Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt
Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt | |||||||||||
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Gau of Nazi Germany | |||||||||||
1926–1945 | |||||||||||
Capital | Dessau | ||||||||||
Government | |||||||||||
Gauleiter | |||||||||||
• 1926–1927 | Gustav Hermann Schmischke | ||||||||||
• 1927–1935 | Wilhelm Friedrich Loeper | ||||||||||
• 1935–1937 | Joachim Albrecht Eggeling (acting) | ||||||||||
• 1937–1945 | Rudolf Jordan | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
• Disestablishment | 8 May 1945 | ||||||||||
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Today part of | Germany |
The Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt was an administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. Formed in 1926 as Gau Anhalt-North Saxony Province by the merger of three smaller Gaue (Anhalt, Elbe-Havel and Magdeburg) it comprised the German state of Anhalt and part of the Prussian province of Saxony. It was renamed Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt on 1 October 1928. From 1926 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
At the head of each Gau stood a
The position of Gauleiter was held from 1926 to 1927 by Gustav Hermann Schmischke who had headed Gau Anhalt since 1925. He was succeeded by Wilhelm Friedrich Loeper from 1927 to 1935 until his death from cancer, followed by his deputy Joachim Albrecht Eggeling, who administered the Gau from 1935 to 1937. Rudolf Jordan was the Gauleiter for the remainder of its history from 1937 to 1945.[3][4] Jordan was sentenced to 25 years prison in the Soviet Union after the war but released in 1955 and died in 1988.[5] He published his autobiography about his time as Gauleiter and in captivity which showed no indication that he was willing to take responsibility for the events in Nazi Germany.[6]
References
- ^ Deutsches Historisches Museum. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- The Nizkor Project. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt". verwaltungsgeschichte.de (in German). Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ISBN 9783486703641.
- University of Magdeburg. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
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