Baldur von Schirach
Also known as Baldur Benedikt von Schirach
German Nazi politician and convicted war criminal (1907-1974)
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Baldur von Schirach was a German Nazi leader who headed the Hitler Youth organization and later served as a regional governor during World War II. He was convicted of war crimes after the war and is historically significant as a major figure in the Nazi regime's indoctrination of German youth and administration of occupied territories.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1907
- Died
- 1974
- Works
- 13
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Acting · Berlin, Germany
Baldur Benedikt von Schirach was a Nazi German politician who is best known for his role as the German Nazi Party's national youth leader and head of the Hitler Youth from 1931 to 1940.
Known for
- Nuremberg — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2000
- Behind the scenes of fascism — Self (archive footage)1983
- The March to the Führer — Self1940
- Glaube und Schönheit — Reichsjugendführer1939
- Triumph of the Will — Self1935
- The Victory of Faith — Self1933
- Der Nürnberger Parteitag der Nationalsozialistischen Deutschen Arbeiterpartei — Self1929
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Music · MusicBrainz
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Baldur Benedikt von Schirach ( German pronunciation: [ˈbaldʊʁ ˈbeːnedɪkt fɔn ˈʃiːʁax]; 9 May 1907 – 8 August 1974) was a German politician who was the leader (Reichsjugendführer) of the Hitler Youth from 1931 to 1940. From 1940 to 1945, he was the Gauleiter (district leader) and Reichsstatthalter (Reich governor) of Vienna.
A member of the Nazi Party from the age of 18, Schirach was named national youth leader of the party in 1931. In 1932, he was elected as a deputy to the Reichstag. After Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, he was appointed Jugendführer (Youth Leader) of the German Reich, responsible for all youth organizations in the nation. In 1940, Schirach saw action as an infantryman in the French Campaign, for which he was awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd Class. In 1940, Schirach was appointed Gauleiter of the Reichsgau Vienna; Artur Axmann succeeded him as leader of the Hitler Youth. A virulent antisemite, he was responsible for deporting 65,000 Viennese Jews to various Nazi concentration camps in German-occupied Poland.