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Walter Jung (Gauleiter)
Walter Jung (8 August 1895 – unknown) was a Germans, German Nazi Party official and newspaper editor who was the first (unofficial) ''Gauleiter'' in the Territory of the Saar Basin, Saar when it was being administered by France and the United Kingdom under a League of Nations mandate. Biography Walter Jung was born in Dudweiler (today, a borough of Saarbrücken) and worked as a smelting plant official there. He lived in his hometown of Dudweiler until 1928 and then moved to Saarbrücken. On 30 May 1926, at a time when the Nazi Party was still outlawed in the Saar Territory, Jung became the Party's unofficial ''Gauleiter'' there and also worked as the editor of the Nazi weekly ''Der Saardeutsche''. When the ban on the Party was lifted, he officially enrolled as a member of the Saarbrücken ''Ortsgruppe'' (Local Group) on 28 November 1926 (membership number 47,851). However, he was replaced as ''Gauleiter'' by Jakob Jung on 8 December 1926. He then became the press officer for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gauleiter
A ''Gauleiter'' () was a regional leader of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) who served as the head of a ''Administrative divisions of Nazi Germany, Gau'' or ''Reichsgau''. ''Gauleiter'' was the third-highest Ranks and insignia of the Nazi Party, rank in the Nazi political leadership, subordinate only to ''Reichsleiter'' and to the ''Führer'' himself. The position was effectively abolished with the fall of the Nazi regime on 8 May 1945. History and development Origin and early years The first use of the term ''Gauleiter'' by the Nazi Party was in 1925 around the time Adolf Hitler re-founded the Party on 27 February, after the lifting of the ban that had been imposed on it in the aftermath of the Beer Hall Putsch of 9 November 1923. The word can be singular or plural in German usage, depending on its context, and derives from the German language, German words ''Gau (territory), Gau'' and ''leiter'' (''leader''). The word ''Gau'' is an old term for a region of the German ''Reich'' (Emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
