German Nazi, Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter of Hamburg
Not to be confused with Karl Kauffmann.
For the Austrian painter, see Karl Kaufmann (painter).
Karl Kaufmann
Reichsstatthalter of Hamburg
In office 16 May 1933 – 3 May 1945
Preceded by
Office created
Succeeded by
Office abolished
Gauleiter of Gau Hamburg
In office 15 April 1929 – 3 May 1945
Preceded by
Hinrich Lohse
Succeeded by
Office abolished
Gauleiter of Gau Rhein-Ruhr (later, Großgau Ruhr)
In office 7 March 1926 – 1 October 1928
Preceded by
Position created
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Gauleiter of Gau Rhineland-North
In office July 1925 – 7 March 1926
Preceded by
Axel Ripke
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Personal details
Born
Karl Otto Kurt Kaufmann
10 October 1900 Krefeld, Rhine Province, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died
4 December 1969(1969-12-04) (aged 69) Hamburg, West Germany
Nationality
German
Political party
Nazi Party (NSDAP)
Military service
Allegiance
German Empire
Branch/service
Imperial German Army
Years of service
1917-1918
Unit
Brunswick Infantry Regiment 92
Battles/wars
World War I
Karl Kaufmann (10 October 1900 – 4 December 1969) was a German politician who served as a Nazi Party Gauleiter from 1925 to 1945 and as the Reichsstatthalter (Reich Governor) of Hamburg from 1933 to 1945.
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temporarily administered the Nazi Gau of Hamburg before the appointment of KarlKaufmann as Gauleiter. On 15 July 1932, he was appointed as Landesinspekteur-North...
to the prison ships had come from Gauleiter KarlKaufmann in Hamburg. Marc Buggeln has challenged Kaufmann's subsequent claim that he had been acting on...
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included the would-be dissidents Gregor Strasser, Joseph Goebbels, KarlKaufmann, Ludolf Haase and Franz Pfeffer von Salomon as well as the Munich faction...
of the war and one died in captivity in the Soviet Union. By 1954, when Karl Wahl became the first former Gauleiter to publish his memoirs, eight were...
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