What was Josef Terboven's role in Nazi Germany?

Terboven was the *Gauleiter* of the Netherlands, responsible for political administration under Nazi occupation. - **Which awards did Josef Terboven receive?** He was honored with the Golden Party Badge and the Iron Cross. - **Where did Josef Terboven study?** He attended Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

Josef Terboven

German politician (1898–1945)

Person human Q57874

Facts

29 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[14]
Date of birth: May 23, 1898
Date of death: May 8, 1945
Place of birth: Essen
Place of death: Skaugum
Country of citizenship: Germany^[6]
Occupation: politician
Position held: member of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic, member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany, Reichkommisar for the occupied Norwegian territories^[7]^[8]^[9]
Educated at: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München^[10]
Member of political party: Nazi Party^[15]
Award received: Golden Party Badge, Iron Cross^[11]^[12]
Cause of death: explosion^[17]
Work location: Berlin, Oslo^[24]^[25]
Languages spoken, written or signed: German^[31]
Allegiance: Nazi Germany^[26]
Birth name: Josef Antonius Heinrich Terboven^[32]
Described by source: SourceWatch List of Dictators, Neue Deutsche Biographie^[28]^[29]
Family name: Terboven^[20]
Given name: Josef, Antonius, Heinrich^[21]^[22]^[23]
Manner of death: suicide^[27]
Member of: Sturmabteilung^[13]
Military, police or special rank: Obergruppenführer^[16]
Name in native language: Josef Terboven^[33]

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On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikiproject Nuremberg Trials^[34]
P14396: register/person/arh-zPER_04980^[35]
P14536: 356621^[36]
Participant in: Beer Hall Putsch^[30]
Participated in conflict: World War I, World War II^[18]^[19]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 39

ISNI: 0000000031466293
VIAF cluster ID: 52482403
Library of Congress authority ID: n94017609
GND ID: 118621343
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Josef Terboven.jpg ↗
BHCL UUID: 367aa2eb-ffa3-4854-8f59-5481af7be035
BIBSYS ID: 90625087
BIORAB–WEIMAR ID: 15500
DDB person (GND) ID: 118621343
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 118621343
FAST ID: 335824
FactGrid item ID: Children of Lir

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Freebase ID: /m/04070
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Josef_Terboven
IMDb ID: nm5231564
IdRef ID: 07575326X
Jewish Virtual Library ID: josef-terboven
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID: 118621343
Lex ID: Josef_Terboven
Lokalhistoriewiki.no article ID: Josef_Terboven
Munzinger person ID: 00000000593
NE.se ID: josef-terboven
NSDAP membership number (1925–1945): 25247
NUKAT ID: n2017055702
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007443198905171
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9812476741205606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 071339752
Norsk biografisk leksikon ID: Josef_Terboven
Open Library ID: OL118224A
Our Campaigns candidate ID: 574353
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803103129515
PM20 folder ID: pe/033146
PolSys ID: 31224
Prabook ID: 1345347
TracesOfWar person ID: 81498
Treccani ID: josef-terboven
WikiTree person ID: Terboven-1
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJf8vhxCgRqyF4QF6Q8KVC
Yale LUX ID: person/49b4acbe-afd4-4a77-b4e0-8cf8a3715683

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🔗 Connections

Award received 2

Iron Cross, Golden Party Badge

Given name 2

Josef, Heinrich

Participated in conflict 2

World War II, World War I

Work location 2

Berlin, Oslo

Allegiance 1

Nazi Germany

Cause of death 1

dynamite

Country of citizenship 1

Germany

Educated at 1

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

FactGrid item ID 1

Children of Lir

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

German

Manner of death 1

suicide

Member of 1

Sturmabteilung

Member of political party 1

Nazi Party

Military, police or special rank 1

Obergruppenführer

Occupation 1

politician

Participant in 1

Beer Hall Putsch

Place of birth 1

Essen

Place of death 1

Skaugum

Sex or gender 1

male

← Director / manager 1

Reichskommissariat Norwegen

← SNARC ID 1

Mary Wortley Montagu

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Summary

Josef Terboven was born on May 23, 1898^[1], in Essen^[2]. He died on May 8, 1945^[3], in Skaugum^[4]. He worked as a politician^[5].

FAQs

Where was Josef Terboven born?

Josef Terboven was born in Essen^[2].

Where did Josef Terboven die?

Josef Terboven died in Skaugum^[4].

What did Josef Terboven do for work?

Josef Terboven worked as a politician^[5].

Where did Josef Terboven go to school?

Josef Terboven was educated at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München^[10].

What awards did Josef Terboven receive?

Honors received include Golden Party Badge^[11] and Iron Cross^[12].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Josef Terboven — place of birth (P19): Essen. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Josef Terboven — place of death (P20): Skaugum. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Josef Terboven — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Josef Terboven — country of citizenship (P27): Germany. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Josef Terboven — position held (P39): member of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Josef Terboven — position held (P39): member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Josef Terboven — position held (P39): Reichkommisar for the occupied Norwegian territories. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Josef Terboven — educated at (P69): Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Josef Terboven — member of political party (P102): Nazi Party. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Josef Terboven — occupation (P106): politician. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Josef Terboven — award received (P166): Golden Party Badge. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Josef Terboven — award received (P166): Iron Cross. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Josef Terboven — military, police or special rank (P410): Obergruppenführer. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Josef Terboven — member of (P463): Sturmabteilung. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Josef Terboven — cause of death (P509): explosion. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Josef Terboven — date of birth (P569): May 23, 1898. Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Josef Terboven — date of death (P570): May 8, 1945. Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Josef Terboven — participated in conflict (P607): World War I. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Josef Terboven — participated in conflict (P607): World War II. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Josef Terboven — family name (P734): Terboven. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Josef Terboven — given name (P735): Josef. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Josef Terboven — given name (P735): Antonius. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Josef Terboven — given name (P735): Heinrich. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Josef Terboven — work location (P937): Berlin. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Josef Terboven — work location (P937): Oslo. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Josef Terboven — allegiance (P945): Nazi Germany. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Josef Terboven — manner of death (P1196): suicide. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Josef Terboven — described by source (P1343): SourceWatch List of Dictators. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Josef Terboven — described by source (P1343): Neue Deutsche Biographie. Deutsche Biographie. Retrieved 2026-11-02. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Josef Terboven — participant in (P1344): Beer Hall Putsch. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Josef Terboven — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): German. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Josef Terboven — birth name (P1477): Josef Antonius Heinrich Terboven. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Josef Terboven — name in native language (P1559): Josef Terboven. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Josef Terboven — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): Wikiproject Nuremberg Trials. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Josef Terboven — P14396 (P14396): register/person/arh-zPER_04980. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Josef Terboven — P14536 (P14536): 356621. wikidata.org.

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