States of Germany
On 15 April 1929, he was named "Gauleiter" of Gau Hamburg, Germany’s second largest city and one of the 17 federated States of Germany. He would retain this important post until the end of the Nazi regime in May 1945. In September 1930 he was elected to the "Reichstag" from electoral constituency 34, (Hamburg), remaining a member until 1945. He was also named as a "Reichstag Schriftführer" (Secretary) and a member of its Executive Committee.