a provincial governor in Germany under Hitler
informal (sometimes not capital) a person in a position of petty or local authority who behaves in an overbearing authoritarian manner
1935–40; < German, equivalent to Gau region + Leiter director
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But the war had begun, and Niirnberg's Gauleiter, the notorious Julius Streicher, insisted that Erhard join a Nazi labor organization; Erhard refused, and was fired.
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Adolf Wagner, 54, former Gauleiter of Bavaria, longtime crony and "other voice" of Adolf Hitler; in Munich.
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Arthur Seyss-Inquart, whom Hitler repaid for the betrayal of Austria with appointment as Gauleiter for The Netherlands, was seized by Canadian forces.
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Four years later, in October 1926, Hitler made him the Gauleiter of Berlin.
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“This is signed by Gauleiter Koch,” said the soldier.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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