Baldur von Schirach
1907 – 1974 German Leader of the Hitler Youth and Gauleiter of Vienna
Hitler Youth chief who indoctrinated a generation and deported Vienna's Jews.
- Religion
- Protestant background; a Nazi true believer who promoted the movement as a substitute faith for German youth.
- Affiliations
- Nazi Party; head of the Hitler Youth; Gauleiter of Vienna. No occult ties.
Schirach built the Hitler Youth into a mass instrument of indoctrination, cultivating devotion to Hitler among the young. As Gauleiter of Vienna he oversaw the deportation of the city's Jews to the East. Convicted at Nuremberg of crimes against humanity, he served twenty years at Spandau.
Connections
- student of Adolf Hitler — Cultivated a personal devotion to Hitler among German youth.
- rival of Martin Bormann — Lost influence to Bormann's party machine.