Wilhelm Gustloff

For the ship, see MV Wilhelm Gustloff. For the German state-owned trust set-up during the Nazi regime, see Wilhelm Gustloff Stiftung.
Wilhelm Gustloff
Personal details
Born(1895-01-30)30 January 1895
Schwerin, Germany
Died4 February 1936(1936-02-04) (aged 41)
Davos, Switzerland
Occupationhead of the Swiss NSDAP/AO

Wilhelm Gustloff (30 January 1895 – 4 February 1936) was a German politician and meteorologist who founded the Swiss branch of the Nazi Party/Foreign Organization (NSDAP/AO) at Davos in 1932. The NSDAP/AO was formed as the wing of the Nazi Party (NDSAP) for German citizens living outside Germany. Gustloff continued to lead the Swiss branch of the NSDAP/AO until 1936, when he was assassinated by David Frankfurter, a Croatian Jew angered by the growth of the NDSAP. After killing Gustloff, Frankfurter immediately surrendered to the authorities and confessed to the Swiss police that "I fired the shots because I am a Jew."[1]

  1. ^ "A Survey of Nazi and Pro-Nazi Groups in Switzerland: 1930-1945". Archived from the original on 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2012-06-26.