Rudolf Jung

Rudolf Jung
Jung in 1921
Plenipotentiary for Labor Deployment,
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
In office
December 1944 – 8 May 1945
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Gauleiter
In office
15 June 1938 – 8 May 1945
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Member of the Reichstag
In office
29 March 1936 – 8 May 1945
Chairman,
German National Socialist Workers' Party of Czechoslovakia
In office
17 May 1926 – 4 October 1933
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Member of the Czechoslovak Chamber of Deputies
In office
18 April 1920 – 11 November 1933
Personal details
Born(1882-04-16)16 April 1882
Plasy, Bohemia,
Austria-Hungary
Died11 December 1945(1945-12-11) (aged 63)
Pankrác Prison, Prague, Czechoslovakia
Cause of deathSuicide by hanging
NationalityGerman Bohemian
Political partyDAP (1909–1919)
DNSAP (1919–1933)
Nazi Party (1935–1945)
Alma materTechnische Hochschule Wien
ProfessionEngineer
Civilian awardsGolden Party Badge
Military service
Allegiance Austria-Hungary
 Nazi Germany
Branch/serviceAustro-Hungarian Navy
Schutzstaffel
Years of service1905–1906
1936–1945
RankSeekadett
SS-Gruppenführer
Military awardsWar Merit Cross, 1st and 2nd class, without Swords

Rudolf Jung (16 April 1882 – 11 December 1945) was a Nazi theoretician and the head of the German Bohemian Nazi movement from 1926 to 1933 before he immigrated to Germany. He joined the Nazi Party, was made an Honorary Gauleiter and became an SS-Gruppenführer. After the end of the Second World War, he was arrested and imprisoned by the Czechoslovak government but committed suicide before he could be brought to trial.