Fritz Sauckel

Fritz Sauckel
Fritz Sauckel
Reichsstatthalter of Thuringia
	In office; 1933–1945
Prime Minister	Himself; Willy Marschler
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	None
Minister President of Thuringia
	In office; 1932–1933
Preceded by	Erwin Baum
Succeeded by	Willy Marschler
Gauleiter of Thuringia
	In office; 1927–1945
Leader	Adolf Hitler
Preceded by	Artur Dinter
Succeeded by	None
General Plenipotentiary for Labour Deployment
	In office; 21 March 1942 – May 1945
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	None
Personal details
Born	October 27, 1894; Haßfurt, then Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
Died	October 16, 1946 (aged 51); Nuremberg, Germany
Political party	National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP)
Spouse(s)	Elisabeth Wetzel (m. 1924)
Children	10
Profession	Sailor, factory owner

Ernst Friedrich Christoph "Fritz" Sauckel (27 October 1894 – 16 October 1946) was a German Nazi war criminal. He organized the systematic enslavement of millions from lands occupied by Nazi Germany who were sent to forced labour camps and Concentration Camps . He was a General Plenipotentiary for Labour Deployment from 1942 until the end of the war in Europe in 1945. He was tried and executed.

Sauckel was also honorary Obergruppenführer (General) and honorary Senior Officer of the SA.