Reichsgau Wien
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| Reichsgau Wien | ||||||
| Reichsgau of Nazi Germany | ||||||
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 subdivisions (Gaue and Reichsgaue). |
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| Capital | Vienna | |||||
| Gauleiter | ||||||
| • | 1938–1939 | Odilo Globocnik | ||||
| • | 1939–1940 | Joseph Bürckel | ||||
| • | 1940–1945 | Baldur von Schirach | ||||
| History | ||||||
| • | Anschluss | 12 March 1938 | ||||
| • | German surrender | 8 May 1945 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| • | 1939 | 1,920,390 | ||||
| Today part of |  Austria |
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The Reichsgau Wien (English: Gau Vienna) was an administrative division of Nazi Germany based in Vienna, Austria. It existed between 1938 and 1945. Parts of Lower Austria were annexed to establish Greater Vienna, which then became the biggest city of Nazi Germany by area.
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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
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