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Artur Axmann
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Nazi official, head of Hitler Youth (1913-1996)
Key facts
- Appointed by
- Adolf Hitler
- Preceded by
- Baldur von Schirach
- Succeeded by
- Office abolished
- Born
- ( 1913-02-18 ) 18 February 1913, Hagen , Province of Westphalia , Kingdom of Prussia , German Empire
- Died
- 24 October 1996 (1996-10-24) (aged 83), Berlin , Germany
- Party
- Nazi Party (1928–1945)
- Allegiance
- Nazi Germany
- Branch service
- Army , Volkssturm
- Years of service
- 1940–1941, 1945
- Unit
- 23rd Infantry Division
- Battles wars
- Battle of France , Operation Barbarossa , Battle in Berlin
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Arthur
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Hagen
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Position held
- Reichsjugendführer
- Political party
- Nazi Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Award
- War Merit Cross
- Military rank
- Reichsjugendführer
- Image
- Arthur Axmann in Nürnberg.jpg
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- Commons category
- Artur Axmann
- date of birth
- 1913-02-18
- date of death
- 1996-10-24
- name in native language
- Arthur Axmann
- place of burial
- Wilmersdorf Cemetery
- pseudonym
- Erich Siewert
- significant person
- Baldur von Schirach
- affiliation
- Hitler Youth
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Encyclopedic overview
Artur Axmann (18 February 1913 – 24 October 1996) was the German national leader (Reichsjugendführer) of the Hitler Youth (Hitlerjugend) from 1940 to 1945, when the war ended. He was the last living Nazi with a rank equivalent to Reichsleiter.
Early life and career
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