Emil Holtz (25 May 1873 in Pyritz – after 1931) was an early Nazi Party official who served as Gauleiter of Gau Brandenburg from 1928 to 1930.
During the ban on the NSDAP imposed in the aftermath of the Beer Hall Putsch of November 1923, Holtz remained active as a speaker for the national socialist cause in Brandenburg.
Considerably older than most of the other leaders of the Nazi Party, Holtz did not share with them the experience of military service in World War I or participation in the Freikorps.
From March 1927, Holtz also was the Chairman of the Gau USCHLA committee, charged with investigating and adjudicating intra-Party conflicts and disputes.
[2] Goebbels, meanwhile, had difficulty administering the Gau due to ongoing conflicts with the Sturmabteilung (SA), in particular Deputy Supreme SA-Führer-East Walter Stennes, and elements aligned with the more socialist, revolutionary wing of the Party.