1. Otto-Heinrich Drechsler was a German Nazi politician who served as the General Commissioner of Latvia for the Nazi Germany's occupation regime during World War II.
12 Facts About Otto-Heinrich Drechsler
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Otto-Heinrich Drechsler committed suicide on 5 May 1945, after being captured by British forces.
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Otto-Heinrich Drechsler was mustered out of the Reichswehr in 1920.
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In 1925, Otto-Heinrich Drechsler joined the Nazi Party and became the Ortsgruppenleiter in Kropelin.
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Otto-Heinrich Drechsler remained in the SA until the fall of the Nazi regime, advancing to the ranks of SA-Standartenfuhrer in 1934, SA-Oberfuhrer in 1936 and SA-Brigadefuhrer in 1942.
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From 1 August 1932 to 31 May 1933, Otto-Heinrich Drechsler was Deputy Gauleiter for the party district Gau Mecklenburg-Lubeck.
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Between 1933 and 1937, Otto-Heinrich Drechsler was Mayor of Lubeck and President of the Senate of Lubeck.
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Otto-Heinrich Drechsler held these posts until the fall of the Nazi regime.
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One historian, Lumans, states that like Lohse, Otto-Heinrich Drechsler was sympathetic to a limited autonomy for Latvians, but unlike Lohse, he worked well with the SS, except for Friedrich Jeckeln, the organizer of massacres of Jews at Babi Yar, Rumbula and others.
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Also in October 1941, Otto-Heinrich Drechsler received another report from Alnor, this one concerning the ongoing massacres of the Jews in Liepaja.
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Historian Ezergailis states that Otto-Heinrich Drechsler may have been present at the largest massacre, at Rumbula, on 30 November 1941.
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Otto-Heinrich Drechsler was captured by the British Army after the occupation of Lubeck.