~SOLD~WAGNER Robert THE GAULEITERS The highest subdivision of the NSDFAP was the GAU. The chief of each district was the Gauleiter ( Gau leader). A Gauleiter was a leader of a regional branch of the NSDAP. In theory, a Gauleiter was merely a representative of the Nazi Party who served to coordinate regional Nazi party events and also served to "advise" the local government. In practice, Gauleiters were unquestioned rulers of their particular areas of responsibility. The local government establishment merely existed as a rubber stamp for the Gauleiter. The Gauleiters were appointed by Adolf Hitler,and ostensibly responsible only to him, but during the war they took their orders from Martin Bormann. The numbers of districts fluctuated and by the war’s end there were forty-three. The following five autographs are from a collection recently aquired. These came from a war time collection consisting of both military and poloitical autographs. The cards measure 2 ½” x 4 “, all the same heavy card stock autographed by the Gauleiter with a newspaper clipping photo glued to the card. WAGNER, Robert (1890 - 1946) Gauleiter / Reichsstatthalter / SA-Obergruppenführer/ Reichskommissar / M.d.R. / Hauptmann a.D.: Born: 13.10.1895 Executed: 14.08.1946, by French firing squad, Strassbourg. NSDAP-Nr.: 11 540 (Joined, Fall 1924) Assignments: Reichsverteidigungskommissar, Baden: 16.11.1942 - 1945. Chef der Zivilverwaltung, Elsaß: 06.1940 - 23.11.1944. Reichsstatthalter, Baden: 5.05.1933 - 1945. Mitglied des Reichstages (Wahlkreis Baden): 5.03. 1933 - 05.1945. Stellvertrender Reichsorganisationsleiter und Leite des Hauptpersonalamtes der NSDAP-Reichsführung in München: 12.1932 - ____. Mitglied des Landtages (NSDAP): 27. Oct. 1929 Gauleiter, Baden: 22.03.1925 - 1945. Postwar Prosecution: Tried by French military tribunal, Strassbourg, 23.04.1946 - 3.05.1946. Sentenced to death; executed by firing squad. Posthumously classified a "Major Offender" by de-Nazification court (Zentralspruchkammer Nordbaden), 1.09.1950. Notes: Formally discharged from the Army, 31.05.1924. Sentenced to 15 month's fortress arrest at Landsberg/Lech, 1.04.1924, for his part in the Munich Putsch. Decorations & Awards: 1914 EK I 1914 EK II Ehrenkreuz für Fronkämpfer Goldenes Parteiabzeichen: 1933 Blutorden: 1934 Dienstauszeichnung der NSDAP in Gold Information courtesy of Axis Biographical Research Price: $0.00 Please contact us before ordering to confirm availability and shipping costs. Buy now with your credit card SOLD~WAGNER Robert"> other ways to buy