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Gau Westmark
Administrative division of Nazi Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Gau Westmark (English: Western March) was an administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. From 1925 to 1933, it was a regional subdivision of the Nazi Party.
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Gau Westmark | |||||||||||||||||||
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Gau of Nazi Germany | |||||||||||||||||||
1925–1945 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Capital | Neustadt an der Weinstraße (1926–1935) Saarbrücken (1935–1945) | ||||||||||||||||||
Government | |||||||||||||||||||
Gauleiter | |||||||||||||||||||
• 1925–1926 | Friedrich Wambsganss | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1926–1944 | Josef Bürckel | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1944–1945 | Willi Stöhr | ||||||||||||||||||
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February 1925 | |||||||||||||||||||
8 May 1945 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Today part of | France Germany |
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