Robert Ley

Also known as Dr. Ernst Distelmeyer

German Nazi politician; indicted by the International Military Tribunal for war crimes (1890-1945)

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Robert Ley (1890–1945) was a German politician, chemist, aircraft pilot, and writer. A member of the Nazi Party, he held the rank of lieutenant and served Nazi Germany during World War I and World War II. Ley was educated at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, the University of Bonn, and the University of Münster. He worked in Münster and Berlin and spoke German. His writings include *Organization book of the NSGWP*, *Unser Sozialismus--der hass der Welt*, *Autarkie oder Exportförderung?*, *Roosevelt verrät Amerika!*, and *Warum wir kämpfen und siegen!*

Ley received several awards, including the Golden Party Badge, Iron Cross, West Wall Medal, and Order of Saint Alexander. He died by suicide via hanging in Nuremberg on October 25, 1945. His archives are held by the German Federal Archives.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1890
Died: 1945
Works: 31

Top works

Organization book of the NSGWP
Unser Sozialismus--der hass der Welt
Autarkie oder Exportförderung?
Roosevelt verrät Amerika!
Warum wir kämpfen und siegen!

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Chile
Active from: 1890
Active to: 1945

rock

Official site Discogs Stream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 17
Total plays: 459

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density
· 1988 · cited 95,805x
Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 56,572x
Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 46,854x
Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso
· 1996 · cited 39,814x
The PHQ-9
· 2001 · cited 39,527x

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Quotes

“Stand us against a wall and shoot us, well and good, you are victors. But why should I be brought before a Tribunal like a c-c-c-... I can't even get the word [criminal] out!”
“When a Russian pig has to be beaten, it would be the ordinary German worker who would have to do it.”
“The Weimar system appeared to me like a father who locks his little boys in a room and stirs them up against one another and says: 'Beat each other up as much as you want.'”
“We National Socialists have monopolized all resources and all our energies during the past seven years so as to be able to be equipped for the supreme effort of battle.”
“The trade unions that were swayed by Marxist teaching did not want social peace. They calculated that their chances of acquiring political power would improve with the growing dissatisfaction of the workers. One of the first necessities with which the Hitler Government found itself faced was that of dissolving the organizations that kept alive the antagonism between employers and employees. They were replaced by the Labour Front.”
“You know we have this new poison gas - I've heard about it. The Fuehrer must do it. He must use it. Now he has to do it!”

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Key facts

Preceded by: Adolf Hitler
Succeeded by: Position abolished
Leader: Adolf Hitler
1940 1945: Reichskommissar for Social Housing Construction
1933 1945: Member of the Prussian State Council
June december 1932: Reichsinspecteur of the Nazi Party
1930 1933: Member of the Reichstag
Born: ( 1890-02-15 ) 15 February 1890, Niederbreidenbach , Germany
Died: 25 October 1945 (1945-10-25) (aged 55), Nuremberg , Germany
Cause of death: Suicide by hanging
Party: Nazi Party
Spouse s: Elisabeth Schmidt ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1921 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1938 ) , Inge Spilcker ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1938 ; died 1942 )
Alma mater: University of Jena University of Bonn University of Münster
Known for: Head of the German Labour Front (1933–1945)
Allegiance: German Empire
Branch service: Imperial German Army
Years of service: 1914–1920
Rank: Leutnant

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Encyclopedic overview

Robert Ley ( German: [ˈʁoːbɛʁt ˈlaɪ]; 15 February 1890 – 25 October 1945) was a German Nazi politician and head of the German Labour Front during its entire existence, from 1933 to 1945. He also held many other high positions in the Nazi Party, including Gauleiter, Reichsleiter and Reichsorganisationsleiter.

The son of a farmer from the Rhine Province, Ley saw action in both the eastern and western fronts of the First World War and received the Iron Cross Second Class. After the war, he resumed his studies in chemistry, obtained his doctorate, and worked for IG Farben as a food chemist. Radicalised following the French occupation of the Ruhr, Ley joined the Nazi Party in 1925 and subsequently became the Gauleiter of Southern Rhineland (later Rhineland). Steadily rising through the ranks, he was elected to the Reichstag in 1930, and replaced Gregor Strasser as Reichsorganisationsleiter in 1932.

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