| Gau Westphalia-South | |||||||||
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| Gau of Nazi Germany | |||||||||
| 1931–1945 | |||||||||
.svg) Flag
 Coat of arms
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| Capital | Bochum | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| Gauleiter | |||||||||
• 1931–1941 | Josef Wagner | ||||||||
• 1941–1943 | Paul Giesler | ||||||||
• 1943–1945 | Albert Hoffmann | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| 1 January 1931 | |||||||||
| 8 May 1945 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||
The Gau Westphalia-South (German: Gau Westfalen-Süd) was an administrative division of Nazi Germany encompassing the Arnsberg Region in the southern part of the Prussian province of Westphalia between 1933 and 1945. From 1931 to 1933, it was the regional subdivision of the Nazi Party for these areas.[1]