gauleiter

Noun

Meaning

(historical) An official in charge of a district of Nazi Germany.

Any overbearing or unpleasant official, especially a local official.

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I became Gauleiter in 1927. Fritz Sauckel

At an event arranged by the Nazi Party in January 1931, Ulbricht was allowed by Joseph Goebbels to deliver a speech, the Nazi Party's Gauleiter of Berlin and Brandenburg. Source: Internet

Blitzkrieg to Defeat, p. 204. With the Nazi Party in charge of organizing the Volkssturm, each Gauleiter, or Nazi Party District Leader, was charged with the leadership, enrollment, and organization of the Volkssturm in their district. Source: Internet

Beneath the Gauleiter were lower-level officials, the Kreisleiter ("county leaders"), Zellenleiter ("cell leaders") and Blockleiter ("block leaders"). Source: Internet

Joseph Goebbels began his ascent through the party hierarchy as Gauleiter of Berlin-Brandenburg in 1926. Source: Internet

Gauleiter Karl Hanke declared the city a Festung (fortress) to be held at all costs. Source: Internet

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