August Eigruber (16 April 1907 – 28 May 1947) was an Austrian-born Nazi Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter of Reichsgau Oberdonau (Upper Danube) and Landeshauptmann of Upper Austria. He was convicted of war crimes at Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp and hanged.

August Eigruber war ein österreichischer Politiker. Er war Mitglied des Reichstags und Gauleiter von Oberdonau und Landeshauptmann von Oberösterreich. Er war maßgeblich in verschiedene nationalsozialistische Verbrechen, u. a. im Konzentrationslager Mauthausen, involviert.

August Eigruber (16 April 1907 – 28 May 1947) was an Austrian-born Nazi Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter of Reichsgau Oberdonau (Upper Danube) and Landeshauptmann of Upper Austria. He was convicted of war crimes at Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp and hanged.

August Eigruber joined the Nazi party when it was banned in Austria. In 1936 he became the Gauleiter of “Reichsgau Oberdonau”. Namely, the Nazi party had several districts (Gaue), which were headed by “Gauleiters”, i.e. “leaders of the district”.

Eigruber received numerous Nazi awards, including the Totenkopfring (Death's Head Ring), the Old Fighters' Chevron, the Golden Party Badge of the NSDAP, and the NSDAP Long Service Medal in bronze and silver.

August Eigruber joined the NSDAP in 1927. In 1930, he became head of the Hitler Youth and party leader for the region of Steyr and, in 1931, leader for the city of Steyr. He became leader of the then illegal NSDAP for Upper Austria in 1936.

Joined the National Socialist Worker Youth of Austria in 1925 and the Nazi Party in 1928. From May 1935, he was the Gauleiter in the Upper Austria Gau. After the Anschluss in 1938, he was appointed Landeshauptmann, joined the SS with the rank of Brigadeführer, and became a Standartenführer under...

August Eigruber (16 April 1907 – 28 May 1947) was an Austrian-born Nazi Gauleiter of Reichsgau Oberdonau (Upper Danube) and Landeshauptmann of Upper Austria, later hanged by the Allies.

Background: August Eigruber was Gauleiter of Oberdonau (Upper Danube), a region of Austria, from 1939-1945. He was tried after World War II for crimes against humanity, convicted, and hanged on 28 May 1947. This is a newspaper report of …

2007年1月20日 · August Eigruber is the man standing with No. 13 on his chest. The "big fish" among the accused in the Mauthausen case was August Eigruber, the former Gauleiter of Upper Austria.