Franz Kutschera (born 22 February 1904 in Oberwaltersdorf in Lower Austria; died 1 February 1944 in Warsaw, Poland) was an SS general and Gauleiter of Carinthia. Kutschera was a fervent Nazi and a war criminal. As SS and police leader of the Warsaw district, he was killed in an assassination carried out by the Polish Home Army. February 22 is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Map of Lower Austria showing districts and the four quarters (Waldviertel in green, Weinviertel in red, Mostviertel in yellow and Industrieviertel in blue) Lower Austria (de: Niederösterreich) is one of the nine states or Länder in Austria. ... February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... Warsaw (Polish: , (?), in full The Capital City of Warsaw, Polish: Miasto StoÅ‚eczne Warszawa) is the capital of Poland and its largest city. ... The infamous double-sig rune SS insignia. ... 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. ... Carinthia (Kärnten in German, Koroška in Slovenian) can refer to: Carinthia - a federal state of Austria Carinthia - an informal province in Slovenia Carinthia - a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire and crownland of Austria_Hungary Karantania - the first Slovenian state This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other... The term National Socialism has been used in self-description by a number of different political groups and ideologies, some of which have no connection with the Nazis; see National socialism (disambiguation). ... A war crime is a punishable offense, under international (criminal) law, for violations of the law of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. ... The Armia Krajowa or AK (Home Army) functioned as the underground army in German-occupied Poland, which was active in all areas of the country from September 1939 until its disbanding in January 1945. ...

Early life

Kutschera was a shipboy in 1918-1919 in the Austro-Hungarian navy. Afterwards, he became a gardener. In the 1920s, he lived in Czechoslovakia. He joined the NSDAP in late 1930 and the SS in late 1931. Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ... A gardener Gardening is the art of growing plants with the goal of crafting a purposeful landscape. ... The 1920s were a decade sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... 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. ...

Career

From 1935 until March 1938 Kutschera was leader of the 90th SS Standard "Carinthia", which became known after his death as "Franz Kutschera" in his "honour". During Anschluss with Nazi Germany, he was for a short time (February to May 1938) managing Gauleiter of Carinthia, and thereafter first acting Gauleiter, and then finally Gauleiter in 1940-1941. After Anschluss he furthermore became a member of the Reichstag, remaining such until his death. Early in 1939 he became an honorary judge at the Volksgerichtshof. German troops march into Austria on 12 March 1938. ... 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. ... The Reichstag is both an institutional assembly and a specific building. ... The Volksgerichtshof (German for Peoples Court) was a court established by Hitler after the Reichstag fire to handle those accused of political criminal offences, such as treason. ...

Kutschera was appointed an SS Brigadeführer in 1940 and late in 1942 a major general of the police. He distinguished himself in the fight against partisans (or "bandits" as the Nazis called them) with his fanaticism and utmost harshness. Hence, he was appointed SS and police leader, first from April 1943 in the Mogilev district and then as of September 1943, and until his death on 1 February 1944, in the Warsaw district. Brigadeführer was an SS rank that was used in Nazi Germany between the years of 1932 and 1945. ... Insignia of a United States Air Force Major General German Generalmajor Insignia Major General is a military rank used in many countries. ... Mogilev, or MahiloÅ­ (Belarusian Магілёў (Mahilyow), Russian Могилёв (Mogilev, Mogilyov), Polish Mohylew or Mogilew) is a city in eastern Belarus, close to the border to Russia with about 300,000 inhabitants. ...