Gau Franconia
Gau Franconia (German:Gau Franken), was an administrative division of Nazi Germany in Middle Franconia, Bavaria from 1933 to 1945. Previous to that, since 1926, it was the regional subdivision of the Nazi Party in this region.
History
The Gau was established in 1929 under the leadership of Julius Streicher, who was then Gauleiter of the Gau Nürnberg-Fürth.
Streicher was disgraced in 1940 but no new Gauleiter was appointed until November 1944, when Karl Holz took the post.
Gauleiter
- Julius Streicher - 1929 to 16 February 1940
- Hans Zimmermann 16 February 1940 to 4 April 1942, acting
- Karl Holz 19 March 1942 to 20 April 1945, acting until November 1944
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