Baldur von Schirach
German Nazi politician and convicted war criminal
- Lived
- 1907–1974
- Country
- Germany
Updated September 2026
About Baldur von Schirach
Baldur Benedikt von Schirach was a German politician who was the leader (Reichsjugendführer) of the Hitler Youth from 1931 to 1940. From 1940 to 1945, he was the Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter of Vienna.
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