Hans Fritzsche

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Hans Fritzsche was a senior Nazi official and radio commentator who headed the news division of the German Propaganda Ministry and was tried at the Nuremberg Trials for his role in disseminating Nazi propaganda.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi official
human
propagandist
radio commentator
causeOfDeath cancer
chargedWith crimes against humanity
crimes against peace
war crimes
citizenship Germany
countryOfBirth German Empire NERFINISHED
countryOfDeath West Germany NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1900-04-21
dateOfDeath 1953-09-27
defendantIn Nuremberg Trials NERFINISHED
detainedBy Allied powers after World War II NERFINISHED
education studied philosophy and history at university (interrupted by World War I)
employer German News Bureau NERFINISHED
Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork broadcast journalism
political propaganda
fullName Hans Georg Fritzsche NERFINISHED
ideology Nazism
imprisonedIn Soviet captivity after World War II
languageOfWorkOrName German
memberOf Nazi Party
militaryService served in the German Army during World War I
nationality German
notableEvent one of three defendants acquitted at the main Nuremberg Trial
notableFor dissemination of Nazi propaganda
notableRole senior official in Joseph Goebbels' Propaganda Ministry
notableWork radio broadcasts supporting Nazi policies during World War II
occupation civil servant
journalist
participantIn Nazi propaganda campaigns
World War II
partyNumber 1412913
placeOfBirth Bochum NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Cologne NERFINISHED
positionHeld head of the German Press Division in the Propaganda Ministry
head of the news division of the Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
radio commentator for Nazi Germany
postWarStatus classified as a major offender in denazification proceedings
later tried by a German denazification court
releasedFromPrisonYear 1950
spouse Ilse Fritzsche NERFINISHED
trialEndYear 1946
trialStartYear 1945
triedAt International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg NERFINISHED
verdict acquitted by the International Military Tribunal
workedUnder Joseph Goebbels NERFINISHED

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Nuremberg Prison notableInmate Hans Fritzsche