 [14] Death date unknown [14]
Rudolf Jung N/A [lower-alpha 26] 1938–1945Committed suicide in Czech captivity in December 1945
Walter Jung Gau Saar 1926Death date unknown
Hugo Jury Reichsgau Niederdonau 21 January 1938–8 May 1945 [15] Committed suicide 8 May 1945 [15]
Wilhelm Karpenstein Gau Pommern 1 January 1931–21 July 1934 [16] Died 2 May 1968 in West Germany [16]
Karl Kaufmann Gau Rheinland–Nord [lower-alpha 27] July 1925–26 September 1925 [17] Imprisoned intermittently until 1953, died in 1969 in West Germany [18]
Großgau Ruhr [17] [lower-alpha 28] 1926–1928 [17]
Gau Hamburg 1929–1945
Josef Klant Gau Hamburg 1925–1926Died 4 November 1926 [19]
Walter Klaunig Gau Brandenburg/Potsdam [lower-alpha 29] 1925–1926Fate unknown
Hubert Klausner Reichsgau Kärnten 1938–1939Died in 1939
Erich Koch Gau Ostpreußen 1928–1945Died in prison in Poland in 1986
Albert Krebs Gau Hamburg 1926–1928Died in 1974 in West Germany
Hans Krebs N/A [lower-alpha 30] 1938–1945Executed for treason in Czechoslovakia in February 1947
Wilhelm Kube Gau Ostmark [lower-alpha 31] 1928–1933Assassinated by Soviet partisans in September 1943
Gau Kurmark [lower-alpha 32] 1933–1936
Franz Kutschera Reichsgau Kärnten 1939–1941Executed by Polish resistance fighters in February 1944
Hartmann Lauterbacher Gau Südhannover-Braunschweig [lower-alpha 33] 1940–1945Escaped from captivity in 1948 to Rome, worked for western intelligence agencies and died in 1988 in West Germany
Karl Lenz Gau Hessen-Darmstadt 1931–1932Died in 1944
Robert Ley Gau Rheinland–Süd 1925–1931Indicted at the Nuremberg trials, but committed suicide in his cell in October 1945 before the trials began
Karl Linder Gau Hessen-Nassau-Süd 1926–1927Died in 1979 in West Germany
Gau Hessen-Nassau 1932
Wilhelm Friedrich Loeper Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt 1927–1935Died in 1935
Hinrich Lohse Gau Hamburg 1928–1929Imprisoned until 1951, died in 1964 in West Germany [20]
Gau Schleswig-Holstein 1925–1945
Walter Maass Gau Danzig 1928–1929 (acting)Fate unknown
Franz Maierhofer Gau Oberpfalz 1929–1932 (acting to 1930)Killed in action in August 1943 near Kharkov
Alfred Meyer Gau Westfalen-Nord 1931–1945Committed suicide in April 1945
Joachim Meyer-Quade Gau Schleswig-Holstein 1932Killed in action in September 1939 near Piątek in Poland
Karl Leopold von Möller Timișoara 1932–1939Died in 1943 from a stroke
Hermann Muhs Gau Südhannover-Braunschweig 1932Died in 1962 in West Germany
Eugen Munder Gau Württemberg-Hohenzollern 1925–1928Imprisoned until 1948, died in 1952 in West Germany
Wilhelm Murr Gau Württemberg-Hohenzollern 1928–1945Committed suicide in French captivity in May 1945
Martin Mutschmann Gau Sachsen 1925–1945Executed in the Soviet Union in February 1947
Hans Nieland NSDAP/AO 1932–1933Imprisoned until 1948, died in 1976 in West Germany
Franz Pfeffer von Salomon Gau Westfalen [lower-alpha 34] 1925–1926Died in 1968 in West Germany
Friedrich Rainer Reichsgau Salzburg 1938–1941Executed in Yugoslavia in November 1950
Reichsgau Kärnten 1941–1945
Fritz Reinhardt Gau Niederbayern 1928–1930Imprisoned until 1950, died in 1969 in West Germany
Friedrich Ringshausen Gau Hessen-Darmstadt 1927–1931Died in 1941
Axel Ripke Gau Rheinland-Nord 1925Died in 1937
Carl Röver Gau Weser-Ems 1928–1942Died in 1942
Ludwig Ruckdeschel Gau Bayreuth 1945Imprisoned until 1952, died in 1986 in West Germany [21]
Bernhard Rust Gau Hannover-Nord [lower-alpha 35] 1925–1928Committed suicide in May 1945
Gau Südhannover-Braunschweig 1928–1940
Fritz Sauckel Gau Thüringen 1927–1945Found guilty in the Nuremberg trials, executed in October 1946
Gustav Adolf Scheel Reichsgau Salzburg 1941–1945Imprisoned intermittently until 1953, died in 1979 in West Germany
Hans Schemm Gau Oberfranken [lower-alpha 36] 1928–1933Died of injuries sustained in an aircraft crash in March 1935 [22]
Gau Bayerische Ostmark [lower-alpha 37] 1933–1935
Bruno Gustav Scherwitz Gau Ostpreußen 1926–1927Died in 1985 in West Germany
Baldur von Schirach Reichsgau Wien 1940–1945Found guilty in the Nuremberg trials, imprisoned until 1966, died 1974 in West Germany
Ernst Schlange Gau Gross-Berlin [lower-alpha 38] 1925–1926Died in Soviet captivity in 1947
Gau Brandenburg 1930–1933
Fritz Schlessmann Gau Essen 1940–1945 (acting)Imprisoned until 1950, died in 1964 in West Germany
Erich Schmiedicke Gau Groß-Berlin 1926 (acting)Fate unknown
Gau Brandenburg 1933 (acting)
Gustav Hermann Schmischke Gau Anhalt [lower-alpha 39] 1925–1927Fate unknown
Walter Schultz Gau Hessen-Nassau-Nord [lower-alpha 40] 1925–1928Died in 1953 in West Germany
Gau Hessen-Nassau-Süd 1926 (acting)
Franz Schwede Gau Pommern 1934–1945Imprisoned until 1956, died in 1960 in West Germany
Gustav Simon Gau Moselland [lower-alpha 41] 1931–1945Captured by the British Army, found hanged in his cell in December 1945
Jakob Sprenger Gau Hessen-Nassau-Süd 1927–1933Committed suicide in May 1945
Gau Hessen-Nassau [lower-alpha 42] 1933–1945
Gustav Staebe Gau Saar 1929 (acting)Died in 1983 in West Germany
Wilhelm Stich Gau Ostpreußen 1925–1926Fate unknown
Willi Stöhr Gau Westmark 1944–1945Escaped to Canada, [23] date of death unknown
Gregor Strasser Gau Niederbayern–Oberpfalz [lower-alpha 43] 1925–1929Executed during the Night of the Long Knives in 1934
Julius Streicher Gau Franken 1929–1940Found guilty in the Nuremberg trials and executed in October 1946 [24]
Emil Stürtz Gau March of Brandenburg 1936–1945Missing since April 1945, presumed captured by Soviets, declared dead by German court in 1957
Otto Telschow Gau Lüneburg-Stade [lower-alpha 44] 1925–1928Captured by the British Army, committed suicide in May 1945
Gau Osthannover 1928–1945
Josef Terboven Gau Essen 1928–1945Committed suicide in Norway in May 1945 [25]
Siegfried Uiberreither Reichsgau Steiermark 1938–1945Escaped from captivity in 1948 to Argentina, possibly died in 1984 in West Germany
Theodor Vahlen Gau Pommern 1925–1927Died in 1945 in captivity in Czechoslovakia
Ludwig Viereck Harzgau [lower-alpha 45] 1925–1926Fate unknown
Fritz Wächtler Gau Bayerische Ostmark 1935–1945Executed by the SS in April 1945 [26]
Adolf Wagner Gau München-Oberbayern 1929–1944Died in April 1944
Josef Wagner Gau Westfalen [lower-alpha 46] 1928–1931Killed in May 1945 either by the SS or Soviet troops
Gau Schlesien [lower-alpha 47] 1934–1941
Gau Westfalen-Süd 1931–1941
Robert Heinrich Wagner Gau Baden-Elsaß [lower-alpha 48] 1925–1945Executed in October 1946 in France [27]
Karl Wahl Gau Schwaben 1928–1945Imprisoned until 1948, died in 1981 in West Germany [28]
Friedrich Wambsganss Gau Rheinpfalz 1925–1926Imprisoned until 1948, died in 1979 in West Germany
Paul Wegener Gau Weser-Ems 1942–1945Imprisoned until 1951, died in 1993 in Germany
Karl Weinrich Gau Kurhessen 1928–1943Imprisoned until 1950, died in 1973 in West Germany
Jef van de Wiele Reichsgau Flandern 1944–1945 [lower-alpha 49] Imprisoned until 1963, died in 1979 in Belgium
Hans Zimmermann Gau Franken 1940–1942 (acting)Died in 1984 in West Germany [29]

Notes

  1. ↑ Gau Elbe-Havel merged with Gau Anhalt and Gau Magdeburg to form Gau Anhalt-North Saxony Province in 1926; renamed Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt in 1928
  2. ↑ Foreign Organization branch of the Nazi Party
  3. ↑ Created when Gau Schlesien was split into two separate Gaue
  4. ↑ Gau Saar merged with Gau Rheinpfalz to form Gau Pfalz-Saar in 1935
  5. ↑ Gau Rheinpfalz merged with Gau Saar to form Gau Pfalz-Saar in 1935
  6. ↑ Gau Pfalz-Saar was founded in 1935 when Gau Saar & Gau Rheinpfalz merged. It was renamed Gau Saarpfalz in 1936 and finally Gau Westmark in 1940 when it absorbed part of French Lorraine
  7. ↑ Gau Schlesien was divided into Gau Niederschlesien & Gau Oberschlesien in 1941
  8. ↑ In exile in Germany
  9. ↑ Gau Niederbayern became a part of Bayerische Ostmark 1933
  10. ↑ Gau Düsseldorf was founded in 1930 from the Bezirk Bergisches-Land
  11. ↑ Gau Danzig-Westpreußen was known as Gau Danzig before 1939
  12. ↑ Gau Hessen-Darmstadt was formed in 1927; it merged with Gau Hessen-Nassau-Süd to form Gau Hessen-Nassau in 1933
  13. ↑ Kurhessen was known as Gau Hessen-Nassau-Nord before 1934
  14. ↑ Gau München-Oberbayern was founded in 1930 when the Bezirk Oberbayern & Gross-München merged
  15. ↑ Gau Berlin-Brandenburg was formed in 1926 by the merger of Gau Groß-Berlin and Gau Potsdam; it was divided into Gau Berlin and Gau Brandenburg in 1928
  16. ↑ Wartheland was also known as Warthegau
  17. ↑ Gau Mittelfranken became a part of Franken 1929
  18. ↑ Gau Rheinland-Süd was divided into Köln-Aachen & Koblenz-Trier in 1931
  19. ↑ Founded as Gau Göttingen in 1925, the renamed Gau Hannover-Süd became a part of Südhannover-Braunschweig in 1928
  20. ↑ Created when Gau Schlesien was split into two separate Gaue
  21. ↑ Gau Hessen-Nassau-Süd merged with Gau Hessen-Darmstadt to form Gau Hessen-Nassau in 1933
  22. ↑ Gau Oberpfalz became a part of Bayerische Ostmark in 1933
  23. ↑ Unterfranken was known as Gau Mainfranken after 1935
  24. ↑ Gau Brandenburg was separated from Gau Berlin-Brandenburg in 1928 and merged with Gau Ostmark to form Gau Kurmark in 1933
  25. ↑ Gau Franken was founded in 1929 when Mittelfranken merged with the Bezirk Nürnberg-Fürth
  26. ↑ Honorary Gauleiter, no Gau assignment
  27. ↑ Gau Rheinland-Nord merged with Gau Westfalen to become Großgau Ruhr in 1926
  28. ↑ Großgau Ruhr was divided into Gau Essen, Gau Westfalen and Bezirk Bergisches-Land in 1928
  29. ↑ Gau Brandenburg, founded in 1925 and renamed Gau Potsdam in 1926, merged with Groß-Berlin later in 1926 to form Gau Berlin-Brandenburg
  30. ↑ Honorary Gauleiter, no Gau assignment
  31. ↑ Gau Ostmark separated from Gau Berlin-Brandenburg in 1928 and became part of Gau Kurmark in 1933
  32. ↑ Kurmark was founded in 1933 when Gau Ostmark merged with Gau Brandenburg; it was renamed Gau Mark Brandenburg in 1939
  33. ↑ Gau Südhannover-Braunschweig was founded in 1928 when Hannover-Nord & Hannover-Süd merged
  34. ↑ Gau Westfalen became a part of Großgau Ruhr in 1926
  35. ↑ Gau Hannover-Nord became a part of Südhannover-Braunschweig 1928
  36. ↑ Gau Oberfranken became a part of Bayerische Ostmark in 1933
  37. ↑ Gau Bayerische Ostmark was founded in 1933 when Gau Oberfranken, Niederbayern and Oberpfalz merged. It was renamed Gau Bayreuth after its capital in 1942
  38. ↑ Gau Groß-Berlin merged with Gau Potsdam to form Gau Berlin-Brandenburg in 1926
  39. ↑ Gau Anhalt merged with Gau Elbe-Havel and Gau Magdeburg to form Gau Anhalt-North Saxony Province in 1926; renamed Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt in 1928
  40. ↑ Gau Hessen-Nassau-Nord renamed Gau Kurhessen 1934
  41. ↑ Moselland was named Gau Koblenz-Trier until 1942
  42. ↑ Gau Hessen-Nassau was founded 1933 when Hessen-Darmstadt merged with Hessen-Nassau-Süd
  43. ↑ Gau Niederbayern-Oberpfalz was divided into Niederbayern & Oberpfalz in 1929
  44. ↑ Gau Lüneburg-Stade renamed Gau Osthannover in 1928
  45. ↑ Renamed Gau Magdeburg in early 1926 and merged with Gau Anhalt and Gau Elbe-Havel to form Gau Anhalt-North Saxony Province later that year; renamed Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt in 1928
  46. ↑ Gau Westfalen was formed from Großgau Ruhr in 1928 and was divided into Gau Westfalen-Nord and Gau Westfalen-Süd in 1931
  47. ↑ Gau Schlesien was divided into Niederschlesien & Oberschlesien in 1941
  48. ↑ Included the French Alsace region from 1940 onwards and was renamed Gau Baden-Alsace
  49. ↑ In exile in Germany

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