Gregor Strasser

German politician, rival of Adolf Hitler inside the Nazi Party (1892-1934)

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Lived 1892–1934, aged 42Germany

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1892–1934
Aged 42
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1929

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Updated 2026-06-09

He built the Nazi Party into a national force, then broke with Hitler over a deal that cost him his life. Gregor Strasser organized the movement's expansion across northern Germany, clashed with the Führer over ideology and power, and was murdered in the 1934 purge that erased his faction.

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Born in Bavaria in 1892, Strasser fought in World War I as an artillery officer, earning the Iron Cross, then joined Franz Ritter von Epp's Freikorps after the armistice. He entered the Nazi Party in 1920 and took part in the failed Beer Hall Putsch in 1923, landing in prison until his election to the Reichstag secured early release. A skilled organizer and speaker, he transformed the NSDAP from a marginal southern outfit into a nationwide force, overseeing membership growth across northern Germany and rising to head the party's national organizational work by mid-1932. His "Strasser Program"…

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