Date of birth:

March 30th, 1895 (Lingenfeld/Palatinate, Germany)

Date of death:

September 28th, 1944 (Neustadt/Thuringia, Germany)

Buried on:

German War Graves Hauptfriedhof Neustadt

Service number:

289.830

Nationality:

German

Josef Bürckel was Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter of the Westmark (Pfalz/Palatine, Saargebiet and Lothringen). He was a member of the Reichstag (German parliament) since 1930. In 1938 he was promoted to SS-Gruppenführer and in 1939 to NSKK-Obergruppenführer. He was e member of the NSDAP from 1921 and also was a SA-Obergruppenführer.

Situation surrounding his death:
Professor Dr. Richard Siebeck, head of the clinic at Heidelberg University, diagnosed on September 27, 1944 at 11 p.m.: "" "toxic" "" "collapse" "", "" "dysentery" poor overall condition '' ''. The cause of death a few hours later was a cardiac arrest. Bürckel died a natural death on 28 September 1944.

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• Photo 1: Public Domain
• - Lumsden R., Medals and Decorations of Hitler's Germany, Airlife, Shrewsbury, 2001
  - Josef Bürckel: Gauleiter Reichsstatthalter Krisenmanager Adolf Hitlers

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