Baldur von Schirach
Baldur Benedikt von Schirach (9 May 1907 – 8 August 1974) was a Nazi youth leader. He was later convicted of being a war criminal. Schirach was the head of the Hitler-Jugend (HJ, Hitler Youth), Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter ("Reich Governor") of Vienna.
Baldur von Schirach | |
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Reichsjugendführer  | |
| In office 1931–1940 | |
| Appointed by | Adolf Hitler |
| Preceded by | Post created |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Axmann |
| Gauleiter of Vienna | |
| In office August 1940 – May 1945 | |
| Appointed by | Adolf Hitler |
| Preceded by | Josef Bürckel |
| Succeeded by | None |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 9, 1907 Berlin, then Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | August 8, 1974 Kröv, Rhineland-Palatinate, Federal Republic of Germany |
| Political party | National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) |
| Spouse(s) | Henriette von Shirach (née Hofmann) (m. 1932) |
| Children | 4 |
Baldur Von Schirach Media
Schirach (far left) watches as Hitler greets his Chancellery chief Philipp Bouhler in Munich 1938.
Schirach (right) with Hitler, Bormann and Göring at the Obersalzberg
Schirach at the Nuremberg trials (in second row, second from right)
