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Jury, HugoJury, Hugo, b. Moravská Radimeř (Czech Republic), July 13, 1887, d. Zwettl-Niederösterreich, May 8, 1945 (suicide), physician and National Socialist politician. In 1936 member of the "Committee of the Seven", which sought an accommodation between the National Socialists and the government, March-May 1938 Minister for Social Administration in the Seyß-Inquart government, from May 1938 gauleiter of "Niederdonau" (Lower Austria), from 1940 Reich Governor and from 1942 Reich Commissioner of Defence in this area. Literature: ÖBL.
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