| Gau Silesia | |||||||||||||
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| Gau of Nazi Germany | |||||||||||||
| 1925–1941 | |||||||||||||
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| Capital | Breslau | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| Gauleiter | |||||||||||||
• 1925–1934 | Helmuth Brückner | ||||||||||||
• 1934–1941 | Josef Wagner | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| 15 March 1925 | |||||||||||||
| 27 January 1941 | |||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany Poland Czech Republic | ||||||||||||
The Gau Silesia (German: Gau Schlesien) formed on 15 March 1925, was an administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1941 in the Prussian Province of Silesia. From 1925 to 1933, it was the regional subdivision of the Nazi Party for this area. The Gau was split into Lower Silesia and Upper Silesia on 27 January 1941. The majority of the former Gau became part of Poland after the Second World War, with small parts in the far west becoming part of the future East Germany.