Max Amann
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German politician (NSDAP), MdR and journalist (1891–1957)
Key facts
- Deputy
- Otto Dietrich
- Born
- ( 1891-11-24 ) 24 November 1891, Munich , German Empire
- Died
- 30 March 1957 (1957-03-30) (aged 65), Munich , West Germany
- Party
- Nazi Party
- Other political affiliations
- Greater German People's Community
- Occupation
- Business manager, Publisher
- Allegiance
- German Empire
- Branch service
- Imperial German Army
- Years of service
- 1912–1919
- Rank
- Feldwebel
- Unit
- 1st Royal Bavarian Infantry Regiment, 16th Royal Bavarian Infantry Regiment
- Battles wars
- World War I
- Awards
- Iron Cross 2nd Class
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Max
- Family name
- Amann
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Munich
- Place of death
- Munich
- Occupation
- journalist
- Employer
- Franz Eher Nachfolger
- Political party
- Nazi Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Participant in
- International Military Tribunal
- Field of work
- propaganda in Nazi Germany
- Conflict
- World War I
- Military branch
- Imperial German Army
- Military rank
- Obergruppenführer
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 119-2186, Max Amann.jpg
- Work location
- Berlin
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- place of burial
- Ostfriedhof
- Commons category
- Max Amann
- date of birth
- 1891-11-24
- date of death
- 1957-03-29
- name in native language
- Max Amann
- member of
- Schutzstaffel
- different from
- Max Amann
- allegiance
- Nazi Germany
- start of work period
- 1912-00-00
- significant person
- Joseph Goebbels
- end of work period
- 1945-09-02
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Encyclopedic overview
Max Amann (24 November 1891 – 30 March 1957) was a high-ranking member of the Nazi Party, a German politician, businessman and art collector, including of looted art. He was the first business manager of the Nazi Party and later became the head of Eher Verlag ('Eher Publishing'), the official Nazi Party publishing house. He was also the Reichsleiter for the press. After the war ended, Amann was arrested by U.S. military occupation authorities. A denazification court deemed him a Hauptschuldiger ('Major Offender'). Amann was sentenced to ten years in a labour camp and stripped of his property, pension rights, and virtually all of his fortune.
Amann was released from custody in 1953, and died in poverty in Munich four years later.
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