The position of Gauleiter in Pomerania was held by Wilhelm Karpenstein from 1931 to 1934, followed by Franz Schwede-Coburg from 1934 to 1945.[3][4] Pomerania's original Gauleiter, Karpenstein, survived the war and died in 1968.[5] Its second, Franz Schwede, was the first Nazi Party member to become Mayor of a German city, Coburg in Bavaria, and was therefore awarded the honorary addition of Coburg to his name by Adolf Hitler.