About Philipp Wilhelm Jung
Lived 1884 – 1965 (aged 80). Philipp Wilhelm Jung was a German politician, jurist and mayor.
Philipp Wilhelm Jung (16 September 1884 – 9 September 1965) was a German Nazi politician.
Jung was born in Nieder-Flörsheim in the Grand Duchy of Hesse as the son of an elementary school teacher. He earned a doctoral degree in law.
Jung joined the SA in 1927 and the Nazi party in 1930. In 1933, after the Nazi Machtergreifung, he became president of the Hessian parliament. After the dismissal of Wilhelm Ehrhard by the Nazis, Jung was appointed provisional mayor of the city of Mainz. Already in May 1933 he was displaced by Robert Barth. He was prime minister of the People's State of Hesse from September 1933 until March 1935 when this function was taken over by Jakob Sprenger. During World War II Jung was the mayor of Vienna (1940–1943).
Jung died in Worms, West Germany in 1965.
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Who was Philipp Wilhelm Jung?
German Nazi politician (1884-1965)
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Philipp Wilhelm Jung was born on 16 September 1884 in Flörsheim-Dalsheim.
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Philipp Wilhelm Jung died on 9 September 1965 in Worms.
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Philipp Wilhelm Jung was a politician, jurist and mayor.
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Philipp Wilhelm Jung was German.
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