Friedrich Hildebrandt

Friedrich Hildebrandt (19 September 1898 – 5 November 1948) was a Nazi Party politician, a Gauleiter and an SS-Obergruppenführer. He was found guilty and executed for war crimes committed during the Second World War.

Friedrich Hildebrandt
Hildebrandt in 1933
Gauleiter of Mecklenburg-Lübeck
In office
25 March 1925  1 April 1937
Gauleiter of Gau Mecklenburg
In office
1 April 1937  8 May 1945
Reichsstatthalter of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
In office
26 May 1933  31 December 1933
Reichsstatthalter of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
In office
26 May 1933  31 December 1933
Reichsstatthalter of Mecklenburg
In office
1 January 1934  8 May 1945
Reichsstatthalter of the Free City of Lübeck
In office
26 May 1933  31 March 1937
Personal details
Born19 September 1898
Kiekindemark (today, part of Parchim), Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German Empire
Died5 November 1948 (aged 50)
Landsberg Prison, Landsberg am Lech, Allied-occupied Germany
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
Political partyNazi Party
German Völkisch Freedom Party
German National People's Party
Military service
Allegiance German Empire
 Nazi Germany
Branch/serviceImperial German Army
Schutzstaffel (SS)
Years of service1916–1920
1933–1945
RankVizefeldwebel
SS-Obergruppenführer
AwardsIron Cross, 1st and 2nd class
War Merit Cross, 1st and 2nd class with Swords
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