Gau Silesia

Gau Silesia
Gau of Nazi Germany
1925–1941
Flag
Capital	Breslau
Government
Gauleiter
• 1925–1934	Helmuth Brückner
• 1934–1941	Josef Wagner
History
• Establishment	15 March 1925
• Disestablishment	27 January 1941
Preceded by Succeeded by Province of Upper Silesia Province of Lower Silesia Gau Upper Silesia Gau Lower Silesia
Today part of	Germany Poland Czech Republic

The Gau Silesia (German: Gau Schlesien) formed on 15 March 1925, was an administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1941 in the Prussian Province of Silesia. From 1925 to 1933, it was the regional subdivision of the Nazi Party for this area. The Gau was split into Lower Silesia and Upper Silesia on 27 January 1941. The majority of the former Gau became part of Poland after the Second World War, with small parts in the far west becoming part of the future East Germany.