Axel Ripke

Axel Herbert Ewald Ripke (28 March 1880 in Mitau – 5 December 1937 in Halensee) was a German journalist and politician of the German Fatherland Party and the Nazi Party (NSDAP). Among other things, he was one of the first ''Gauleiters'' of the NSDAP and an early mentor of Joseph Goebbels. Provided by Wikipedia