Artur Axmann

Artur Axmann
Axmann in September 1942
Reich Youth Leader of the Nazi Party
In office
8 August 1940 – 8 May 1945
Appointed byAdolf Hitler
Preceded byBaldur von Schirach
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born( 1913-02-18)18 February 1913
Hagen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died24 October 1996(1996-10-24) (aged 83)
Berlin, Germany
NationalityGerman
Political partyNazi Party (1928–1945)
Military service
Allegiance Nazi Germany
Branch/serviceArmy
Volkssturm
Years of service1940–1941
1945
Unit23rd Infantry Division
Battles/warsBattle 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.