Baldur von Schirach
Baldur Benedikt von Schirach was a German Nazi politician and convicted war criminal who was the leader (Reichsjugendführer) of the Hitler Youth from 1931 to 1940. From 1940 to 1945, he was the Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter of Vienna.
Background
- Born in
- Berlin
- Educated at
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Awards
- 🏆 Anschluss Medal🏆 Golden Party Badge🏆 Sudetenland Medal🏆 Iron Cross 2nd Class🏆 Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania
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Trending topics shown first"Von Schirach, poisoner of a generation, initiated the German youth in Nazi doctrine, trained them in legions for service in the SS and Wehrmacht , and delivered them up to the Party as fanatic, unques…"
"In 1937, Rommel was given the duties of liaison officer with the Hitler Jugend, under the charming but arrogant Baldur von Schirach. The two men did not like each other. Schirach, who was American-edu…"
"Faust, the Ninth Symphony, and the will of Adolf Hitler are eternal youth and know neither time nor transience."
"To the Führer. This is the truth which bound me to thee: I looked for thee and found my Fatherland. I was a leaf floating in limitless space. Now thou art my homeland and my tree. How far would I be c…"
"The body expresses our very being. The striving for beauty is inborn among the Aryan."
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Timeline
1907
Born
Birth1974
Died
Death
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