For the cruise ship, see Robert Ley (ship). For the American sportscaster, see Bob Ley.
Robert Ley
Reich Organization Leader of the Nazi Party
In office 10 November 1934 – 8 May 1945
Preceded by
Adolf Hitler
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Head of the German Labour Front
In office 10 May 1933 – 8 May 1945
Leader
Adolf Hitler
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Chief of Staff of the Reich Organization Leader of the Nazi Party
In office 9 December 1932 – 10 November 1934
Leader
Adolf Hitler
Preceded by
Gregor Strasser
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Gauleiter of Southern Rhineland, later Rhineland
In office 17 July 1925 – 31 May 1931
Preceded by
Heinrich Haake
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Additional positions
1940—1945
Reichskommissar for Social Housing Construction
1933—1945
Member of the Prussian State Council
1933—1945
Reichsleiter of the Nazi Party
1933–1945
Member of the Greater German Reichstag
June–December 1932
Reichsinspecteur of the Nazi Party
1930–1933
Member of the Reichstag
Personal details
Born
(1890-02-15)15 February 1890 Niederbreidenbach, Rhine Province, Prussia, German Empire
Died
25 October 1945(1945-10-25) (aged 55) Nuremberg Prison, Nuremberg, Allied-occupied Germany
Cause of death
Suicide by hanging
Nationality
German
Political party
National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP)
Children
5
Alma mater
Jena, Bonn, Münster
Known for
Head of the German Labour Front (1933–1945)
Military service
Allegiance
German Empire
Branch/service
Imperial German Army
Years of service
1914–1920
Rank
Leutnant
Unit
10th Foot Artillery Regiment
Battles/wars
World War I
Awards
Iron Cross 2nd class Wound Badge, in silver
Robert Ley (German:[ˈlaɪ]; 15 February 1890 – 25 October 1945) was a German politician during the Nazi era, who headed the German Labour Front during its entire existence, from 1933 to 1945. He also held many other high positions in the German Nazi Party, including Gauleiter, Reichsleiter and Reichsorganisationsleiter. He committed suicide in 1945 while awaiting trial at Nuremberg for crimes against humanity and war crimes.[1]
^"Dr. Ley's Brain: Study by Army Doctors Show Nazi Suicide was Medically Degenerate". LIFE. February 4, 1946. p. 45.
RobertLey (German: [ˈlaɪ]; 15 February 1890 – 25 October 1945) was a German politician during the Nazi era, who headed the German Labour Front during...
The RobertLey was a cruise ship of the Nazi Party leisure organization Kraft durch Freude (Strength Through Joy). It was considered the flagship of the...
completed. On November 27, 1933, Strength through Joy was announced by RobertLey as a subset of the German Labour Front whose goal was to provide Germans...
Manuel Ley (1933–2016), Mexican businessman Rick Ley (born 1948), Canadian hockey player RobertLey (1890–1945), German Nazi politician Shaun Ley (born...
Ley lines (/leɪˈlaɪnz/) are straight alignments drawn between various historic structures, prehistoric sites and prominent landmarks. The idea was developed...
that was to take over the assets seized from the former trade unions. RobertLey, who had no previous experience in labour relations, was appointed by...
Allies were unaware of his death; Krupp was too ill to stand trial; and RobertLey had committed suicide a month before the start of the trials. The American...
Labour Front, were chaperoned for much of their visit by its leader, RobertLey. The couple visited factories, many of which were producing materiel for...
jenseits von theismus und pantheismus, Junker und Dünnhaupt, 1928.[1] RobertLey, Organisationsbuch der NSDAP (1943)[2]. Lumsden 1993, p. 19. Lumsden 1993...
the pro-Nazi "German Christians", Rosenberg, along with fellow radicals RobertLey and Baldur von Schirach backed the Neo-Pagan "German Faith Movement",...
German Labour Front (RobertLey) National Socialist Factory Cell Organization (Walter Schuhmann) Strength Through Joy (RobertLey) National Socialist Women's...
final time. The final pattern of Nazi Party ranks was designed in 1938 by RobertLey, who personally oversaw the development of Nazi Party insignia through...
Chief of the German Police. Adolf Hühnlein, Korpsführer of the NSKK. RobertLey, Reich Organization Leader of the NSDAP and head of the German Labor Front...
Fame Robert Grawitz (1899–1945), Nazi German physician and an SS functionary, chief physician of the SS, head of the German Red Cross RobertLey (1890–1945)...
to change names to escape capture and trial, such as Werner Heyde and RobertLey, Other doctors, such as Walter Schreiber, were covertly moved to the United...
Manager, Josef Grohé. On 1 June he was replaced as Gauleiter by his Deputy, RobertLey. In July he was made Ortsgruppenleiter (Local Group Leader) in Cologne...
competing ambitions of the German Labour Front (DAF) under Goebbels' rival RobertLey, it was meant to gain control over the entire cultural life in Germany...
Rosenberg presented Günther with a medal for his work in anthropology. RobertLey, the head of the German Labour Front and of the Nazi Party organisation...
of departure (1945) 20 April Hermann Göring Heinrich Himmler 21 April RobertLey Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer 22 April Hugo Blaschke Karl Gebhardt Christa...
plans laid out by Hitler Youth leader, Baldur von Schirach and RobertLey. It was Ley's intention to erect a "Gauburg" (citadel) in every Gau, and subsequently...
German Labour Front, was created and placed under Nazi Party functionary RobertLey. Many unemployed people were forcibly drafted into this organisation,...
Hess Reinhard Heydrich Heinrich Himmler Rudolf Höss Ernst Kaltenbrunner RobertLey Josef Mengele Konstantin von Neurath Joachim von Ribbentrop Ernst Röhm...
curtail the power of Joseph Goebbels, Göring, Himmler, Alfred Rosenberg, RobertLey, Hans Frank, Speer, and other high-ranking officials, many of whom became...
the post of Reichsorganisationsleiter, eventually turning it over to RobertLey. On 16 January 1933, Hitler "publicly repudiated Strasser" for his interactions...
including Joseph Goebbels, Alfred Rosenberg, Hans Frank, Fritz Todt, RobertLey and Julius Streicher. Then the film cuts to an outdoor rally for the Reichsarbeitsdienst...
Deutschen Arbeitsfront und Mitglied des Reichskabinetts: Reichsminister): Dr. RobertLey Witnessed by Goebbels, Bormann, General Wilhelm Burgdorf, and General...
Province of Hannover from 1941, he was also an SS-Obergruppenführer. RobertLey – Reichsleiter and Head of the German Labor Front from 1933 to 1945. Arthur...
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