Gauleiter Gau(e) In office Fate Herbert Albrecht Gau Mecklenburg 1930–1931 Died in June 1945 Karl Benz Gau Hessen-Darmstadt[lower-alpha 1] 1932–1933 Ernst Wilhelm Bohle NSDAP/AO [lower-alpha 2] 1933–1945 Imprisoned until 1949, died in 1960 in West Germany Fritz Bracht Gau Oberschlesien[lower-alpha 3] 1941–1945 Committed suicide in May 1945 Josef Bürckel Gau Rheinpfalz [lower-alpha 4] 1926–1935 Died in September 1944[5] Gau Saarland [lower-alpha 5] 1933–1935 Reichsgau Wien 1939–1940 Gau Pfalz–Saar [lower-alpha 6] 1935–1944 Helmuth Brückner Gau Schlesien [lower-alpha 7] 1925–1934 Died in Soviet captivity in 1951 or 1954 Walter von Corswant Gau Pommern 1928–1931 Died in 1942 Léon Degrelle Reichsgau Wallonien 1944–1945[lower-alpha 8] Escaped to Spain in 1945 where he died in 1994 Artur Dinter Gau Thüringen 1925–1927 Died in 1948 August Eigruber Reichsgau Oberdonau 1939–1945 Executed in Bavaria in May 1947 Joachim Albrecht Eggeling Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt 1935–1937 Committed suicide in April 1945[6] Gau Halle-Merseburg 1938–1945 Otto Erbersdobler Gau Niederbayern[lower-alpha 9] 1929–1932[7] Died in 1981 in West Germany Walter Ernst Gau Halle-Merseburg 1925–1926 Killed in action in March 1945 Friedrich Karl Florian Gau Düsseldorf [lower-alpha 10] 1929–1945 Imprisoned until 1951, died in 1975 in West Germany[8] Albert Forster Reichsgau Danzig-Westpreußen [lower-alpha 11] 1930–1945 Executed in Poland in 1952 Peter Gemeinder Gau Hessen-Darmstadt 1931 Died in 1931 Karl Gerland Gau Kurhessen[lower-alpha 12] 1944–1945 (acting) Killed in action in April 1945 Paul Giesler Gau Westfalen-Süd 1941–1943 Committed suicide in May 1945[9] Gau München-Oberbayern [lower-alpha 13] 1944–1945 Joseph Goebbels Gau Berlin-Brandenburg[lower-alpha 14] 1926–1929 Committed suicide in Berlin in May 1945[10] Gau Berlin 1929–1945 Odilo Globocnik Reichsgau Wien 1938–1939 Committed suicide in British captivity in May 1945 Arthur Greiser Reichsgau Wartheland [lower-alpha 15] 1939–1945 Executed in Poland in 1946 Wilhelm Grimm Gau Mittelfranken[lower-alpha 16] 1928 Josef Grohé Gau Köln-Aachen 1931–1945 Imprisoned until 1950, died in 1987 in West Germany Anton Haselmayer Gau Hessen-Nassau-Süd[lower-alpha 17] 1925–1926 Heinz Haake Gau Rheinland–Süd[lower-alpha 18] 1925 Died in British captivity in 1945 Ludolf Haase Gau Hannover-Süd[lower-alpha 19] 1927–1928 Died in 1972 in West Germany Karl Hanke Gau Niederschlesien [lower-alpha 20] 1941–1945 Captured and killed by Czech partisans Otto Hellmuth Gau Unterfranken [lower-alpha 21] 1928–1945 Imprisoned until 1955, committed suicide in 1968 in West Germany[11] Konrad Henlein Reichsgau Sudetenland 1939–1945 Committed suicide in US captivity in May 1945 Friedrich Hildebrandt Gau Mecklenburg 1925–1930 1931–1945 Executed in Bavaria in November 1948 Paul Hinkler Gau Halle-Merseburg 1926–1930 Committed suicide in April 1945 Franz Hofer Reichsgau Tirol 1932–1933 Escaped captivity in 1948, died in 1975 in West Germany Reichsgau Tirol-Vorarlberg 1938–1945 Albert Hoffmann Gau Westfalen-Süd 1943–1945 died in Heiligenrode in 1972 Paul Hofmann Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt 1933 Hans-Albert Hohnfeldt Reichsgau Danzig-Westpreußen 1926–1928 Emil Holz Gau Brandenburg[lower-alpha 22] 1929–1930 Karl Holz Gau Franken[lower-alpha 23] 1942–1945 Died in April 1945 under unclear circumstances[12] Rudolf Jordan Gau Halle-Merseburg 1930–1937 Imprisoned in the Soviet Union until 1955, died in West Germany in 1988[13] Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt 1938–1945 Jakob Jung Gau Saar 8 December 1926–21 April 1929[14] Death date unknown[14] Hugo Jury Reichsgau Niederdonau 21 January 1938–8 May 1945[15] Committed suicide 8 May 1945[15] Wilhelm Karpenstein Gau Pommern 1 January 1931–21 July 1934[16] Died 2 May 1968 in West Germany[16] Karl Kaufmann Gau Rheinland–Nord[lower-alpha 24] July 1925–26 September 1925[17] Imprisoned intermittently until 1953, died in 1969 in West Germany[18] Grossgau Ruhr[17] [lower-alpha 25] 1926–1928[17] Gau Hamburg 1929–1945 Josef Klant Gau Hamburg 1925–1926 Died 4 November 1926[19] Hubert Klausner Reichsgau Kärnten 1939–1940 Died in 1939 Erich Koch Gau Ostpreußen 1928–1945 Died in prison in Poland in 1986 Albert Krebs Gau Hamburg 1927–1928 Died in 1974 in West Germany Wilhelm Kube Gau Ostmark[lower-alpha 26] 1928–1933 Assassinated by Soviet partisans in September 1943 Gau Kurmark[lower-alpha 27] 1933–1936 Franz Kutschera Reichsgau Kärnten 1940–1941 Executed by Polish resistance fighters in February 1944 Hartmann Lauterbacher Gau Südhannover-Braunschweig [lower-alpha 28] 1940–1945 Escaped captivity in 1948, died in 1988 in West Germany Robert Ley Gau Rheinland–Süd 1925–1931 Indicted at the Nuremberg trials, but committed suicide in his cell in October 1945 before the trials began Wilhelm Friedrich Loeper Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt 1927–1933 1934–1935 Died in 1935 Hinrich Lohse Gau Hamburg 1928–1929 Imprisoned until 1951, died in 1964 in West Germany[20] Gau Schleswig-Holstein 1925–1945 Walter Maaß Reichsgau Danzig-Westpreußen 1928–1930 Franz Maierhofer Gau Oberpfalz[lower-alpha 29] 1929–1932 Killed in action in August 1943 Friedrich Mengeringhausen Gau Hessen-Darmstadt 1927–1931 Alfred Meyer Gau Westfalen-Nord 1932–1945 Committed suicide in April 1945 Eugen Munder Gau Württemberg-Hohenzollern 1925–1928 Died in 1952 Wilhelm Murr Gau Württemberg-Hohenzollern 1928–1945 Committed suicide in French captivity in May 1945 Martin Mutschmann Gau Sachsen 1925–1945 Executed in the Soviet Union in February 1947 Hans Nieland NSDAP/AO 1930–1933 Imprisoned until 1948, died in 1976 in West Germany Franz Pfeffer von Salomon Gau Westfalen [lower-alpha 30] 1925–1926 Died in 1968 in West Germany Friedrich Rainer Reichsgau Salzburg 1939–1941 Executed in Yugoslavia in July 1947 Reichsgau Kärnten 1942–1944 Fritz Reinhardt Gau Niederbayern 1928–1930 Imprisoned until 1950, died in 1969 in West Germany Carl Röver Gau Weser-Ems 1929–1942 Died in 1942 Ludwig Ruckdeschel Gau Bayerische Ostmark[lower-alpha 31] 1945 Imprisoned until 1952, died in 1986 in West Germany[21] Bernhard Rust Gau Hannover-Nord[lower-alpha 32] 1925–1928 Committed suicide in May 1945 Gau Südhannover-Braunschweig 1928–1940 Fritz Sauckel Gau Thüringen 1927–1945 Found guilty in the Nuremberg trials, executed in October 1946 Gustav Adolf Scheel Reichsgau Salzburg 1941–1945 Imprisoned intermittently until 1953, died in 1979 in West Germany Hans Schemm Gau Oberfranken[lower-alpha 33] 1928–1933 Died of injuries sustained in an aircraft crash in March 1935[22] Gau Bayerische Ostmark 1933–1935 Bruno Gustav Scherwitz Gau Ostpreußen 1925–1927 Baldur von Schirach Reichsgau Wien 1940–1945 Found guilty in the Nuremberg trials, imprisoned for 20 years, died 1974 in West Germany Ernst Schlange Gau Berlin-Brandenburg 1925–1926 Died in Soviet captivity in 1947 Gau Brandenburg 1930–1933 Fritz Schlessmann Gau Essen 1940–1945 (acting) Imprisoned until 1950, died in 1964 in West Germany Gustav Hermann Schmischke Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt 1925–1928 Walther Schultze Gau Kurhessen 1926–1927 Died in 1979 in West Germany Gau Hessen-Nassau-Süd 1926–1927 Franz Schwede Gau Pommern 1935–1945 Imprisoned until 1956, died in 1960 in West Germany Gustav Simon Gau Moselland [lower-alpha 34] 1931–1945 Captured by the British Army, found hanged in his cell in December 1945 Jakob Sprenger Gau Hessen-Nassau-Süd 1927–1933 Committed suicide in May 1945 Gau Hessen-Nassau[lower-alpha 35] 1933–1945 Willi Stöhr Gau Pfalz–Saar 1944–1945 Escaped to Canada[23] Gregor Strasser Gau Niederbayern–Oberpfalz [lower-alpha 36] 1925–1929 Executed during the Night of the Long Knives in 1934 Julius Streicher Gau Franken 1929–1940 Found guilty in the Nuremberg trials, executed in October 1946[24] Emil Stürtz Gau Kurmark 1939–1945 Missing since April 1945, declared dead Otto Telschow Gau Lüneburg-Stade 1925–1928 Captured by the British Army, committed suicide in May 1945 Gau Osthannover 1925–1945 Josef Terboven Gau Essen 1928–1945 Committed suicide in Norway in May 1945[25] Theodor Vahlen Gau Pommern 1925–1927 Died in 1945 in Czechoslovakia Siegfried Uiberreither Reichsgau Steiermark 1939–1945 Escaped from captivity in 1948, possibly died in 1984 in West Germany Fritz Wächtler Gau Bayerische Ostmark 1935–1945 Executed by the SS in April 1945[26] Adolf Wagner Gau München-Oberbayern 1933–1944 Died in April 1944 Josef Wagner Gau Ruhr 1929–1931 Killed in May 1945 either by the SS or Soviet troops Gau Schlesien [lower-alpha 37] 1934–1940 Gau Westfalen-Süd 1932–1941 Robert Heinrich Wagner Gau Baden-Elsaß[lower-alpha 38] 1925–1945 Executed in France in October 1946[27] Karl Wahl Gau Schwaben 1928–1945 Imprisoned until 1948, died in 1981 in West Germany[28] Paul Wegener Gau Weser-Ems 1942–1945 Imprisoned until 1951, died in 1993 in Germany Karl Weinrich Gau Kurhessen 1927–1943 Imprisoned until 1950, died in 1973 in West Germany Jef van de Wiele Reichsgau Flandern 1944–1945[lower-alpha 39] Imprisoned for 17 years, died in 1979 in Belgium Hans Zimmermann Gau Franken 1940–1941 Died in 1984 in West Germany[29]