Artur Axmann | |
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Reich Youth Leader of the Nazi Party | |
In office 8 August 1940 – 8 May 1945 | |
Appointed by | Adolf Hitler |
Preceded by | Baldur von Schirach |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Hagen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire | 18 February 1913
Died | 24 October 1996 Berlin, Germany | (aged 83)
Nationality | German |
Political party | Nazi Party (1928–1945) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Branch/service | Army Volkssturm |
Years of service | 1940–1941 1945 |
Unit | 23rd Infantry Division |
Battles/wars | Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle in Berlin |
Artur Axmann (18 February 1913 – 24 October 1996) was the German Nazi national leader (Reichsjugendführer) of the Hitler Youth (Hitlerjugend) from 1940 to 1945, when the war ended. He was the last living Nazi with a rank equivalent to Reichsleiter.