Konrad Henlein

Konrad Ernst Eduard Henlein (6 May 1898 – 10 May 1945) was a Sudeten German politician in Czechoslovakia before World War II. After Germany invaded Czechoslovakia he became the and of Reichsgau Sudetenland under the occupation of Nazi Germany.

Born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1898, Henlein served in the Austro-Hungarian Army in World War I. The Austrian Empire collapsed after that, and the Sudetenland, where Henlein lived, became part of newly created Czechoslovakia.

He became active in the '''' movement, a German nationalist and ''völkisch'' athletic organization. In 1933, he founded the Sudeten German Party of Czechoslovakia. It merged into the Nazi Party in 1939.

Henlein actively lobbied for Germany to annex the Sudetenland and led the in the Sudeten German uprising in September 1938 that led to the Munich Agreement and the German occupation of the Sudetenland. After the occupation in October 1938, he formally joined the Nazi Party and the (SS) and was appointed of Reichsgau Sudetenland. He became of Reichsgau Sudetenland when it was formed on 1 May 1939, and was responsible for mass deportations to death camps. He died by suicide in 1945 in American custody after the war. Provided by Wikipedia