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    The Gau Essen was an administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945 in the northern parts of the Prussian Rhine Province. Before that, from...
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    Josef Terboven (category Military personnel from Essen)
    long-serving Gauleiter of Gau Essen and the Reichskommissar for Norway during the German occupation. Terboven was born in Essen, Germany, and attended Volksschule...
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  • Fritz Schlessmann (category People from Essen)
    Schlessmann (11 March 1899 – 31 March 1964) was a Nazi Deputy Gauleiter of Gau Essen and served as Acting Gauleiter for most of the Second World War. He was...
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    police official, he was Gauleiter of Gau Eastern Hanover from 1925 to 1945. Josef Terboven – Gauleiter of Gau Essen from 1928, Oberpräsident of the Prussian...
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  • Gauleiter, no Gau assignment Gau Rheinland-Nord merged with Gau Westfalen to become Großgau Ruhr in 1926 Großgau Ruhr was divided into Gau Essen, Gau Westfalen...
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    Gauamt Technik in Essen and was promoted in 1942 to the leader of NSDAP Gau Essen and was also at the same time authorized officer in an Essen mining company...
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  • General Gau Badge (1923 and 1925) Thuringia Gau Badge Baden Gau Badge East Hannover Gau Badge Essen Gau Badge Berlin Gau Badge Danzig Gau Badge East...
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    only Gau Düsseldorf but also Gau Cologne-Aachen, Gau Westphalia-South, Gau Westphalia-North, and Gau Essen, the Ruhr pocket underwent a significant reduction...
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    District) VI which comprised his Gau together with Gau Dusseldorf, Gau Essen and most of Gau Westphalia-North and Gau Westphalia-South. Although charged...
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    The Gaue (singular: Gau) were the main administrative divisions of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. The Gaue were formed in 1926 as Nazi Party regional...
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    Nazi takeover in 1933, Uedem fell under the administrative control of Gau Essen. Bombing during World War 2 destroyed parts of Uedem, but the city has...
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  • during the Third Reich. Freidrichs was serving as head of organisation in Gau Essen in March 1934 when Rudolf Hess appointed him to his staff as head of the...
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  • Schlessmann Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer SS; Deputy Gauleiter NSDAP Gau Essen 1899–1964 imprisoned until 1950 Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser Höherer SS- und...
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  • Schmid [de], Gau Baden Hans Kolbe [de], Gau Bavarian Ostmark Hermann Brouwers [de], Gau Düsseldorf Arnold Fischer [de], Gau Essen Fritz Lindenberg [de], Gau Halle-Merseburg...
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    The Gau Westphalia-South (German: Gau Westfalen-Süd) was an administrative division of Nazi Germany encompassing the Arnsberg Region in the southern part...
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  • Dieter Nohlen Born 6 November 1939 (1939-11-06) (age 84) Oberhausen, Gau Essen, Germany Nationality German Alma mater Heidelberg University Occupation...
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  • Manfred Böcker (category Politicians from Essen)
    Landtagswahlkreis Lippe III [de] Personal details Born (1940-03-14)14 March 1940 Essen, Gau Essen, Germany Died 16 January 2023(2023-01-16) (aged 82) Augustdorf, North...
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    Districts). On 16 November 1942, the geographical scope was reduced to the Gau level, raising the number of Reich Defense Commissioners to 42. The office...
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    in Essen. He remained as Gauleiter in the Ruhr until 1 October 1928 when the Gau was subdivided. On 15 April 1929, he was named Gauleiter of Gau Hamburg...
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  • Oberpräsident on 4 March 1935 and replaced by the Party Gauleiter of Gau Essen, Josef Terboven. He also was removed from the Prussian State Council on...
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  • Matthias Schießleder (category Sportspeople from Essen)
    information Nationality German Born (1936-09-23)23 September 1936 Essen, Gau Essen, Germany Died 13 March 2024(2024-03-13) (aged 87) Occupation Judoka...
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  • Heinz-Dieter Hasebrink (category Footballers from Essen)
    footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Essen, Hasebrink played youth football at Rot-Weiss Essen before making his first-team debut in 1961. He...
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  • Heinz Steinmann (category Footballers from Essen)
    France in 1962. Steinmann died in March 2023, at the age of 85. Schwarz-Weiß Essen DFB-Pokal: 1958–59 Werder Bremen Bundesliga: 1964–65; runner-up 1967–68...
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    the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and the Gaue Essen and Düsseldorf replaced the Prussian province in the Lower Rhein (German:...
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    villages of Gut Lage, Uptloh, Bevern, Calhorn and Stadtsholte within the Essen (Oldenburg) municipality. To the east, Addrup borders Lüsche in the Bakum...
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    regional capitals. These included Gau Basel-Solothurn, Gau Schaffhausen, Gau Luzern, Gau Bern and Gau Zürich. The Gau Ostschweiz (East Switzerland) combined...
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    due to his official duties. The middle-class family was originally from Essen. He was educated at the Gymnasium in Soest, graduating in 1911. In 1912...
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    Friedrich Karl Florian (category Military personnel from Essen)
    Friedrich Karl Florian (4 February 1894 – 24 October 1975) was the Gauleiter of Gau Düsseldorf throughout its existence in Nazi Germany. The son of a Prussian...
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    enthusiastic Nazi. Up to 1938 he designed the "Ordensburg" in Sonthofen; planned Gau Forums in Weimar and Augsburg; and the "university" for the NSDAP at Chiemsee...
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    2024). "FC Schalke 04: Bei Abstieg aus der 2. Bundesliga droht der Super-GAU". ran.de (in German). Retrieved 26 February 2024. Helbling, Niklas (31 January...
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