- Jakob Sprenger
Jakob Sprenger (
24 July 1884 –8 April 1945 ) was a Nazipolitician .Sprenger was born in Oberhausen near
Bad Bergzabern in the Palatinate. In 1922, the postal inspector Sprenger became a member of theNazi Party . The militant anti-Semite rose quickly through the ranks, first toGauleiter of Hesse-Nassau-South in 1927, and by September 1930 to member of the Reichstag.On
5 May 1933 Sprenger was appointed Reich governor of Hesse and leader of the new Gau of Hesse-Nassau, which included Hesse-Darmstadt. Thanks to the "Reichsstatthaltergesetz" (Governor's Law) of 30 January 1935, he was able to take over leadership of the provincial government fromPhilipp Wilhelm Jung . BesidesMartin Mutschmann , he was the only governor charged with such a double function.On
1 September 1939 , SA-Obergruppenführer Sprenger became Reich Defence Commissar of Defence District XII, and as of1 December 1943 also in the Gau of Hesse-Nassau. Later there followed Sprenger's appointment as the High President of the new Prussianprovince of Nassau in 1944. He committed suicide inKössen ,Austria .ee also
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