Hanke, Karl
- Date of birth:
- August 24th, 1903 (Lauban/Lower Silesia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- June 8th, 1945 (Neudorf/Sudetenland, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Karl Hanke was an early member of the NSDAP and was a member of the Reichstag (German Parliament) since 1932. In 1938 and 1939 he was Staatssekretär des Reichsministeriums für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda. From 1939 until 1941 Hanke was Oberleutnant der Reserve with the Heer and became SS-Gruppenführer in 1941. From 1941 he was appointed Gauleiter and Oberpräsident of the Gau Niederschlesien (Gau Lower Silesia). He was killed in an attempt to fled out of imprisonment during a transport of POW's, when he was shot by the Czech guards.
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Deutsches Olympia Ehrenzeichen Erster Klasse
- Awarded on:
- 1936
- Awarded on:
- 1938
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Gauleiter
- Unit:
- Gauleiter Niederschlesien (Gauleiter Lower Silesia)
- Awarded on:
- April 12th, 1945
8th Award
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer
- - Lumsden R., Medals and Decorations of Hitler's Germany, Airlife, Shrewsbury, 2001
- Richter R., Karl Hanke, in: Hermann Weiß (Hg.): Biographisches Lexikon zum Dritten Reich, Frankfurt a. M. 1998, S. 177f.
- Aus Breslau wurde Wroclaw
- axishistory.com
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