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Alfred Freyberg

1892–1945 · 20th century

Alfred Freyberg was a German Nazi lawyer who in 1932 became minister-president of the Free State of Anhalt, the first Nazi to head a German state government. His government forced the Bauhaus out of Dessau that year. He later served as mayor of Leipzig and killed himself as American troops entered the city in April 1945.

Alfred Freyberg
Image: E. Metzke, Dessau · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Free State of Anhalt

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