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Nazi Reichsminister of Church Affairs (–)

Hanns Kerrl (11 December – 15 December ) was a German Nazi politician. His most prominent position, from July , was that of Reichsminister of Church Affairs.

He was also President of the Prussian Landtag (–) and head of the Zweckverband Reichsparteitag Nürnberg and in that capacity edited a number of Nuremberg rally yearbooks.

Early life

Kerrl was born into a Protestant family in Fallersleben; his father was a headmaster.

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He served in the German Army in the First World War as a Leutnant earning the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class. He joined the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in and soon afterwards went into regional politics. A member of the Sturmabteilung, Kerrl would ultimately hold the rank of SA-Obergruppenführer.

Early Nazi career

Joining the Nazi Party in , he founded and led an Ortsgruppe (Local Group) in Peine, a suburb of Hanover. In the fall of , Kerrl became a member of the National Socialist Working Associati