Gau Mecklenburg
Gau Mecklenburg | |||||||||||
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Gau of Nazi Germany | |||||||||||
1925–1945 | |||||||||||
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Capital | Schwerin | ||||||||||
Government | |||||||||||
Gauleiter | |||||||||||
• 1925–1930 | Friedrich Hildebrandt | ||||||||||
• 1930–1931 | Herbert Albrecht | ||||||||||
• 1931–1945 | Friedrich Hildebrandt | ||||||||||
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• Disestablishment | 8 May 1945 | ||||||||||
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Today part of | Germany |
The Gau Mecklenburg, was formed as Gau Mecklenburg-Lübeck on 22 March 1925 and renamed Gau Mecklenburg on 31 March 1937 when Lübeck was transferred to Gau Schleswig-Holstein. It was an administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945 in the Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and the Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. 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
At the head of each Gau stood a
The position of Gauleiter in Mecklenburg was held by Friedrich Hildebrandt for the duration of the existence of the Gau, interrupted only by an eight-month suspension from July 1930 to February 1931 when he was briefly succeeded by Herbert Albrecht.[3][4] Hildebrandt was sentenced to death by a military tribunal and executed for war crimes in 1948.[5]
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 Mecklenburg". verwaltungsgeschichte.de (in German). Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ISBN 9783486703641.
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