Fritz Sauckel

Fritz Sauckel
Sauckel at the Nuremberg trials
General Plenipotentiary for Labour Deployment
In office
21 March 1942 – 8 May 1945
Appointed byAdolf Hitler
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Gauleiter of Gau Thuringia
In office
30 September 1927 – 8 May 1945
Appointed byAdolf Hitler
Preceded byArtur Dinter
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Reichsstatthalter of Thuringia
In office
5 May 1933 – 8 May 1945
Prime MinisterWilly Marschler
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Minister-President of Thuringia
In office
26 August 1932 – 8 May 1933
Preceded byErwin Baum
Succeeded byWilly Marschler
Additional positions
1935—1937Acting Reichsstatthalter of the Free State of Anhalt
1935–1937Acting Reichsstatthalter of the Free State of Brunswick
1933—1945Member of the Greater German Reichstag
1929—1934Member of the Landtag of Thuringia
Personal details
Born(1894-10-27)27 October 1894
Haßfurt, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
Died16 October 1946(1946-10-16) (aged 51)
Nuremberg, Germany
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
Political partyNazi Party
SpouseElisabeth Wetzel
Children10
OccupationMerchant sailor
Criminal conviction
Criminal statusExecuted
Conviction(s)War crimes
Crimes against humanity
TrialNuremberg trials
Criminal penaltyDeath

Ernst Friedrich Christoph "Fritz" Sauckel (27 October 1894 – 16 October 1946) was a German Nazi politician, Gauleiter of Gau Thuringia from 1927 and the General Plenipotentiary for Labour Deployment (Arbeitseinsatz) from March 1942 until the end of the Second World War. Sauckel was among the 24 persons accused in the Nuremberg Trial of the Major War Criminals before the International Military Tribunal. He was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity, sentenced to death, and executed by hanging.