Gau Essen
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The Gau Essen was an administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945 in the northern parts of the Prussian Rhine Province. Before that, from 1928 to 1933, it was the regional subdivision of the Nazi Party in that area.
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Gau Essen | |||||||||
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Gau of Nazi Germany | |||||||||
1928–1945 | |||||||||
Gau Essen on the left, bordering The Netherlands | |||||||||
Capital | Essen | ||||||||
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• | 1,900 km2 (730 sq mi) | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• | 2,800,000 | ||||||||
Government | |||||||||
Gauleiter | |||||||||
• 1928–1945 | Josef Terboven | ||||||||
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• Established | 1 August 1928 | ||||||||
8 May 1945 | |||||||||
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Today part of | Germany |
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