Karl Gerland

Karl Gerland

Karl Gerland (14 July 1905 – 21 April 1945) was a Nazi Gauleiter of Kurhessen.

Gerland was born in Gottsbüren, a suburb of Trendelburg near Kassel. He joined the Nazi Party in 1929. As of 1930, he was district leader in Kreis Hofgeismar, and beginning in 1932, he was acting propaganda leader in the Gau of Kurhessen. From 1933 he was leader of the provincial post in Kurhessen of the "Propagandaministerium" and worked as office leader from October 1934 in the Party Chancellery.

In 1936, Gerland was a member of the Reichstag, and from 1 June, 1938, until 1941, he was acting Gauleiter in Niederdonau. In 1943, he became an SS Brigadeführer.

From 13 December, 1943, until 1945, Gerland was Gauleiter in Kurhessen. He succeeded the former Gauleiter Karl Weinrich, who had been removed from his post. From 1944 to 1945, he was also High President of Kurhessen.

In the spring of 1945, Gerland was highly regarded by Joseph Goebbels. In his diary entry of April 2, Goebbels noted that Gerland was conducting himself "superbly," adding, "I would have expected this from [him] anyway." Later that month, Gerland fell at Frankfurt (Oder) during fighting on the Eastern Front.


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