Fritz Sauckel | |
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 Sauckel at the Nuremberg trials | |
| General Plenipotentiary for Labour Deployment | |
| In office 21 March 1942 – 8 May 1945 | |
| Appointed by | Adolf Hitler |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Gauleiter of Gau Thuringia | |
| In office 30 September 1927 – 8 May 1945 | |
| Appointed by | Adolf Hitler |
| Preceded by | Artur Dinter |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Reichsstatthalter of Thuringia | |
| In office 5 May 1933 – 8 May 1945 | |
| Prime Minister | Willy Marschler |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Minister-President of Thuringia | |
| In office 26 August 1932 – 8 May 1933 | |
| Preceded by | Erwin Baum |
| Succeeded by | Willy Marschler |
| Additional positions | |
| 1935—1937 | Acting Reichsstatthalter of the Free State of Anhalt |
| 1935–1937 | Acting Reichsstatthalter of the Free State of Brunswick |
| 1933—1945 | Member of the Greater German Reichstag |
| 1929—1934 | Member of the Landtag of Thuringia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 October 1894 Haßfurt, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire |
| Died | 16 October 1946 (aged 51) Nuremberg, Germany |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Political party | Nazi Party |
| Spouse | Elisabeth Wetzel |
| Children | 10 |
| Occupation | Merchant sailor |
| Criminal conviction | |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Conviction(s) | War crimes Crimes against humanity |
| Trial | Nuremberg trials |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
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.