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Robert Wagner (Gauleiter)

1895–1946 · 20th century

Robert Wagner was the Nazi leader of Baden, who took control of the state government in March 1933 and served as its Reich governor. After the fall of France he also ran occupied Alsace, where he imposed Germanisation and conscription. In October 1940 he deported Baden's Jews to the Gurs camp in France. He was executed for war crimes in 1946.

Robert Wagner (Gauleiter)
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Republic of Baden

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