Gau Baden

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Gau Baden
Gau Baden–Elsass
Gau of Nazi Germany
1925–1945
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Flag
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Coat of arms
France in 1944
CapitalKarlsruhe (1933–40)
Strasbourg (1940–45)
Government
Gauleiter 
• 1925–1945
Robert Wagner
History 
• 
Disestablishment
8 May 1945
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Republic of Baden
France
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The Gau Baden, renamed Gau Baden–Alsace (German: Gau Baden-Elsaß) in March 1941, was a de facto administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945 in the German state of Baden and, from 1940 onwards, in Alsace (German: Elsaß). Before that, from 1925 to 1933, it was the regional subdivision of the Nazi Party in that area.

History

The Nazi Gau (plural Gaue) system was originally established in a

départements of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin, becoming Baden-Elsass. The seat of the Gau administration was originally Karlsruhe, but moved to Strasbourg after the German occupation of France.[2]

At the head of each Gau stood a

Second World War, with little interference from above. Local Gauleiters often held government positions as well as party ones and were in charge of, among other things, propaganda and surveillance and, from September 1944 onward, the Volkssturm and the defense of the Gau.[1][3]

The position of Gauleiter in Baden was held by Robert Wagner from March 1925 for the duration of the Gau's existence.[4][5] Wagner was executed on 14 August 1946 in Strasbourg for his crimes during the occupation of Alsace.[6] His deputies were Karl Lenz (1926–31), Walter Köhler (1931–33) and Hermann Röhn (1934–45).[2]

The

Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp was located in the Alsace region of the Gau.[7]

See also

  • Gauliga Baden, the highest association football league in the Baden region of the Gau from 1933 to 1945
  • Gauliga Elsaß, the highest association football league in the Alsace region of the Gau from 1940 to 1945

References

  1. ^
    Deutsches Historisches Museum
    . Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Übersicht der NSDAP-Gaue, der Gauleiter und der Stellvertretenden Gauleiter zwischen 1933 und 1945" [Overview of Nazi Gaue, the Gauleiter and assistant Gauleiter from 1933 to 1945]. zukunft-braucht-erinnerung.de (in German). Zukunft braucht Erinnerung. Archived from the original on 26 May 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  3. The Nizkor Project. Archived from the original
    on 9 November 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  4. ISBN 978-1932970210
    .
  5. ^ "Gau Baden". verwaltungsgeschichte.de (in German). Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  6. ^ "ROBERT WAGNER, GAULEITER, REICHSSTATTHALTER IN BADEN UND CHEF DER ZIVILVERWALTUNG IM ELSASS" [Robert Wagner, Gauleiter, Reichsstatthalter in Baden and chief of the civil administration of Alsace]. ns-ministerien-bw.de (in German). 12 December 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Natzweiler-Struthof" (PDF). yadvashem.org. Yad Vashem. Retrieved 31 March 2016.

External links

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