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Hans Fritzsche
Fritzsche in 1940
Personal details
Born
(1900-04-21)21 April 1900 Bochum, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died
27 September 1953(1953-09-27) (aged 53) Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Nationality
German
Political party
Nazi Party
Other political affiliations
German National People's Party
Spouse
Hildegard Fritzsche
Alma mater
University of Greifswald Humboldt University of Berlin
Occupation
Ministerialdirektor in the Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda
Profession
Journalist, Government Official
Military service
Allegiance
German Empire
Branch/service
Imperial German Army
Years of service
1917–1918
Rank
Soldat
Battles/wars
World War I
August Franz Anton Hans Fritzsche (21 April 1900 – 27 September 1953)[1] was the Ministerialdirektor at the Propagandaministerium (Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda) of Nazi Germany. He was the preeminent German broadcaster of his time, as part of efforts to present a more popular and entertaining side of the Nazi regime, and his voice was recognised by the majority of Germans.[1]
Fritzsche was present in the Berlin Führerbunker during the last days of Adolf Hitler. After Hitler's death, he went over to the Soviet lines in Berlin to offer the surrender of the city to the Red Army on 1 May 1945. He was taken prisoner.
^ abChristopher H. Sterling: Encyclopedia of Radio. Routledge, 2003
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the girls' hair. Vice Admiral Hans Voss was brought to the Chancellery garden to identify the bodies, as was HansFritzsche, a leading German radio commentator...
Schirach. A separate dining area was established for Schirach, Speer, HansFritzsche and Walther Funk to remove Schirach and Funk from Göring's influence...
reminding them Hitler forbade them to surrender. Ministerialdirektor HansFritzsche left the room to take matters into his own hands. He went to his nearby...
before the Anschluss and wartime Generalkommissar in the occupied Crimea HansFritzsche, head of the Press Office and, later, the Radio Office in the Ministry...
dissented against the acquittals of Hjalmar Schacht, Franz von Papen and HansFritzsche; he also argued for a death sentence for Rudolf Hess, who was ultimately...
Hans Christoph Fritzsche (before 1629 – 1674 in Hamburg) was a German organ builder from Dresden who worked in northern Germany, Denmark and southern Sweden...
it was day or night. Around noon on 26 April, Weidling relieved Colonel Hans-Oscar Wöhlermann of command, and Major General Werner Mummert was reinstated...
Schacht (Economics Minister), Former Vice-Chancellor Franz von Papen, and HansFritzsche (Head of Press and Radio). Anti-Jewish legislation in pre-war Nazi Germany...
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Baldur von Schirach—received shorter prison sentences. Three others—HansFritzsche, Hjalmar Schacht, and Franz von Papen—were acquitted. At that time,...
propagandists Julius Streicher and HansFritzsche; Rudolf Hess, Hitler's deputy who had flown to Britain in 1941; Hans Frank, governor-general of the General...
along with HansFritzsche, were the first persons to be indicted for what would later be classified as incitement to genocide, though Fritzsche was acquitted...
with members of the so-called Naumann Circle, such as Werner Naumann, HansFritzsche and Franz Six. In 1952, he co-authored with them a strong nationalist...
Hewel after he survived an airplane crash on 21 April 1944 in which General Hans-Valentin Hube was killed – married Hewel at Berchtesgaden. The tall and portly...
produced three sons and three daughters, including the organ builder Hans Christoph Fritzsche. Through his second marriage in 1629 to Margarete née Ringemuth...
Army from 1935 to 1938. Forced out in the Blomberg-Fritsch Affair. HansFritzsche – Head of the Press Division and then the Radio Division at the Reich...
deported to the concentration camp of Auschwitz where they were murdered. HansFritzsche, who had been head of the Radio Chamber, was tried and acquitted by...
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