Fritz Sauckel

Fritz Sauckel
Sauckel at the Nuremberg trials
General Plenipotentiary for Labour Deployment
In office 21 March 1942 – 8 May 1945
Appointed by	Adolf Hitler
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Gauleiter of Gau Thuringia
In office 30 September 1927 – 8 May 1945
Appointed by	Adolf Hitler
Preceded by	Artur Dinter
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Reichsstatthalter of Thuringia
In office 5 May 1933 – 8 May 1945
Prime Minister	Willy Marschler
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Minister-President of Thuringia
In office 26 August 1932 – 8 May 1933
Preceded by	Erwin Baum
Succeeded by	Willy Marschler
Additional positions
1935—1937	Acting Reichsstatthalter of the Free State of Anhalt
1935–1937	Acting Reichsstatthalter of the Free State of Brunswick
1933—1945	Member of the Greater German Reichstag
1929—1934	Member of the Landtag of Thuringia
Personal details
Born	(1894-10-27)27 October 1894 Haßfurt, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
Died	16 October 1946(1946-10-16) (aged 51) Nuremberg Prison, Nuremberg, Allied-occupied Germany
Cause of death	Execution by hanging
Political party	Nazi Party
Spouse	Elisabeth Wetzel
Children	10
Occupation	Merchant sailor
Criminal conviction
Criminal status	Executed
Conviction(s)	War crimes Crimes against humanity
Trial	Nuremberg trials
Criminal penalty	Death

Ernst Friedrich Christoph "Fritz" Sauckel (27 October 1894 – 16 October 1946) was a German Nazi politician, Gauleiter of Gau Thuringia from 1927 and the General Plenipotentiary for Labour Deployment (Arbeitseinsatz) from March 1942 until the end of the Second World War. Sauckel was among the 24 persons accused in the Nuremberg Trial of the Major War Criminals before the International Military Tribunal. He was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity, sentenced to death, and executed by hanging.