Baldur Von Schirach: German Nazi politician and convicted war criminal (1907-1974)
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.
Baldur von Schirach | |
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Reichsjugendführer  | |
| In office 1931–1940 | |
| Appointed by | Adolf Hitler |
| Preceded by | Post created |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Axmann |
| Gauleiter of Vienna | |
| In office August 1940 – May 1945 | |
| Appointed by | Adolf Hitler |
| Preceded by | Josef Bürckel |
| Succeeded by | None |
| Personal details | |
| 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(s) | Henriette von Shirach (née Hofmann) (m. 1932) |
| Children | 4 |
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