Otto Hellmuth
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'''Otto Hellmuth''' ([[july 22]] [[1896]] - [[April 20]] [[1968]]) was a member of the [[Nazism|Nazi]] Party.
Born at [[Markt Einersheim]], he was [[Gauleiter]] of the [[Germany|German]] region of [[Lower Franconia]] (Unterfranken) from [[1928]] to [[1945]]. His home and office were in [[Würzburg]], the capital of the ''[[Gau Mainfranken]]''. By [[1935]], Hellmuth had his [[Gau]] renamed as ''Mainfranken''. After [[World War II]], the region's original name was reinstated.
Over most of his term as Gauleiter, Hellmuth was not an impressive personality. [[Joseph Goebbels]] saw him as "a most retiring unassuming Gauleiter in whom one had not too much confidence." However, Hellmuth defended his [[Gau]] vigorously in the spring of [[1945]], as Goebbels noted in his diary on [[April 2]].
In [[1947]], Hellmuth was accused of complicity in the murders of [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] aircraft pilots. He was tried at [[Dachau International Military Tribunal|Dachau]] and sentenced to death. This sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment. He was released in [[1955]].
Hellmuth died in [[Reutlingen]] in 1968.
==External links==
*[http://www.thirdreichruins.com/wuerzburg.htm Würzburg]
*[http://www.geocities.com/~orion47/NSDAP/GauMainfranken Gau Mainfranken]
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