Editing Gregor Strasser (section)

{{short description|German politician (1892–1934)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = 
| name                = Gregor Strasser
| image               = Bundesarchiv Bild 119-1721, Gregor Strasser crop.jpg
| image_size          = 
| caption             = Strasser {{circa|1928}}
| office              = ''Organisationsabteilung Leiter'', later<br>''Reichsorganisationsleiter'' NSDAP
| term_start          = 2 January 1928
| term_end            = 8 December 1932
| predecessor         = General Bruno Heinemann
| successor           = [[Adolf Hitler]]<br>[[Robert Ley]]
| office2             = ''Reichspropagandaleiter'' NSDAP
| term_start2         = 16 September 1926
| term_end2           = 2 January 1928
| predecessor2        = Otto May
| successor2          = [[Adolf Hitler]]
| office3             = ''[[Gauleiter]]'' of [[Lower Bavaria]];<br>[[Lower Bavaria]]-[[Upper Palatinate]];<br>[[Lower Bavaria]]
| term_start3         = 26 February 1925
| term_end3           = 1 November 1929
| predecessor3        = Position established
| successor3          = Otto Erbersdobler (Lower Bavaria)<br>[[Adolf Wagner]] (Upper Palatinate)
| office4             = Member of the [[Reichstag (Weimar Republic)|Reichstag]]
| term_start4         = 7 December 1924
| term_end4           = March 1933
| constituency4       = [[Upper Bavaria]]
| office5             = Member of the [[Landtag of Bavaria]]
| term_start5         = 4 May 1924
| term_end5           = 7 December 1924
| constituency5       = [[Pfaffenhofen (district)|Pfaffenhofen]]
| birth_date          = {{Birth date|df=yes|1892|05|31}}
| birth_place         = [[Geisenfeld]], [[Kingdom of Bavaria|Bavaria]], [[German Empire]]
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1934|06|30|1892|05|31}}
| death_place         = [[Berlin]], [[Nazi Germany]] {{Infobox person| child = yes | death_cause= [[Execution by shooting]]}}
| party               = [[German Völkisch Freedom Party|Völkischer Block]] (1922–1925)<br>[[Nazi Party]] (1925–1932)
| profession          = [[Pharmacist]]
| allegiance          = {{flag|German Empire}}<br>{{flag|Weimar Republic}}
| branch              = {{army|Kingdom of Bavaria}}
| unit                = ''[[Freikorps]]''
| rank                = [[Oberleutnant]]
| serviceyears        = 1914–1919
| battles             = [[World War I]]<br>[[German Revolution of 1918–19|German Revolution]]
| mawards             = [[Iron Cross]]
}}
'''Gregor Strasser''' (also {{langx|de|Straßer}}, see [[ß]]; 31 May 1892 &ndash; 30 June 1934) was a German politician and early leader of the [[Nazi Party]]. Along with his younger brother [[Otto Strasser|Otto]], he was a leading member of the party's left-wing faction, which brought them into conflict with the dominant faction led by [[Adolf Hitler]], resulting in his murder in 1934. The brothers' strand of the [[Nazi ideology]] is known as [[Strasserism]].

Born in [[Bavaria]], Strasser served in an [[Imperial German Army]] artillery regiment during [[World War I]], rising to the rank of [[first lieutenant]] and winning the [[Iron Cross]] of both classes for bravery. After the war, he and his brother became members of [[Franz Ritter von Epp]]'s ''[[Freikorps]]''. He joined the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in 1920 and quickly became an influential and important figure in the fledgling party. In 1923, Strasser took part in the abortive [[Beer Hall Putsch]] in Munich and was imprisoned. After securing an early release following his election to the ''[[Reichstag (Weimar Republic)|Reichstag]]'', he joined a revived NSDAP in 1925 and once again established himself as a powerful and dominant member. A highly skilled organiser and effective public speaker, Strasser oversaw a major increase in the party's membership and reputation in [[northern Germany]], transforming the NSDAP from a marginal southern party to a nationwide political force. By mid-1932, Strasser was in charge of the party's national organizational work.

A strong advocate of the Nazi Party's radical wing, Strasser's anti-[[capitalist]], [[revolutionary nationalist]] programme had led Hitler to repudiate him at the 1926 [[Bamberg Conference]]. The two later reconciled but their peace was increasingly untenable from 1930 on. In December 1932, Chancellor [[Kurt von Schleicher]] offered Strasser the post of Vice-Chancellor, creating a potential split within the Nazi Party. In response, Hitler isolated Strasser in the party and forced him to resign from all party offices. Strasser then renounced his ''Reichstag'' seat and retired from active politics, returning to his old profession as a pharmacist. On 30 June 1934, in a purge that became known as the [[Night of the Long Knives]], Strasser was arrested by the [[Gestapo]] and subsequently executed.