List of party and governmental positions held by Fritz Sauckel from 1925 to 1945

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Fritz Sauckel (Plenipotentiary for Labor Mobilization)

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Fritz Sauckel

German Nazi politician and convicted war criminal (1894-1946)

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  • Born: 1894-10-27 (Haßfurt) (located in the administrative territorial entity: Bavaria)
  • Died: 1946-10-16 (Nuremberg Court Prison Nuremberg) (reason for deprecated rank: item/value with less precision and/or accuracy; reason for preferred rank: most precise value)
  • Country of citizenship: Germany
  • Occupation: politician
  • Member of political party: Nazi Party
  • Member of: Deutschvölkischer Schutz und Trutzbund; Schutzstaffel
  • Participant in: International Military Tribunal (date: 1946-09-23; role: affiant, defendant)
  • Military rank: Obergruppenführer

Date: 17 November 1945

Literal Title: Certificate

Defendant: Fritz Sauckel

Total Pages: 1

Language of Text: English

Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)

Evidence Code: PS-2974

Citation: IMT (page 1361)

HLSL Item No.: 455365

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PS-2974: Affidavit of Fritz Sauckel

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PS-2974: List of posts held by Sauckel 1925 to 1945, signed by him and his counsel 17 November 1945

Date: 17 November 1945
Nürnberg, Germany
CERTIFICATE
I hereby certify that the following positions in industry, National Socialist German Workers Party, and German or Thur-ingian governments were held by Fritz Sauckel at or between the times indicated for each position, or, if no time is stated, at some point between 1925 and 1945.
* 1. Member of Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (1925-1945). (Member of National Socialist German Workers Party.) Member No. 1395.
2. Member of Reichstag [Mitglied des Reichstags] (19331945).
3. Gauleiter of Thuringia (1927-1945).
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4. Member of Thuringian legislature (Landtag) (1927-33/34).
5. Minister of Interior and head of Thuringian State Ministry (May 1933).
6. Reichsstatthalter for Thuringia (1933-1945).
7. SA Obergruppenfuehrer (November 1937-1945). Does not recall date of appointment.
8. SS Obergruppenfuehrer (January 1942-1945). Does not recall date of appointment.
9. Administrator Berlin-Suhler Waffen & Fahrzeugwerke (1935).
10. Head of Gustloff-Werke Nationalsozialistische Industrie-Stiftung (1938). Honorary Head of Foundation.
11. General Plenipotentiary for Labor Allocation (General-bevollmaechtigter fuer den Arbeitseinsatz) (21 March 1942-1945).
/s/ Fritz Sauckel Fritz Sauckel /s/ Dr. Servatius Counsel for Fritz Sauckel