Gau Berlin

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Gau Berlin
Gau of Nazi Germany
1928–1945
Flag of Gau Berlin
Flag
Coat of arms of Gau Berlin
Coat of arms

CapitalBerlin
Government
Gauleiter 
• 1928–1945
Joseph Goebbels
History 
• 
Disestablishment
8 May 1945
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Berlin
Berlin
Today part ofGermany

The Gau Berlin was an administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945 in the German capital Berlin. Before that, from 1928 to 1933, it was the regional subdivision of the Nazi Party in that area. From 1926 to 1928 Berlin was part of the Gau Berlin-Brandenburg which was split into two separate Gaue on 1 October 1928.[1]

History

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

Nazi seizure of power, the Gaue increasingly replaced the German states as administrative subdivisions in Germany.[2]

At the head of each Gau stood a

Second World War, with little interference from above. The 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.[2][3]

The position of Gauleiter in Berlin was held by Joseph Goebbels throughout the history of the Gau.[4][5] Goebbels, Reich Minister of Propaganda, was one of Adolf Hitler's closest associates and, along with his family, committed suicide on 1 May 1945.[6]

References

  1. .
  2. ^
    Deutsches Historisches Museum
    . Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  3. The Nizkor Project
    . Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  4. ^ "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. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Gau Berlin". verwaltungsgeschichte.de (in German). Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Goebbels, Paul Joseph". deutsche-biographie.de (in German). Bavarian State Library. Retrieved 26 March 2016.

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