Gau Upper Silesia

Gau Upper Silesia
Gau of Nazi Germany
1941–1945
Flag of Gau Upper Silesia
Flag

Upper Silesia in gray, bordering the General Government
CapitalKattowitz
Government
Gauleiter 
• 1941–1945
Fritz Bracht
History 
27 January 1941
1 August 1945
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Gau Silesia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Today part ofPoland
Czech Republic

The Gau Upper Silesia (German: Gau Oberschlesien) was an administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1941 to 1945 in the Upper Silesia part of the Prussian Province of Silesia. The Gau was created when the Gau Silesia was split into Upper Silesia and Lower Silesia on 27 January 1941. The Gau included territory annexed by Nazi Germany after the German invasion of Poland.