Franz Schwede
Politician
1888 – 1960
Who was Franz Schwede?
Franz Reinhold Schwede was a Nazi German politician, Lord Mayor of Coburg and Gauleiter of Pomerania. An early supporter of Adolf Hitler in Coburg, Schwede used intimidation and propaganda to help elect the first Nazi-majority local government in Germany. This contributed to a personality cult surrounding Schwede and he became known as "Franz Schwede-Coburg". During World War II he ordered secret executions of the infirm and mass deportations of Jews. He also played a key role in abandoning the Pomeranian civilian population to the advancing Red Army, while escaping their fate himself. In 1945 he was captured by the British Army and in 1948 he was tried and convicted of war crimes.
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- Born
- Mar 5, 1888
East Prussia - Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Lived in
- East Prussia
- Died
- Oct 19, 1960
Coburg
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on July 23, 2013
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