Franz Hofer (born 27 November 1902 in Bad Hofgastein, died 18 February 1975 in Mülheim an der Ruhr) was, in the time of the Third Reich, the Nazi Gauleiter of the Tyrol and Vorarlberg. November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Mülheim an der Ruhr is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Nazism. ... A Gauleiter was the party leader of a regional branch of the NSDAP (more commonly known as the Nazi Party) or the head of a Gau or of a Reichsgau. ... The Tyrol is a historical region in Western Central Europe, which includes the Austrian state of Tyrol (consisting of North Tyrol and East Tyrol) and the Italian regions known as the South Tyrol and Trentino. ... Vorarlberg is the westernmost federal state of Austria. ...

Born to a Bad Hofgastein hotelkeeper, Hofer went to the Volksschule-Realschule in Innsbruck and in 1922 began a career as a freelance salesman. In September 1931, he joined the NSDAP. He very quickly rose in the Party, becoming District Leader in April 1932, and in July of the same year acting Gauleiter of the Tyrol. Only four months later, on 27 November 1932 – Hofer's thirtieth birthday – he was promoted to Gauleiter of the Tyrol. In Germany, the Realschule was an outgrowth of the realistic tendencies of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. ... Innsbruck is a city in western Austria, and the capital of the federal state of Tyrol. ... Sales, or the activity of selling, forms an integral part of commercial activity. ... The Nazi swastika The National Socialist German Workers Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), better known as the NSDAP or the Nazi Party was a political party that was led to power in Germany by Adolf Hitler in 1933. ... November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) is a leap year starting on Friday. ...

For his activities in the Nazi Party, which was banned in Austria, Hofer was arrested in June 1933 and sentenced by a Tyrolean court to two years in prison. On 30 August 1933, however, four armed SA men broke into Hofer's prison cell by force and freed him. He fled the prison amid gunfire, which wounded him. He made it to Italy, however, and only a few weeks later gave a speech at the Nuremberg Party Congress from his stretcher. August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (243rd in leap years), with 123 days remaining. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The seal of SA The ▶ (help· info) (SA, German for Storm Division and is usually translated as stormtroops or stormtroopers) functioned as a paramilitary organisation of the NSDAP – the German Nazi party. ... Hl. ...

In early 1937 – Hofer had by now recovered from his gunshot wounds – he became leader of the "Leaders' and Members' Political Gathering Place for Austrians in Germany", with a job in Berlin. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

After Anschluss, he was once again appointed the Gauleiter of the Tyrol and Vorarlberg. In the same year, he was given the function of ministerial adviser and the rank of NSKK Obergruppenführer. On 1 September 1940 he was furthermore made the Tyrol-Vorarlberg Reich Governor (Reichsstatthalter). German troops march into Austria on 12 March 1938. ... The National Socialist Motor Corps (Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrerkorps), also known as the National Socialist Drivers Corps, was a paramilitary organization of the Nazi party that existed between the years of 1931 and 1945. ... SS-Obergruppenführer Erich von dem Bach-Zalewski SS-Obergruppenführer patch SA-Obergruppenführer insignia Obergruppenführer was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was first created in 1932 as a rank of the SA. Translated as Senior Group Leader, the rank of SA-Obergruppenführer was held by... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

After Italy forsook the Axis Powers, Hofer was chosen on 10 September 1943 to be the Supreme Commissar in the Alpenvorland operational zone (consisting of his own Gau of Tyrol-Vorarlberg and the neighbouring Italian provinces of Bolzano, Trent, and Belluno). To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... September 10 is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ... South Tyrol (German and Ladin: Südtirol, Italian: Alto Adige; official in German: Autonome Provinz Bozen - Südtirol, official in Italian: Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano - Alto Adige, official in Ladin: Provinzia Autonòma de Balsan - Südtirol) is an autonomous province of Italy that belongs to the region of Trentino... Trento (Italian Provincia autonoma di Trento, German Autonome Provinz Trient) is an autonomous province in the autonomous Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region of Italy. ... Belluno (It. ...

In November 1944, Hofer suggested in a memorandum to Adolf Hitler that an "Alpenfestung" ("Alp Fortress") ought to be built up in the heart of the Alps as Nazi Germany's last bastion. Apparently Hitler's secretary Martin Bormann only brought this document to the Führer's attention early the next year, leading to Hofer's being called to Hitler's Berlin bunker only on 12 April 1945 to present his proposal. Hitler – 18 days before his own suicide and still convinced that his Endsieg was possible – approved Hofer's plan and appointed him Reich Defence Commissar of the Alpenfestung. (help· info) (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 and Führer (Leader) of Germany from 1934 until his death. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... Hitler and Bormann in the early 1940s Martin Bormann (June 17, 1900 – May 2, 1945?) was a prominent German National Socialist (Nazi) official who became head of the Party Chancellery (Parteikanzlei) and Private Secretary to Adolf Hitler, gaining his trust and deriving immense power within the Third Reich by controlling... Führer (Fuehrer or Fuhrer in English when umlauts are not used) is a proper noun meaning leader or guide in the German language. ... Adolf Hitler shaking hands with Feldmarschall Ferdinand Schörner in the Führerbunker, one of last known photos of Hitler. ... April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... It has been suggested that Suicide and culture be merged into this article or section. ... Endsieg is German for final victory. The term is today almost exclusively used with reference to its meaning under Nazi doctrine: Temporary losses (including of civilian lives) nonwithstanding, the Third Reich would ultimately prevail, and thus any breakdown in allegiance to Nazi ideology was not to be tolerated. ...

It was not long, however, before Hofer's freedom was curtailed. On 6 May 1945, he was arrested by the United States Army in Hall in Tirol and held in an internment camp. In 1948, he managed to flee to Germany, where he continued his former trade as a salesman in Mülheim, in the end under his true name. May 6 is the 126th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (127th in leap years). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces that has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... Hall in Tirol is a town in Austria. ... A concentration camp is a large detention centre created for political opponents, aliens, specific ethnic or religious groups, civilians of a critical war-zone, or other groups of people, often during a war. ... Mülheim an der Ruhr, that calls itself City on the River, is a small to medium-sized city in [North Rhine-Westphalia]] in Germany. ...

In Austria, Hofer was sentenced in absentia in June 1949 to death. In July 1953, a Munich appeal court upheld a sentence of 3 years and 5 months in labour prison. When interviewed by the press during this time, Hofer made it known that his National Socialist convictions were unbroken. In Absentia is the eighth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, first released in September 24, 2002. ... Munich and the Bavarian Alps Munich (German: München (pronounced listen) is the largest city and capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria. ... Court of Appeals or (outside the United States) Court of Appeal is the title of certain appellate courts in various jurisdictions. ...

In 1964, a lawsuit brought by Hofer's children for the return of ownership of the Lachhof bei Hall where their father had lived while he was the Gauleiter, was dismissed by an Austrian court. A lawsuit is a civil action brought before a court in which the party commencing the action, the plaintiff, seeks a legal remedy. ...