Hugo Jury

Hugo Jury (13 July 1887, Mährisch Rothmühl (now Moravská Radiměř, Radiměř, Czech Republic) – 8 May 1945, Zwettl, Lower Austria) was an Austrian Nazi.

Hugo Jury
(1938)
Gauleiter of Reichsgau Niederdonau
In office May 1938 – 8 May 1945
Preceded by	Roman Jäger
Succeeded by	Leopold Figel(as Landeshauptmann)
Minister of Social Affairs
In office 11 March 1938 – 13 March 1938
Chancellor	Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Preceded by	Josef Resch
Succeeded by	Johann Böhm
Personal details
Born	(1887-07-13)13 July 1887 Mährisch-Rothmühl, Bohemia, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died	8 May 1945(1945-05-08) (aged 57) Zwettl, German Reich (now in Austria)
Cause of death	Suicide
Political party	National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP)
Spouse(s)	Karoline Roppert (m. 1913)
Cabinet	Seyss-Inquart

Hugo Jury was a physician and a Nazi Party politician. From 11 March to 13 March 1938, he was Minister for Social Administration in the Seyß-Inquart government. In May 1938, he became Gauleiter of the Gau of "Reichsgau Niederdonau" (Lower Austria). As of 1940 he was also Reich Governor, and as of 1942 also Reich Defence Commissar, for this region.

Jury committed suicide on the night of 8/9 May 1945 by pistol.[1] He was reputed to have been one of the lovers of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.[2]