Ernst Schlange was a German Nazi Party official and politician who served as Gauleiter of Gross-Berlin and later of Gau Brandenburg.
19 Facts About Ernst Schlange
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Ernst Schlange was a lawyer and a member of the Prussian Landtag.
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Ernst Schlange was opposed to the Party's more extreme tactics for gaining power and was a close ally of the Strasser brothers.
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Ernst Schlange died in Soviet captivity after the end of World War II.
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Ernst Schlange earned his Doctor of Law degree and passed the Great State Legal Examination in Prenzlau in 1914.
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Ernst Schlange served as a platoon leader and a company commander until being severely wounded on 1 June 1915 at Stepj in Galicia, losing his right arm and right lung.
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Ernst Schlange was awarded the Iron Cross, 1st and 2nd class.
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Ernst Schlange spent the rest of the war recuperating in hospitals and was discharged as a Reserve Oberleutnant in May 1919.
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In 1919 Ernst Schlange joined the German National People's Party, an alliance of nationalists, reactionary monarchists, volkisch and anti-Semitic elements.
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Ernst Schlange established local chapters in Wilmersdorf, Zehlendorf and Steglitz.
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In November 1923, the Party was banned in the wake of the Beer Hall Putsch and Ernst Schlange joined the National Socialist Freedom Movement, a Nazi front organization.
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Ernst Schlange served as its Gaufuhrer in Berlin but left in favor of rejoining the Nazi Party on 27 February 1925 when it regained legal status.
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On 10 September 1925, Ernst Schlange joined the National Socialist Working Association, a group of northern and northwestern Gauleiters aligned with the left wing of the Party and headed by Strasser.
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Ernst Schlange spoke out against the violent methods of the Sturmabteilung in Berlin but could not prevail.
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Ernst Schlange wanted a more cautious course for the Party and the pursuit of power by legal means.
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Ernst Schlange moved to Potsdam, where he took over the building of the Nazi Party there.
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On 18 October 1930, Ernst Schlange was reappointed Gauleiter, this time of Gau Brandenburg succeeding Emil Holtz.
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Shortly after the Nazi seizure of power, Ernst Schlange too was forced out of office on 16 March 1933, and his Deputy, Schmiedicke, served only briefly as acting Gauleiter until 1 June when the Gau was merged with neighboring Gau Ostmark to form the new Gau Kurmark.
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Ernst Schlange lost political influence and held only minor posts after that: in 1934 he was elected President-General of the Prussian-South German Lottery, appointed President of the State Gazette in 1935, and Chairman of the Kosener Senioren-Convents-Verband in 1936.