Kreisleiter

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A Kreisleiter was a mid-level Nazi Party official who led and controlled party activities within a local district (Kreis) in Nazi Germany.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kreisleiter canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi Party political office ⓘ
local party leader ⓘ
mid-level Nazi Party official ⓘ
abolishedWith collapse of Nazi Germany in 1945 ⓘ
associatedWith Gau (regional party district) ⓘ
associatedWithCrimesAgainstHumanity yes ⓘ
controls local party propaganda apparatus ⓘ
party activities within the Kreis ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
existedDuring Third Reich ⓘ
hierarchicalPosition below Gauleiter and above Ortsgruppenleiter ⓘ
historicalContext one-party dictatorship in Nazi Germany ⓘ
ideology Nazism ⓘ
involvedIn coordination between party and local authorities ⓘ
jurisdiction Kreis (district) ⓘ
linked to: Landkreis

local party district ⓘ
language German ⓘ
memberOf NSDAP leadership corps ⓘ
partOf NSDAP party hierarchy ⓘ
National Socialist German Workers' Party ⓘ
linked to: Nazi Party
politicalAlignment National Socialism ⓘ
linked to: Nazism
politicalFunction implementation of central directives at local level ⓘ
local political control ⓘ
rankLevel mid-level party leadership ⓘ
reportsTo Gauleiter ⓘ
Gauleitung ⓘ
responsibleFor coordination of party branches in the district ⓘ
enforcement of party discipline in the district ⓘ
implementation of Nazi policy at district level ⓘ
local party organization ⓘ
mobilization of voters for the Nazi Party ⓘ
oversight of local party officials ⓘ
political propaganda in the district ⓘ
surveillance of political opponents at local level ⓘ
roleInPropaganda dissemination of Nazi ideology at district level ⓘ
roleInRepression local enforcement of Nazi racial and political policies ⓘ
scope party affairs rather than formal state administration ⓘ
selectionMethod appointment by higher party leadership ⓘ
subordinateTo Gauleiter ⓘ
supervises Ortsgruppenleiter ⓘ
timePeriod 1930s ⓘ
1940s ⓘ
Nazi era ⓘ
titleInGerman Kreisleiter ⓘ
typeOfJurisdiction party district rather than administrative district ⓘ
usedBy NSDAP ⓘ
linked to: Nazi Party

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parteikanzlei → controlled → Kreisleiter ⓘ
Kreisleiter → titleInGerman → Kreisleiter ⓘ