Walter Ernst
Walter Ernst | |
|---|---|
| Gauleiter of Halle-Merseburg | |
| In office 27 June 1925 – 25 July 1926 | |
| Appointed by | Adolf Hitler |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Paul Hinkler |
| Bürgermeister of Schneidemühl | |
| In office 1939 – June 1942 | |
| Bürgermeister of Bromberg | |
| In office June 1942 – January 1945 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 April 1899 |
| Died | March 1945 (aged 45) |
| Cause of death | Killed in action |
| Party | Nazi Party |
| Alma mater | University of Halle |
| Profession | Lawyer |
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Walter Ernst (6 April 1899 – March 1945) was a German lawyer and early member of the Nazi Party who became the Gauleiter of Gau Halle-Merseburg and, later, the Bürgermeister of Schneidemühl and Bromberg. Fleeing from his city before the Red Army assault, he was condemned for cowardice, assigned to a penal battalion and died in action in the final months before Germany's surrender.