Baldur von Schirach

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Baldur von Schirach

In office
1931 – 1940
Appointed by Adolf Hitler
Preceded by Post created
Succeeded by Arthur Axmann

In office
August 1940 – May 1945
Preceded by Josef Bürckel
Succeeded by None

Born May 9, 1907
Berlin, then Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died August 8, 1974
Kröv, Rhineland-Palatinate, Federal Republic of Germany
Political party National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP)
Spouse Henriette von Shirach (née Hofmann) (m. 1932)
Children 4

Baldur Benedikt von Schirach (9 May 1907 – 8 August 1974) was a Nazi youth leader. He was later convicted of being a war criminal. Schirach was the head of the Hitler-Jugend (HJ, Hitler Youth), Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter ("Reich Governor") of Vienna.


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