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Josef Terboven
1945May, 8

Josef Terboven

Josef Terboven, German lieutenant and politician (b. 1898)
Josef Terboven (23 May 1898 – 8 May 1945) was a Nazi Party official and politician who was the long-serving Gauleiter of Gau Essen and the Reichskommissar for Norway during the German occupation.

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    Turkey

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