Rudolf Metzner (politician)

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Georg Felix Rudolf Metzner (born February 14, 1913 in Haynau , † after 1945) was a German Gauleiter.

Life

Rudolf Metzner was NSDAP district leader in the district of Waldenburg 1937-1941, it NSV -Gauamtsleiter in Gau Upper Silesia , from May 1, 1944 Deputy there Gauleiter behind Fritz Bracht , whose duties he completely took over because of this disease from January to March 1945th His administration met with criticism from Goebbels and General Ferdinand Schörner . His whereabouts until the end of the war and afterwards is unknown.

literature

  • Rainer Bookhagen: The Evangelical Child Care and the Inner Mission in the Time of National Socialism , Vol. II 1937-1945, Göttingen 2002, p. 561.
  • Michael D. Miller & Andreas Schulz: Gauleiter: The Regional Leaders of the Nazi Party and Their Deputies , Volume I, R. James Bender Publishing, 2012.
  • Elke Fröhlich (Ed.): The Diaries of Joseph Goebbels , Part II: Dictates 1941–1945, Vol. 15, Munich 1996.
personal data
SURNAME Metzner, Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Metzner, Georg Felix Rudolf (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Gauleiter
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Haynau
DATE OF DEATH after 1945