Abstract
National Socialist Gauleiters had specific profiles. Josef Burckel of Saarpfalz was known as the ‘red Burckel’,1 Karl Wahl of Swabia as ‘modest’, Julius Streicher of Franconia as particularly anti-Semitic,2 Albert Forster of Danzig-West Prussia as ‘fanatical’3 and Otto Telschow of Osthannover as an agrarian romantic.4 All of them were depicted as faithful followers of their ‘Fuhrer’ and as true National Socialists. Yet they appeared on the national stage as leaders of their Gau, as genuine representatives and advocates of their particular regions.5 This image was reinforced by their self-projection within their Gaue, directed at the streamlined regional public. Their mission, it was believed, was first and foremost the creation of a truly National Socialist society.6 But were these images more than propaganda and delusion?
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