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Dietrich Klagges

1891–1971 · 20th century

Dietrich Klagges was a German Nazi politician who served as interior minister of the Free State of Brunswick from 1931 and as its minister-president from 1933 to 1945. In February 1932 he appointed Adolf Hitler to a post in Brunswick's legation in Berlin, giving the stateless Hitler German citizenship so that he could run for president. After the war he was convicted for crimes committed under his rule.

Dietrich Klagges
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Free State of Brunswick

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