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Baldur von Schirach

German Nazi politician and convicted war criminal (1907-1974) · Germany · Politicians · Died at 67

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He shaped a generation for the Third Reich: national leader of the Hitler Youth from 1931 to 1940, then governor of Vienna, where he deported 65,000 Jews to concentration camps. Nuremberg convicted him of crimes against humanity.

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1974Died8 August 19741942Golden Hitler Youth Badge with Diamonds and RubiesAward1939Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of RomaniaAward1936“That is the greatest thing about him. That he is not only our leader and a great hero. But himself, upright, firm and simple. In him the roots of our world.”In their wordsA poem written by Schirach about Hitler in 1936. Quoted in "The Trial of the Germans" - Page 287 - by Eugene Davidson - History - 1997

1934“If today he descended from Heaven, the great warrior who struck the money changers, You would once again shout 'crucify!' And nail him to the cross that he himself carried.”In their wordsChrist ("Christus"), from "The Flag of the Persecuted" (Die Fahne der Verfolgten, 1934), pg 51.

1933“Adolf Hitler, you are our great Führer. Thy name makes the enemy tremble. Thy Third Reich comes, thy will alone is law upon the earth.”In their wordsA pledge written by Schirach about Hitler. Quoted in "Hitler Youth: The Hitlerjugend in Peace and War, 1933-1945" by Brenda Ralph Lewis -

1918“He who serves our Führer, Adolf Hitler, serves Germany, and he who serves Germany, serves God.”In their wordsQuoted in "Germany 1918-1945" - by J. A. Cloake - Germany - 1997

1907Born9 May 1907

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Baldur von Schirach in Nuremberg Court Prison Nov. 26, 1945Baldur von Schirach in Nuremberg Court Prison Nov. 26, 1945Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H13039, Münchener Abkommen, Rückkehr HitlerBundesarchiv Bild 183-H13039, Münchener Abkommen, Rückkehr HitlerBundesarchiv Bild 183-H28245, Berlin, Kundgebung des HJ-LanddienstesBundesarchiv Bild 183-H28245, Berlin, Kundgebung des HJ-LanddienstesHermann Goering Karl Doenitz Walther Funk Baldur von Schirach and Alfred Rosenberg eat lunch at nuremberg trialHermann Goering Karl Doenitz Walther Funk Baldur von Schirach and Alfred Rosenberg eat lunch at nuremberg trialBundesarchiv Bild 183-V01032-3, Nürnberger Prozess, AngeklagteBundesarchiv Bild 183-V01032-3, Nürnberger Prozess, AngeklagteBundesarchiv Bild 183-V01057-3, Nürnberger Prozess, AngeklagteBundesarchiv Bild 183-V01057-3, Nürnberger Prozess, AngeklagteBundesarchiv Bild 183-V01732, Nürnberger Prozess, AngeklagteBundesarchiv Bild 183-V01732, Nürnberger Prozess, AngeklagteDefendants in the dock at the Nuremberg TrialsDefendants in the dock at the Nuremberg Trials

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  1. That is the greatest thing about him. That he is not only our leader and a great hero. But himself, upright, firm and simple. In him the roots of our world.

    1936, A poem written by Schirach about Hitler in 1936. Quoted in "The Trial of the Germans" - Page 287 - by Eugene Davidson - History - 1997, Own words

  2. If today he descended from Heaven, the great warrior who struck the money changers, You would once again shout 'crucify!' And nail him to the cross that he himself carried.

    1934, Christ ("Christus"), from "The Flag of the Persecuted" (Die Fahne der Verfolgten, 1934), pg 51., Own words

  3. Adolf Hitler, you are our great Führer. Thy name makes the enemy tremble. Thy Third Reich comes, thy will alone is law upon the earth.

    1933, A pledge written by Schirach about Hitler. Quoted in "Hitler Youth: The Hitlerjugend in Peace and War, 1933-1945" by Brenda Ralph Lewis -, Own words

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Awards

Golden Hitler Youth Badge with Diamonds and Rubies1942
Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania1939
Anschluss Medal
Sudetenland Medal
Golden Party Badge
Iron Cross 2nd Class
War Merit Cross 2nd Class without Swords
War Merit Cross 1st Class without Swords
Infantry Assault Badge in Bronze

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A Nazi Party member at 18, Schirach was named the party's national youth leader in 1931 and elected to the Reichstag a year later. When Hitler took power in 1933, he became Youth Leader of the German Reich, controlling all youth organizations in the country. He served briefly as an infantryman in the French Campaign in 1940, earning the Iron Cross, then was appointed Gauleiter of Vienna while Artur Axmann took over the Hitler Youth. As Vienna's governor, the virulent antisemite organized the deportation of 65,000 Viennese Jews to camps in occupied Poland. He fled the Red Army advance in April 1945, surrendered to American forces in Tyrol, and received a 20-year sentence at Nuremberg. Released from Spandau in 1966, he lived in southern Germany until his death in 1974.

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Germany
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1907 to 1974 · aged 67

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