Baldur von Schirach

German politician best known for his role as the Nazi Party national youth leader and head of the Hitler Youth from 1931 to 1940. He later served as Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter ("Reich Governor") of Vienna. After World War II, he was convicted of crimes against humanity in the Nuremberg trials and sentenced to 20 years in prison which he served at Spandau Prison, Berlin from 1946 to 1966.

He published his memoirs, Ich glaubte an Hitler ("I believed in Hitler") in 1967 and was interviewed by British journalist David Frost. In the interview, he reflects on his imprisonment, meeting with Hitler, and the deportation of the Jews. He claimed to have no knowledge of the extermination, but admitted his guilt in regard to discriminatory education laws.

While in prison he lost eyesight in the left eye through a detached retina. He also suffered from a pulmonary embolism and was diagnosed with thrombosis. On 8 August 1974 while staying at an inn in Kröv, he died of coronary thrombosis. He was 67.