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Rudolf Jordan

1902-06-21 – 1988-10-27

Portrait of Rudolf Jordan
For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Gauleiter Rudolf Jordan, Halle-Merseburg Preußischer Staatsrat 1933Credit: Unknown

Life & Legacy

Rudolf Jordan (21 June 1902 – 27 October 1988) was the Gauleiter in Halle-Merseburg and Magdeburg-Anhalt in Nazi Germany. After the war, he was sentenced to 25 years in a Soviet Union labour camp. He was released from the camp in October 1955, and died in Munich in 1988.

Occupation & Career

politician, Gauleiter, teacher, Reichsstatthalter

Legacy Highlights

Organizations & Memberships

Freikorps Oberland · Sturmabteilung

Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q98642 — wikidata View source

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