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Henlein, Konrad

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Henlein, Konrad (1898–1945),leader during the 1930s of the Sudeten German Party, the Sudetenland's equivalent of the Nazi Party. This received both its funds and its orders from Germany. Henlein's agitation for autonomy from Czechoslovakia for the German minority there (see Volksdeutsche), and his other demands on the Czech government, precipitated the political crisis which led to the Munich agreement in September 1938 which handed over the Sudetenland to Germany. In October 1938 Henlein was appointed the Sudetenland's Gauleiter, but he wielded little power and many of his supporters were subsequently eliminated by the Nazis. He committed suicide in an Allied internment camp before he could be brought to trial.

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Henlein, Konrad

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Henlein, Konrad (b. 6 May 1898, d. 10 May 1945). Nazi leader of the Sudetenland 1938–45 From the Sudetenland, an area in outer Bohemia inhabited by around three million people of German origin, he founded the Sudeten-German Party, which claimed Czech atrocities against the German minority. This served as Hitler's excuse for his invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1938, and his annexation of the Sudetenland to Germany. He appointed Henlein leader under the title of Reichskomissar (1938), and Gauleiter and Statthalter in charge of the Sudetenland (1939–45). Henlein committed suicide whilst in American imprisonment.

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