Reichsgau Kärnten
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| Reichsgau Kärnten | ||||||
| Reichsgau of Nazi Germany | ||||||
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 subdivisions (Gaue and Reichsgaue). |
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| Capital | Klagenfurt | |||||
| Landeshauptmann | ||||||
| • | 1938–1939 | Hubert Klausner | ||||
| • | 1940–1941 | Franz Kutschera | ||||
| • | 1941–1945 | Friedrich Rainer | ||||
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| • | Anschluss | 12 March 1938 | ||||
| • | German surrender | 8 May 1945 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| • | 1939 | 451,028 | ||||
| Today part of |  Austria Slovenia |
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The Reichsgau Kärnten (English: Gau Carinthia) was an administrative division of Nazi Germany in Carinthia and East Tyrol (both in Austria) and Upper Carniola in Slovenia. It existed from 1938 to 1945.
It was responsible for the administration of the de facto annexed Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral (Operationszone Adriatisches Küstenland, OZAK).[1]
See also[edit]
Sources[edit]
- (German) Shoa.de - List of Gaue and Gauleiter
- (German) Die NS Gaue at the Deutsches Historisches Museum website.
- (German) Die Gaue der NSDAP
References[edit]
- ^ Michael Wedekind (2005). "The Sword of Science". In Ingo Haar; Michael Fahlbusch. German scholars and ethnic cleansing, 1919-1945. Berghahn Books. pp. 111–123. ISBN 9781571814357.
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