Propaganda within Nazi Germany was taken to a new and frequently perverse level. Hitler was very aware of the value of good propaganda and he appointed Joseph Goebbels as head of propaganda. Propaganda is the art of persuasion – persuading others that your ‘side of the story’ is correct. Propaganda might take the form of persuading others that… Read more »
The world’s third most-wanted Nazi suspect has died before he could be brought to trial, a German court said today. Samuel Kunz, the 89-year old former Nazi death camp guard accused of participating in the murder of 430,000 Jews, died on 18 November 2010 Bonn’s state court said in a statement. Kunz was indicted on… Read more »
The Nazi rise to power brought an end to the Weimar Republic, a parliamentary democracy established in Germany after World War I. Following the appointment of Adolf Hitler as chancellor on January 30, 1933, the Nazi state (also referred to as the Third Reich) quickly became a regime in which Germans enjoyed no guaranteed basic rights. After… Read more »
Wilhelm Stemmermann, born 23 October 1888 joined the Württemberg Army on 26 June 1908 as a flag-youngster. He came to Badisches Fußartillerie-Regiment No. 14. On this he was promoted to lieutenant on 19 November 1909. As such, he was then employed as a battery officer in the Badisches Fußartillerie-Regiment No. 14. During the First World War, he… Read more »
Hans Eppinger, born January 5th 1879, was the son of the physician Hans Eppinger senior (1846-1916), professor of pathological anatomy at Graz. He received his education in Graz and Strassburg and became doctor of medicine in Graz in 1903. He became an assistant at the medical clinic in Graz in 1903 and in 1908 in Vienna… Read more »