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Rudolf Jung
Rudolf Jung | |
|---|---|
 Jung in 1921 | |
| Plenipotentiary for Labor Deployment, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia | |
| In office December 1944 – 8 May 1945 | |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Gauleiter | |
| In office 15 June 1938 – 8 May 1945 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Member of the Reichstag | |
| In office 29 March 1936 – 8 May 1945 | |
| Chairman, German National Socialist Workers' Party of Czechoslovakia | |
| In office 17 May 1926 – 4 October 1933 | |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Member of the Czechoslovak Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 18 April 1920 – 11 November 1933 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 April 1882 Plasy, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 11 December 1945 (aged 63) Pankrác Prison, Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Cause of death | Suicide by hanging |
| Nationality | German Bohemian |
| Political party | DAP (1909–1919) DNSAP (1919–1933) Nazi Party (1935–1945) |
| Alma mater | Technische Hochschule Wien |
| Profession | Engineer |
| Civilian awards | Golden Party Badge |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Austria-Hungary Nazi Germany |
| Branch/service | Austro-Hungarian Navy Schutzstaffel |
| Years of service | 1905–1906 1936–1945 |
| Rank | Seekadett SS-Gruppenführer |
| Military awards | War Merit Cross, 1st and 2nd class, without Swords |
Rudolf Jung (16 April 1882 – 11 December 1945) was a Nazi theoretician and the head of the German Bohemian Nazi movement from 1926 to 1933 before he immigrated to Germany. He joined the Nazi Party, was made an Honorary Gauleiter and became an SS-Gruppenführer. After the end of the Second World War, he was arrested and imprisoned by the Czechoslovak government but committed suicide before he could be brought to trial.
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