Background: the Gauleiter were regional Nazi party leaders, whose rule in their areas was almost absolute. They regularly spoke, generally to large audiences. I'm beginning a page of speeches and articles by them. This will grow slowly — it’s not always easy to find their work, but I expect the page will expand over time.

The GPA has a page of photographs of Gauleiter, often showing them delivering a speech.

Bürkel, Josef: Gauleiter of Vienna (1939-1940). Later Gauleiter of Westmark.

• Speech on assuming office in Vienna, 4 February 1939
• Speech on economic issues, 3 March 1939
• A report on his funeral in 1944.

Eigruber, August: Gauleiter of Oberdonau (Upper Danube) until 1945.

• An article for a Vienna newspaper from May 1939 on his political and economic goals.
• “The Propagandist during the Period of Stuggle and Today”: A speech to propagandists in January 1941.
• On the invasion of the Soviet Union: A speech on 24 June 1941.
• Remarks to local group leaders: Motivating his subordinates in August 1943.
• A speech on 10 April 1945: Keep fighing. The Russians can be stopped.
• His antepenultimate speech on 15 April 1945: Keep fighting, don’t leave, kill traitors.
• His penultimate speech on 20 April 1945: A report on worsening conditions.
• His penultimate speech at the end of April 1945: Fight to the end.
• His final speech on 30 April 1945: Bolshevism is the real enemy.

Hofer, Franz: Gauleiter of Tirol-Voralberg (1938-1945).

• An appeal to keep up the fight dated 30 December 1944.

Jury, Hugo: Gauleiter of Niederdonau (Lower Danube) until 1945.

• An article for a Vienna newspaper from May 1939 on his political and economic goals.
• “Year of Battle, Year of Victory!”: A December 1943 article predicting a successful 1944.
• And though the World with Devils Filled: a November 1944 appeal to fight on.

Schemm, Hans: Gauleiter of Bayerische Ostmark (1933 - 1935.

• Selections from a 1935 collection of his writings and speeches.

Streicher, Julius: Gauleiter of Franconia

• Two Streicher speeches from March and April 1933.
• Speech on Kristallnacht (1938): Available in Landmark Speeches of National Socialism.
• Speech to party block wardens and cell leaders: 5 January 1939.
• Just before World War II begins: 4 July 1939.
• Speech on 31 October 1939: Probably his last major speech.

Wagner, Adolf: Gauleiter of Munich (1929-1944)

• An attack on the Catholic Church (1936)

Wagner, Robert: Gauleiter of Baden (1925-1945)

• “No Power on Earth Will Defeat Us,” a speech from January 1938.
• “The True Face of the Democracies,” a speech on 29 March 1939.

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