Erich Koch: Difference between revisions

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<br>Elberfeld, German Empire<hr>

'''Nationality'''

<br>German<hr>

<br>[[File:nazigermany.png|25px]] German<hr>

'''Profession'''

<br>Gauleiter and Oberpräsident of Eastern Prussia, Reichskommissar for the Ukraine<hr>

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=== Nazi Party ===

Koch joined the [[NSDAP]] in 1922 as member #90. From 1922 he worked in various party positions in the region of Ruhr, including as Business Manager. During the French Occupation of the Ruhr (1923-1925), he was a member of a local paramilitary resistance group and was imprisoned several times by French authorities.

[[File:Erich Koch Rally.jpg|250px|thumb|<center>''Koch during an unknown event''</center>]]Koch joined the [[NSDAP]] in 1922 as member #90. From 1922 he worked in various party positions in the region of Ruhr, including as Business Manager. During the French Occupation of the Ruhr (1923-1925), he was a member of a local paramilitary resistance group and was imprisoned several times by French authorities.

He belonged to the left wing of the party and was a supporter of the faction led by Gregor Strasser. He became a member of the National Socialist Working Association, a short-lived group of north and northwest German regions, organized and led by Strasser, which unsuccessfully sought to amend the Party program. It was dissolved in 1926 following the Bamberg Conference.