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* [[Kurt Daluege]] – SS-''[[Oberstgruppenführer]] und Generaloberst der Polizei'' as chief of the ''[[Ordnungspolizei]]'' (uniformed police); from 1942 he ruled the [[Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia]] as Acting Protector after [[Reinhard Heydrich]]'s assassination.
* [[Kurt Daluege]] – SS-''[[Oberstgruppenführer]] und Generaloberst der Polizei'' as chief of the ''[[Ordnungspolizei]]'' (uniformed police); from 1942 he ruled the [[Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia]] as Acting Protector after [[Reinhard Heydrich]]'s assassination.
* [[Richard Walther Darré]] – ''Reichsleiter'', Reich Peasant Leader and Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture from 1933 to 1942. He was an SS-''Obergruppenführer'' and head of the [[SS Race and Settlement Main Office]].
* [[Richard Walther Darré]] – ''Reichsleiter'', Reich Peasant Leader and Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture from 1933 to 1942. He was an SS-''Obergruppenführer'' and head of the [[SS Race and Settlement Main Office]] 1932–38.
* [[Rudolf Diels]] – Protégé of Hermann Göring. First Chief of the [[Gestapo]] from 26 April 1933 to 20 April 1934. An SS-''[[Oberführer]]'', he was the ''[[Regierungspräsident (Germany)|Regierungspräsident]]'' (District President) of the [[Cologne (region)|Cologne district]] (1934–1936) and the [[Hanover (region)|Hanover district]] (1936–1942).
* [[Rudolf Diels]] – Protégé of Hermann Göring. First Chief of the [[Gestapo]] from 26 April 1933 to 20 April 1934. An SS-''[[Oberführer]]'', he was the ''[[Regierungspräsident (Germany)|Regierungspräsident]]'' (District President) of the [[Cologne (region)|Cologne district]] (1934–1936) and the [[Hanover (region)|Hanover district]] (1936–1942).
* [[Sepp Dietrich|Josef "Sepp" Dietrich]] – SS-''[[Oberstgruppenführer]]'' in the [[Waffen-SS]]; original commander of [[Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler]] (LSSAH); later commander of the 6th SS Panzer Army.
* [[Sepp Dietrich|Josef "Sepp" Dietrich]] – SS-''[[Oberstgruppenführer]]'' in the [[Waffen-SS]]; original commander of [[Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler]] (LSSAH); later commander of the 6th SS Panzer Army.
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* [[Konstantin Hierl]] – ''Reichsleiter'' and head of the ''[[Reichsarbeitsdienst]]''; associate of Adolf Hitler before he came to power.
* [[Konstantin Hierl]] – ''Reichsleiter'' and head of the ''[[Reichsarbeitsdienst]]''; associate of Adolf Hitler before he came to power.
* [[Friedrich Hildebrandt]] – ''Gauleiter'' and ''Reichsstatthalter'' of [[Gau Mecklenburg]]. He was also an SS-''Obergruppenführer''.
* [[Friedrich Hildebrandt]] – ''Gauleiter'' and ''Reichsstatthalter'' of [[Gau Mecklenburg]]. He was also an SS-''Obergruppenführer''.
* [[Richard Hildebrandt]] – SS-''Obergruppenführer''; head of the [[SS Race and Settlement Main Office]] 1940–43; held [[SS and Police Leader|HSSPF]] posts in Poland and Russia; executed in Poland in 1951.
* [[Erich Hilgenfeldt]] – Head of the [[National Socialist People's Welfare]] and an SS-''Gruppenführer''.
* [[Erich Hilgenfeldt]] – Head of the [[National Socialist People's Welfare]] and an SS-''Gruppenführer''.
* [[Heinrich Himmler]] – ''[[Reichsführer-SS]]''. As head of the SS, Chief of the German Police and later Reich Minister of the Interior, one of the most powerful men in the Third Reich. ''Reichsleiter'', Commander-in-Chief of the [[Replacement Army]] and [[Reich Commissioner for the Consolidation of German Nationhood]]. Expelled from offices by Hitler in late April 1945.
* [[Heinrich Himmler]] – ''[[Reichsführer-SS]]''. As head of the SS, Chief of the German Police and later Reich Minister of the Interior, one of the most powerful men in the Third Reich. ''Reichsleiter'', Commander-in-Chief of the [[Replacement Army]] and [[Reich Commissioner for the Consolidation of German Nationhood]]. Expelled from offices by Hitler in late April 1945.
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* [[Adolf Hitler]] – Politician; leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (German: ''Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei'', abbreviated NSDAP), commonly known as the Nazi Party. Absolute dictator of Germany from 1934 to 1945, with titles of Chancellor from 1933 to 1945 and head of state (Führer und Reichskanzler) from 1934 to 1945.
* [[Adolf Hitler]] – Politician; leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (German: ''Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei'', abbreviated NSDAP), commonly known as the Nazi Party. Absolute dictator of Germany from 1934 to 1945, with titles of Chancellor from 1933 to 1945 and head of state (Führer und Reichskanzler) from 1934 to 1945.
* [[Franz Hofer]] – ''Gauleiter'' and ''Reichsstatthalter'' of [[Reichsgau Tirol-Vorarlberg]]; ''Landeshauptmann'' of [[Tyrol]]; Supreme Commissioner of the [[Operation Zone of the Alpine Foothills]]. He was an advocate for creating an [[Alpine Fortress]] as a last stand redoubt for Nazi forces. He was an NSKK-''Obergruppenführer''.
* [[Franz Hofer]] – ''Gauleiter'' and ''Reichsstatthalter'' of [[Reichsgau Tirol-Vorarlberg]]; ''Landeshauptmann'' of [[Tyrol]]; Supreme Commissioner of the [[Operation Zone of the Alpine Foothills]]. He was an advocate for creating an [[Alpine Fortress]] as a last stand redoubt for Nazi forces. He was an NSKK-''Obergruppenführer''.
* [[Otto Hofmann]] – SS-''Obergruppenführer''; head of the [[SS Race and Settlement Main Office]] 1940–43; [[SS and Police Leader|HSSPF]] Southwestern Germany; [[Wannsee Conference]] participant.
* [[Albert Hoffmann (Nazi)|Albert Hoffmann]] – The ''Gauleiter'' of [[Gau Westphalia-South]] from 1943 to 1945, at the same time he was Deputy to Goebbels in his capacity as Reich Inspector for Civil Air Warfare Measures and an SS-''Gruppenführer''.
* [[Albert Hoffmann (Nazi)|Albert Hoffmann]] – The ''Gauleiter'' of [[Gau Westphalia-South]] from 1943 to 1945, at the same time he was Deputy to Goebbels in his capacity as Reich Inspector for Civil Air Warfare Measures and an SS-''Gruppenführer''.
* [[Hermann Höfle]] – Deputy to [[Odilo Globocnik]] in the Aktion Reinhard program. Played a key role in the "Harvest Festival" massacre of Jewish inmates of various labor camps in the Lublin district of Nazi-occupied Poland in early November 1943.
* [[Hermann Höfle]] – Deputy to [[Odilo Globocnik]] in the Aktion Reinhard program. Played a key role in the "Harvest Festival" massacre of Jewish inmates of various labor camps in the Lublin district of Nazi-occupied Poland in early November 1943.
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* [[Werner Lorenz]] – Waffen-SS general; leader of the ''Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle'', an organization charged with settling ethnic Germans in the Reich from other parts of Europe.
* [[Werner Lorenz]] – Waffen-SS general; leader of the ''Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle'', an organization charged with settling ethnic Germans in the Reich from other parts of Europe.
* [[Hanns Ludin]] – Diplomat; ambassador to [[Slovakia]].
* [[Hanns Ludin]] – Diplomat; ambassador to [[Slovakia]].
* [[Martin Luther (diplomat)|Martin Luther]] – advisor to Reich Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop; participant in the [[Wannsee Conference]].
* [[Martin Luther (diplomat)|Martin Luther]] – Advisor & Undersecrtary of State to Reich Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop; SA-''Brigadeführer''; participant in the [[Wannsee Conference]].
* [[Viktor Lutze]] – SA officer; participant in the [[Night of the Long Knives]]; succeeded [[Ernst Röhm]] as ''[[Stabschef]]'' of the [[Sturmabteilung|SA]] and ''Reichsleiter''. He was ''Oberpräsident'' of the Prussian [[Province of Hannover]] from 1933 to 1941 and died in a car crash in 1943.
* [[Viktor Lutze]] – SA officer; participant in the [[Night of the Long Knives]]; succeeded [[Ernst Röhm]] as ''[[Stabschef]]'' of the [[Sturmabteilung|SA]] and ''Reichsleiter''. He was ''Oberpräsident'' of the Prussian [[Province of Hannover]] from 1933 to 1941 and died in a car crash in 1943.


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* [[Werner Naumann]] – Private Secretary to [[Joseph Goebbels]], he was made State Secretary in the [[Reich Ministry of Propaganda]] and was named Goebbels’ successor as Reich Minister of Propaganda in Hitler’s will.
* [[Werner Naumann]] – Private Secretary to [[Joseph Goebbels]], he was made State Secretary in the [[Reich Ministry of Propaganda]] and was named Goebbels’ successor as Reich Minister of Propaganda in Hitler’s will.
* [[Arthur Nebe]] – SS-''Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Polizei''; Berlin Police Commissioner in the 1920s; early member of both ''Sturmabteilung'' (SA) and ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS); Interpol President from June 1942 to 1943; appointed head of ''[[Kriminalpolizei]]'' (Criminal Police) or Kripo under Heydrich. Executed in 1945 for alleged involvement in the [[20 July Plot]].
* [[Arthur Nebe]] – SS-''Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Polizei''; Berlin Police Commissioner in the 1920s; early member of both ''Sturmabteilung'' (SA) and ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS); Interpol President from June 1942 to 1943; appointed head of ''[[Kriminalpolizei]]'' (Criminal Police) or Kripo under Heydrich. Executed in 1945 for alleged involvement in the [[20 July Plot]].
* [[Erich Neumann (politician)|Erich Neumann]] – State Secretary in the Four Year Plan 1938–42; SS-Oberführer; [[Wannsee Conference]] participant.
* [[Konstantin von Neurath]] – [[Foreign Minister]] of Germany (1932–1938) and ''Reichsprotektor'' (Governor) of [[Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia]] (1939–1943). He was also President of the [[Secret Cabinet Council]] and an SS-''Obergruppenführer''.
* [[Konstantin von Neurath]] – [[Foreign Minister]] of Germany (1932–1938) and ''Reichsprotektor'' (Governor) of [[Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia]] (1939–1943). He was also President of the [[Secret Cabinet Council]] and an SS-''Obergruppenführer''.
* [[Hans Nieland]] – First Leader of the [[Nazi Party/Foreign Organization]]; Police President (1933), Treasurer and Senator (1933–1938) in Hamburg; ''Oberbürgermeister'' of Dresden (1940–1945) and an SS-''[[Brigadeführer]]''.
* [[Hans Nieland]] – First Leader of the [[Nazi Party/Foreign Organization]]; Police President (1933), Treasurer and Senator (1933–1938) in Hamburg; ''Oberbürgermeister'' of Dresden (1940–1945) and an SS-''[[Brigadeführer]]''.
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* [[Günther Pancke]] – SS-''Obergruppenführer''; head of the [[SS Race and Settlement Main Office]] 1938–40; [[SS and Police Leader|HSSPF]] for Denmark.
* [[Franz von Papen]] – A prominent politician and [[reactionary]] in the [[Weimar Republic]], he engineered Hitler's appointment as Chancellor with himself as Vice Chancellor. Outmaneuvered by Hitler, he was ousted in 1934 but continued to serve the Third Reich as Ambassador to [[Austria]] (1934–1938) and Turkey (1939–1944). He was acquitted of war crimes by the Nuremberg Tribunal.
* [[Franz von Papen]] – A prominent politician and [[reactionary]] in the [[Weimar Republic]], he engineered Hitler's appointment as Chancellor with himself as Vice Chancellor. Outmaneuvered by Hitler, he was ousted in 1934 but continued to serve the Third Reich as Ambassador to [[Austria]] (1934–1938) and Turkey (1939–1944). He was acquitted of war crimes by the Nuremberg Tribunal.
* [[Joachim Peiper]] – SS-''Obersturmbannführer''. He served as [[Heinrich Himmler]]’s [[adjutant]] and, as a member of the [[Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler]], in combat commands on both the Eastern and Western fronts. He was convicted of war crimes committed in the [[Malmedy massacre]].
* [[Joachim Peiper]] – SS-''Obersturmbannführer''. He served as [[Heinrich Himmler]]’s [[adjutant]] and, as a member of the [[Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler]], in combat commands on both the Eastern and Western fronts. He was convicted of war crimes committed in the [[Malmedy massacre]].

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This is a list of Nazi Party (NSDAP) leaders and officials. It is not meant to be an all inclusive list.

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  • Fritz Wächtler – Gauleiter of the eastern Bavarian administrative region of Gau Bayreuth. He was an Obergruppenführer in both the SA and the SS.
  • Otto Wächter – Austrian lawyer and high-ranking member of the SS. He was appointed to government positions in Poland and Italy. In 1940 68,000 Jews were expelled from Krakow, Poland and in 1941 the Kraków Ghetto was created for the remaining 15,000 Jews by his decrees.
  • Otto Wagener – Soldier and economist. Was successively Stabschef of the SA, head of the Party Economic Policy Section, and briefly, Reich Commissar for the Economy. Subsequently he resumed his army career, reaching the rank of Generalmajor.
  • Adolf Wagner – A participant in the Beer Hall Putsch, he was Gauleiter of Gau Munich-Upper Bavaria as well as Deputy Minister President and Interior Minister of Bavaria. He was an SA-Obergruppenführer.
  • Gerhard Wagner – Reich Health Leader (Reichsärzteführer) from 1934 to 1939.
  • Josef Wagner – Gauleiter of Gau Westphalia-South from 1931 and also of Gau Silesia from 1934. Oberpräsident of the Prussian provinces of both Upper Silesia and Lower Silesia from 1934 and, after their union, the Province of Silesia (1938–1941). He was also an Obergruppenführer of both the SA and NSKK. Relieved of his posts in November 1941 and expelled from the Nazi Party in October 1942, he was executed by the Gestapo in 1945.
  • Robert Heinrich Wagner – A participant in the Beer Hall Putsch, he was Gauleiter of Gau Baden from 1925 and Reichsstatthalter of Baden. He was also Chief of Civil Administration for occupied Alsace from 1940 to 1944 and an NSKK-Obergruppenführer.
  • Karl Wahl – An early Party member, he was Gauleiter of Gau Swabia and an SS-Obergruppenführer.
  • Paul Wegener – A regional administrator in occupied Norway from 1940 to 1942, he succeeded Karl Röver as Gauleiter of Gau Weser-Ems and Reichsstatthalter of both Oldenburg and Bremen from 1942 to 1945. He was an SS-Obergruppenführer. President Karl Dönitz named him a State Secretary as staff chief of the civilian cabinet in May 1945.
  • Karl Weinrich – He was Gauleiter of Gau Electoral Hesse from 1928 to 1943 and an Obergruppenführer in the National Socialist Motor Corp (NSKK).
  • Ernst von Weizsäcker – A career diplomat, he was State Secretary in the Foreign Office from 1938 to 1943 and Ambassador to the Holy See from 1943 to 1945. An SS-Brigadeführer, he was convicted of war crimes in the Ministries Trial.
  • Wilhelm Weiß – Editor-in-Chief of the Nazi Party's official newspaper, the Völkischer Beobachter, from 1938 to 1945, President of the Reich Press Association and an SA-Obergruppenführer.
  • Horst Wessel – Sturmführer in the Berlin SA and author of the Horst-Wessel-Lied ("Die Fahne Hoch"), the Party anthem. Elevated to martyr status by Nazi propaganda after his 1930 murder– by Communists or by a rival pimp, according to their opponents.
  • Max Winkler – Reich Commissioner for the German Film Industry.
  • Christian Wirth – SS-Obersturmführer. He was a senior German police and SS officer during the program to exterminate the Jewish people of occupied Poland during World War II, known as "Operation Reinhard". Wirth was a top aide of Odilo Globocnik, the overall director of "Operation Reinhard" (Aktion Reinhard or Einsatz Reinhard).
  • Hermann Wirth – Dutch-German historian and scholar of ancient religions and symbols. He co-founded the SS-organization Ahnenerbe, but was later pushed out by Heinrich Himmler.
  • Eduard Wirths – Chief camp physician at Auschwitz concentration camp from 1942 to 1945.
  • Karl Wolff – SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS. He became Chief of Personal Staff to the Reichsführer-SS (Heinrich Himmler) and SS Liaison Officer to Hitler until his replacement in 1943. From 1943 to 1945, Wolff was the Supreme SS and Police Leader of the 'Italien' area. By 1945 Wolff was acting military commander of Italy, and in that capacity negotiated the surrender of all the forces in the Southwest Front.
  • Alfred Wünnenberg – SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei. Commander of the SS-Polizei-Division, 1941–1943; Chief of the Ordnungspolizei (Orpo), 1943–1945 after Kurt Daluege suffered a massive heart attack.

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Sources

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  • Brett-Smith, Richard (1976). Hitler's Generals. San Rafael, CA: Presidio Press. ISBN 0891410449.
  • Miller, Michael D.; Schulz, Andreas (2012). Gauleiter: The Regional Leaders of the Nazi Party and Their Deputies, 1925–1945. Vol. 1 (Herbert Albrecht – H. Wilhelm Hüttmann). R. James Bender Publishing. ISBN 978-1932970210.
  • Miller, Michael D.; Schulz, Andreas (2017). Gauleiter: The Regional Leaders of the Nazi Party and Their Deputies, 1925–1945. Vol. 2 (Georg Joel – Dr. Bernhard Rust). R. James Bender Publishing. ISBN 978-1932970326.
  • Miller, Michael D.; Schulz, Andreas (2015). Leaders of the Storm Troops. Vol. 1. Solihull, England: Helion & Company. ISBN 978-1909982871.
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  • Wistrich, Robert (1982). Who's Who in Nazi Germany. Macmillan Publishing Co. ISBN 002630600X.
  • Zentner, Christian; Bedürftig, Friedemann (1997). The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich. New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 0306807939.
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