(1895-06-15)15 June 1895 Siegen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died
8 May 1945(1945-05-08) (aged 49) Stanggaß [de], Bavaria, Nazi Germany
Cause of death
Suicide
Nationality
German
Political party
Nazi Party
Relatives
Hermann Giesler (brother)
Alma mater
Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences Technische Universität Darmstadt
Profession
Architect
Civilian awards
Golden Party Badge
Military service
Allegiance
German Empire Nazi Germany
Branch/service
Royal Prussian Army German Army
Years of service
1914–1918 1939–1940
Rank
Leutnant of reserves Hauptmann of reserves
Unit
1st Foot Guards Regiment 2nd Foot Guards Regiment
Battles/wars
World War I World War II
Military awards
Iron Cross 1st and 2nd class Clasp to the Iron Cross 2nd Class War Merit Cross, 1st and 2nd class Wound Badge
Paul Giesler (15 June 1895 – 8 May 1945) was a German Nazi Party politician and SA-Obergruppenführer. From 1941, he was the Gauleiter of Westphalia-South, and he was appointed to the same position for the Gau Munich-Upper Bavaria in 1942. From 2 November 1942 to 28 April 1945, he was also Ministerpräsident of Bavaria. He was responsible for multiple acts of brutality, which included killing opponents of the regime in southern Germany. He committed suicide together with his wife in the closing days of the war in Europe.
PaulGiesler (15 June 1895 – 8 May 1945) was a German Nazi Party politician and SA-Obergruppenführer. From 1941, he was the Gauleiter of Westphalia-South...
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Wagner was still recuperating and was replaced in his official duties by PaulGiesler in an acting capacity on 23 June. Then at a Party rally in Traunstein...
Chancellor Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (Leading Minister) Preceded by PaulGiesler Succeeded by Position abolished State Secretary Reich Ministry of the...
(Aussenminister): Arthur Seyss-Inquart Interior Minister (Innenminister): Gauleiter PaulGiesler Commander-in-Chief of the Army (Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres): Field Marshal...
Frauenfeld (1st class, with Swords) Reinhard Gehlen (1st class, with Swords) PaulGiesler (1st class, with Swords) Ernst Girzick (2nd class) Ludwig Grauert (1st...
aforementioned testament had explicitly named a successor to Himmler, PaulGiesler, whom Dönitz detested at least as much as Himmler. Dönitz tacitly set...
1943, a student riot broke out at Munich University after a speech by PaulGiesler, the Nazi Gauleiter of Munich and Upper Bavaria, in which he had denounced...
party's leader since 1921, was appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg on 30 January 1933, and quickly seized power afterwards. Hitler...
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Seestetten, near Passau. According to Gauleiter (regional Nazi Party leader) PaulGiesler, it was worth an estimated minimum of 660,000 Reichsmarks. Leeb was tried...
49 days Kurt Gerstein† Paris, France July 25, 1945 39 years, 348 days PaulGiesler* Firearm Berchtesgaden May 8, 1945 49 years, 327 days Werner von Gilsa...
in the Reichstag. Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg on 30 January 1933, heading a short-lived coalition of his...
Mühldorf, which all had high Jewish populations. The Gauleiter of Munich, PaulGiesler, ordered Bertus Gerdes, administrator of Upper Bavaria, to prepare plans...
Prussian Province of Kurhessen from 1944, he was an SS-Gruppenführer. PaulGiesler – Gauleiter of Gau Westphalia-South (1941–1943) and Gau Munich-Upper...
over POWs. Eberstein claimed he had a dispute with Gauleiter PaulGiesler, after Giesler ordered him to kill prisoners should the Americans approach,...
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the revolt arrested. When, on the evening of the same day, Gauleiter PaulGiesler heard about the incident, he gave orders that the leaders were to be...
(1892–1941), politician (KPD) and resistance fighter against Nazism PaulGiesler (1895–1945), Nazi functionary, Premier of Bavaria Heinrich Gontermann...
Berger Fritz Bracht (Golden Hitler Youth Badge with Oakleaves), 1941 PaulGiesler (Golden Hitler Youth Badge with Oakleaves) Heinrich Himmler Adolf Hitler...
Hitler to send Baldur to Munich as Gauleiter, swapping positions with PaulGiesler; Hitler refused. Hugo Jury later declined to succeed Schirach. Jury and...
general (gangrene from wounds sustained in battle two weeks earlier); PaulGiesler, 49, German Nazi official (suicide); Werner von Gilsa, 56, German military...
crushed by the Nazi and SS units still loyal to the collapsing regime. PaulGiesler, Gauleiter of the Gau Munich-Upper Bavaria was personally involved in...