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 representative 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.

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

• An article for a Vienna newspaper from May 1939 on his political and economic goals.

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.

Adolf Wagner: 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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