Gau Southern Hanover-Brunswick
Gau Southern Hanover–Brunswick | |||||||||||||
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Gau of Nazi Germany | |||||||||||||
1928–1945 | |||||||||||||
Hannover | |||||||||||||
Government | |||||||||||||
Gauleiter | |||||||||||||
• 1928–1940 | Bernhard Rust | ||||||||||||
• 1940–1945 | Hartmann Lauterbacher | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
• Disestablishment | 8 May 1945 | ||||||||||||
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Today part of | Germany |
Gau Southern Hanover–Brunswick (German: Gau Südhannover–Braunschweig) was a de facto administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945 in the Free State of Brunswick and part of the Free State of Prussia. Before that, from its formation on 1 October 1928 to 1933, it was the regional subdivision of the Nazi Party in that area. Gau Southern Hanover-Brunswick was abolished after Germany's defeat in 1945. The territory after the war became part of Lower Saxony in West Germany.
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 Southern Hanover-Brunswick was initially held by Bernhard Rust from October 1928 until November 1940 and then by Hartmann Lauterbacher until the end of the war.[3][4]
References
- ^ Deutsches Historisches Museum. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- The Nizkor Project. Retrieved 26 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 24 March 2016.
- ^ "Gau Südhannover–Braunschweig". verwaltungsgeschichte.de (in German). Retrieved 24 March 2016.
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