made a rare public appearance to attend Wagner's lavish funeral on 17 April at the Deutsches Museum that included a eulogy by Minister of Propaganda Josef Goebbels. The deceased Gauleiter was posthumously awarded the German Order, the Nazi Party's highest decoration. He was buried near the Ehrentempel (Honor Temples) which housed the remains of those killed in the Beer Hall Putsch. References Sources Müller, Winfried: Gauleiter als Minister. Die Gauleiter Hans Schemm, Adolf Wagner, Paul Giesler und das Bayerische Staatsministerium für Unterricht und Kultus 1933-1945, In: Zeitschrift für Bayerische Landesgeschichte 60, 1997, (973-1021). External links 1890 births 1944 deaths Gauleiters Holocaust perpetrators in Germany Lorraine-German people Members of the Landtag of Bavaria Members of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany Ministers of the Bavaria State Government Nazi Party officials Nazi Party politicians Nazis who participated in the Beer Hall Putsch People from Algrange People from Alsace-Lorraine People of the Weimar Republic Recipients of the German Order (decoration) Recipients of the Iron Cross (1914), 1st class Recipients of the Iron Cross (1914), 2nd class Sturmabteilung officers German Army personnel of World War I