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Franz Schwede

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German Nazi Party official and politician (1888-1960)

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Franz Reinhold Schwede was a Nazi German politician, Oberbürgermeister of Coburg and both Gauleiter and Oberpräsident of Pomerania. An early supporter of Adolf Hitler in Coburg, Schwede used intimidation and propaganda to help elect the first Nazi-majority local government in Germany.

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The Coburg branch office of the NSDAP pictured in 1937 on the 15th anniversary of its foundingThe Coburg branch office of the NSDAP pictured in 1937 on the 15th anniversary of its foundingHitler meeting with Gauleiters in 1943. Schwede is in the background to Henrich Himmler's right.Hitler meeting with Gauleiters in 1943. Schwede is in the background to Henrich Himmler's right.

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honorary citizen of Coburg
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Franz Reinhold Schwede was a Nazi German politician, Oberbürgermeister of Coburg and both Gauleiter and Oberpräsident of Pomerania. An early supporter of Adolf Hitler in Coburg, Schwede used intimidation and propaganda to help elect the first Nazi-majority local government in Germany. This contributed to a personality cult surrounding Schwede and he became known as "Franz Schwede-Coburg." During World War II he ordered secret executions of the infirm and mass deportations of Jews. He also played a key role in abandoning the Pomeranian civilian population to the advancing Red Army, while escaping their fate himself. In 1945 he was captured by the British Army and in 1948 he was tried and convicted of war crimes.

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Germany
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Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1888 to 1960 · aged 72
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