Friedrich W Rainer was an Austrian Nazi politician, Gauleiter as well as a Reichsstatthalter of Salzburg and Carinthia.
15 Facts About Friedrich Rainer
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Friedrich Rainer is the only Austrian governor who has ever held the same office in two separate states.
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Friedrich Rainer's father, Norbert, was a member of the German Democratic Party, and later the Greater German People's Party.
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Friedrich Rainer attended the Realgymnasium in Klagenfurt and, having obtained his Matura degree, studied law at the University of Graz while he earned his living by working in a local banking institution or in general labour.
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Friedrich Rainer participated in the armed Austro-Slovene conflict in Carinthia.
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In October 1930, Friedrich Rainer joined the Nazi Party establishing the local branch in Sankt Veit.
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On 22 May 1938, Friedrich Rainer was personally appointed by Hitler as Gauleiter of the Nazi Party in the Reichsgau Salzburg.
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When World War II broke out, Friedrich Rainer was appointed as Reich Defense Commissioner of Wehrkreis XVIII, headquartered in Salzburg, which comprised his Reichsgau along with Reichsgau Carinthia, Reichsgau Styria and Reichsgau Tirol-Vorarlberg.
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Friedrich Rainer remained in these offices at Salzburg until 27 November 1941, when he was succeeded by Gustav Adolf Scheel.
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On 27 November 1941, Friedrich Rainer was appointed as the Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter of Reichsgau Carinthia, which involved ruling over the adjacent occupied Yugoslavian territories in Upper Carniola.
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On 16 November 1942, Friedrich Rainer was made Reich Defense Commissioner of Carinthia.
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Friedrich Rainer was found guilty of crimes against the people and sentenced to death by hanging on 19 July 1947.
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Friedrich Rainer's widow received a death certificate from Yugoslavia after the war, which showed that same date.
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An entry in the diary of Boris Kraigher, former interior minister in Slovenia, indicates that Dr Friedrich Rainer was executed with a number of other prisoners in late November 1950.
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Friedrich Rainer would have been 47 years old if this is correct.