Robert Ley was a German politician during the Nazi era; Ley headed the German Labour Front from 1933 to 1945. He also held many other high positions in the Party, including Gauleiter, Reichsleiter and Reichsorganisationsleiter. He committed suicide while awaiting trial at Nuremberg for crimes against humanity and war crimes.
A Gauleiter was the party leader of a regional area branch of the Nazi Party, the head of a Gau or Reichsgau. The word can be singular or plural, depending on its context. Gauleiter was the second-highest Nazi Party paramilitary rank, subordinate only to the higher rank Reichsleiter and to the position of Führer. During World War II, the rank of Gauleiter was obtained only by direct appointment from Adolf Hitler.
Bernhard Rust was Minister of Science, Education and National Culture (Reichserziehungsminister) in Nazi Germany. A combination of school administrator and zealous Nazi, he issued decrees, often bizarre, at every level of the German educational system to immerse German youth in the National Socialist philosophy. He also served as the party Gauleiter in Hanover and Brunswick from 1925 to 1940.
Franz Pfeffer von Salomon during the Nazi regime known as Franz von Pfeffer, was the first Supreme Leader of the Sturmabteilung (SA) after its re-establishment in 1925. Pfeffer resigned from his SA command in 1930 and was expelled from the Nazi Party in 1941. He died in 1968.
Martin Mutschmann was the Nazi Regional Leader (Gauleiter) of the state of Saxony during the time of the Third Reich.
Inspekteur was a Nazi political rank that existed briefly in 1932 in a reorganization promulgated by Gregor Strasser, the Reichsorganisationsleiter of the Nazi Party since January 1928.
Walter Buch was a German jurist as well as an SA and SS official during the Nazi era. He was Martin Bormann's father-in-law. As head of the Supreme Party Court, he was an important Party official. However due to his insistence on prosecuting major Party figures on moral issues, he alienated Adolf Hitler and his power and influence gradually diminished into insignificance. After the end of the Second World War in Europe, Buch was classified as a major regime functionary or "Hauptschuldiger" in the denazification proceedings in 1948. On 12 September of 1949, he committed suicide.
Wilhelm Friedrich Loeper was a German Nazi politician. He served as the Gauleiter in the Gau of Magdeburg-Anhalt and was the Reichsstatthalter of the Free States of Anhalt and Brunswick
Gongylonema is a genus of thread-like nematode that was described by Molin in 1857. It is the only currently valid genus in the family Gongylonematidae, though the mysterious Spiruroides – usually placed in the Subuluridae, which are not closely related to Gongylonema among the Spiruria – might actually belong here. They are parasites of birds and mammals, transmitted by insects. Some 38 species are known, about 12 of which have been recorded in Europe.
Helmuth Brückner was Gauleiter of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) in Silesia from 1925 until 1934, when he fell out of political favor.
Wilhelm Karpenstein was a German Nazi Party politician. He served as Gauleiter of Pomerania from 1931 to 1934.
Paul Wegener was a German Nazi Party official.
Heinrich “Heinz” Haake was a Nazi Party Gauleiter and government official.
Wilhelm Grimm was a high-ranking member of the Nazi Party.
Paul Schulz was a German military officer and Nazi Party official perhaps best known as a leader of the Black Reichswehr in the 1920s.
Walther von Corswant was a German politician who served as the Nazi Party Gauleiter of Gau Pomerania and in several government positions in Nazi Germany.
Hans Albert Hohnfeldt was a member of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) who served as Gauleiter in the Free City of Danzig and acting Gauleiter of Gau East Prussia. He also held other Party and government posts in the Free City of Danzig.
Reich Defense Commissioner was a governmental position created in Nazi Germany at the outbreak of World War II on 1 September 1939. Charged with overall defense of the territory of the German Reich, there was originally one Reich Defense Commissioner for each of 15 Wehrkreise. On 16 November 1942, the geographical scope was reduced to the Gau level, raising the number of Reich Defense Commissioners to 42.
Angiostrongylidae is a family of nematodes belonging to the order Rhabditida.
Ostertagia is a genus of nematodes belonging to the family Trichostrongylidae.
