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Gau Baden
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The Gau Baden, renamed Gau Baden–Alsace (German: Gau Baden-Elsaß) in March 1941, was a de facto administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945 in the German state of Baden and, from 1940 onwards, in Alsace (German: Elsaß). Before that, from 1925 to 1933, it was the regional subdivision of the Nazi Party in that area.
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Gau BadenGau Baden–Elsass | |||||||||||||
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Gau of Nazi Germany | |||||||||||||
1925–1945 | |||||||||||||
![]() Gau Baden on the far left, bordering France in 1944 | |||||||||||||
Capital | Karlsruhe (1933–40)Strasbourg (1940–45) | ||||||||||||
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Gauleiter | |||||||||||||
• 1925–1945 | Robert Wagner | ||||||||||||
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22 March 1925 | |||||||||||||
8 May 1945 | |||||||||||||
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Today part of | France Germany |
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