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Baldur von Schirach
Reichsjugendführer
In office 1931–1940
Appointed by	Adolf Hitler
Preceded by	Post created
Succeeded by	Arthur Axmann
Gauleiter of Vienna
In office August 1940 – May 1945
Appointed by	Adolf Hitler
Preceded by	Josef Bürckel
Succeeded by	None
Personal details
Born	May 9, 1907 Berlin, then Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	August 8, 1974 Kröv, Rhineland-Palatinate, Federal Republic of Germany
Political party	National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP)
Spouse(s)	Henriette von Shirach (née Hofmann) (m. 1932)
Children	4

Baldur Benedikt von Schirach (9 May 1907 – 8 August 1974) was a Nazi youth leader. He was later convicted of being a war criminal. Schirach was the head of the Hitler-Jugend (HJ, Hitler Youth), Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter ("Reich Governor") of Vienna.

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