Ernst Ludwig Leyser
Ernst Ludwig Leyser | |
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Leyser in 1938 | |
| Landeshauptmann Province of Nassau | |
| In office 16 January 1945 – 22 March 1945 | |
| Generalkommissar, Zhytomyr Reichskommissariat Ukraine | |
| In office 29 October 1942 – 21 September 1943 | |
| Preceded by | Kurt Klemm |
| Deputy Gauleiter Gau Rhenish Palatinate | |
| In office 1 November 1927 – 29 September 1944 (Inactive from July 1941) | |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Willi Stöhr |
| Reichstag Deputy | |
| In office 12 November 1933 – 8 May 1945 | |
| Landtag of Bavaria Deputy | |
| In office 24 April 1932 – 14 October 1933 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 September 1896 |
| Died | 6 December 1973 (aged 71) |
| Party | Nazi Party |
| Occupation | Deutsche Reichsbahn manager |
| Civilian awards | Golden Party Badge Blood Order |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | German Empire |
| Branch/service | Imperial German Army |
| Years of service | 1913–1918 |
| Rank | Unteroffizier |
| Unit | Infantry Regiment 118 (4th Grand Ducal Hessian) Field Artillery Regiment 22 |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
| Military awards | Iron Cross, 2nd class Wound Badge in silver |
Ernst Ludwig Leyser (10 September 1896 – 6 December 1973) was a German Nazi Party official and SS-Brigadeführer. He was the long-serving Deputy Gauleiter of Gau Rhenish Palatinate (later, Gau Westmark). During the Second World War, he was involved in the deportation of Jews from the Gau and the forced expulsion of residents of occupied-Lorraine. He also served as a Generalkommissar of the occupation administration in the Reichskommissariat Ukraine, where he carried out harsh Germanization policies. In the last few months of the war, he was the provincial administrator of the Prussian Province of Nassau. After the war, he underwent denazification proceedings, avoided any criminal convictions and was elected as a city councillor in Bad Bergzabern.