Postie is absolutely correct. The word
Gauleiter is very specific and still to this day refers
only to "The head of a Nazi district". (Although on odd occasions it has been used in the English language as a rather cruel term for jobs-worthy and overbearing local authoritarian figures -
http://www.rense.com/general28/heil.htm
- ). For a list of
Gauleiter during the 1940's in the various L�nder of Germany, go here:
http://www.geocities.com/~orion47/NSDAP/Gauleiterl
ist.html