Reichsgau Salzburg
| Reichsgau Salzburg | |||||||||
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| ReichsgauofNazi Germany | |||||||||
| 1938–1945 | |||||||||
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 Map ofNazi Germanyshowing its administrative subdivisions (GaueandReichsgaue) | |||||||||
| Capital | Salzburg | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1939 | 257,376 | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| Gauleiter | |||||||||
• 1938–1941 | Friedrich Rainer | ||||||||
• 1941–1945 | Gustav Adolf Scheel | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| 12 March 1938 | |||||||||
| 8 May 1945 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | Austria | ||||||||
TheReichsgau Salzburgwas anadministrative divisionofNazi GermanyinSalzburg,Austria.It existed between 1938 and 1945.
History[edit]
The Nazi Gau (plural Gaue) system was originally established in apartyconference on 22 May 1926, in order to improve administration of the party structure. From 1933 onwards, after theNazi seizure of power,theGaueincreasingly replaced the German states as administrative subdivisions in Germany. On 12 March 1938 Nazi GermanyannexedAustria and on 24 May the Austrian provinces were reorganized and replaced by seven Nazi partyGaue.[1]Under the Ostmarkgesetz law of 14 April 1939 with effect of 1 May, the AustrianGauewere raised to the status ofReichsgaueand theirGauleiterswere subsequently also namedReichsstatthalters.[2][3]
At the head of each Gau stood aGauleiter,a position which became increasingly more powerful, especially after the outbreak of theSecond World War.Local Gauleiters were in charge of propaganda and surveillance and, from September 1944 onwards, theVolkssturmand the defence of the Gau.[2][4]
The position of Gauleiter in Salzburg was initially held byFriedrich Raineruntil 27 November 1941, and then byGustav Adolf Scheel,whileAnton Wintersteigerheld the office of Deputy Gauleiter throughout the Reichsgau's history from 1938 to 1945.[5][6][7]
References[edit]
- ^"Administration of Austria,"The Times(London) 25 May 1938, page 15.
- ^ab"Die NS-Gaue"[The Nazi Gaue].dhm.de(in German).Deutsches Historisches Museum.Retrieved24 March2016.
- ^"Der" Anschluss "Österreichs 1938"[The annexation of Austria 1938].dhm.de(in German).Deutsches Historisches Museum.Retrieved24 March2016.
- ^"The Organization of the Nazi Party & State".nizkor.org.The Nizkor Project.Retrieved24 March2016.
- ^"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.Retrieved24 March2016.
- ^"Reichsgau Salzburg".verwaltungsgeschichte.de(in German).Retrieved24 March2016.
- ^Michael D. Miller and Andreas Schulz.Gauleiter: The Regional Leaders of the Nazi Party and Their Deputies, 1925-1945, Vol. 1.R. James Bender Publishing. pp. 32–33.ISBN1932970215.
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