JOSEF WAGNER. NAZI
Josef Wagner (12 January 1899 – 22 April or 2 May 1945) was from 1928 the Nazi Gauleiter of the Gau of Westphalia-South, and as of January 1935 also of the Gau of Silesia. In 1942 he was expelled from the Nazi Party (NSDAP) and imprisoned by the Gestapo, dying at some point in 1945. he was either shot dead by SS Gestapo or by a Soviet soldier. In fact he was a suspect in the failed plot against Hitler in 1944.
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His name had appeared in a document prepared by the conspirators against Adolf Hitler. It referred to "upright and capable" individuals who should be approached to be "convinced of the necessity of such a step and to support it. e.g. Gauleiter Wagner.This was more than enough for the dreaded Gestapo To arrest Wagner and put him to death which was most probable
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