Hermann Esser was an early member of the Nazi Party. A journalist, Esser was the editor of the Nazi paper, Völkischer Beobachter, a propaganda leader, and a vice president of the Reichstag. In the ear
Hermann Esser
Hermann Esser (far right, back to camera) with Heinrich Himmler (left), Reinhard Heydrich (middle), Karl Wolff (2nd from right) at the Obersalzberg, May 1939
The Nazi controlled Bavarian Commissarial Government of March 1933 (German: Bayerische Kommission, Reichskommissariat für Bayern, Kabinett von Epp). Seated from left Minister of Finance Ludwig Siebert, Prime Minister/Reich Governor of Bavaria Franz von Epp, Minister of the Interior Adolf Wagner, and Minister of Culture Hans Schemm. Standing from left State Commissioner Ernst Röhm, Minister of Justice Hans Frank, Minister of State Hermann Esser, and Minister of Agriculture
Dietrich Eckart was a German völkisch poet, playwright, journalist, publicist, and political activist who was one of the founders of the German Workers' Party, the precursor of the Nazi Party. Eckart
Hermann Esser
…failed. Having met Anton Drexler through his work, he met with the group of men that formed the German Workers' Party (DAP): Drexler, Gottfried Feder and Dietrich Eckart, joining their party in January 1920. In 1920 he met Hitler in the regional press office of the Reichswehr (Army of the Weimar Republic) and joined the…
Dietrich-Eckart-Bühne (Dietrich Eckart theatre), 1939
The remains of the former Dietrich Eckart memorial in Neumarkt, covered in anti-Nazi and neo-Nazi graffiti