Hanns Johst
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Hanns Johst was a German poet and playwright, directly aligned with Nazi philosophy, as a member of the officially approved writers’ organisations in the Third Reich. The statement “When I hear the wo
Johst in 1933
Johst receives a literary prize from Alfred Rosenberg
Albert Leo Schlageter
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Albert Leo Schlageter was an Imperial German Army officer who served in World War I before joining several Freikorps groups and carrying out acts of sabotage against French occupational forces in the
Hanns Johst
…ideology which was performed on Hitler's 44th birthday, 20 April 1933, to celebrate his victory. It was a heroic biography of the proto-Nazi martyr Albert Leo Schlageter. The famous line "When I hear the word culture, I reach for my gun", often associated with Nazi leaders, derives from this play. The actual line in the…
Albert Leo Schlageter, 1918
Schlageter facing the firing squad
Schlageter memorial in Billerbeck. The inscription was removed after the war.