Fritzsche, Hans
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| born on | 21 April 1900 at 01:15 (= 01:15 AM ) | ||
| Place | Bochum, Germany, 51n28, 7e13 | ||
| Timezone | MET h1e (is standard time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   00°26'   10°17 Asc. 06°17'
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Biography
German Head of Radio Broadcast of the Reich, Minister of Propaganda under Joseph Goebbels, 5/01/1933. He became a leading political commentator from 1937, reaching a mass audience.
Fritzsche did war service as a private, went through college and then joined the German National People's Party in 1923. A year later, he became the editor of a news agency, and from there was appointed Head of the German Radio News Service in 1932.
At his trial in Nuremberg, he appeared to regret his role. He was acquitted of war crimes on 10/01/1946 and was released in 9/1950 after further review of his war record.
He published his memoirs "Hans Fritzsche Speaking" in 1948, in which he protested his innocence.
He died September 27, 1953 in Cologne, Germany, of cancer. He was 53.
Events
- Work : New Career 1 May 1933 (Head of Reich Radio Broadcast)
- Crime : Trial dates 1 October 1946 (Acquitted of war crimes)
- Social : Deinstitutionalized - prison, hospital September 1950 (Released from prison)
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1948 (Published Memoirs)
- Death, Cause unspecified 27 September 1953 (Age 53)
- Death by Disease 27 September 1953 (Of cancer, in Cologne, Germany, age 53)
Source Notes
B.C. in hand from Steinbrecher
Categories
- Vocation : Entertainment : News journalist/ Anchor
- Vocation : Military : Military service
- Vocation : Writers : Publisher/ Editor (Editor)
- Vocation : Writers : Autobiographer
- Notable : Book Collection : Crime Collection
- Vocation : Politics : Nazi party (Head of Radio Broadcast of the Reich)
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Cancer
- Personal : Death : Illness/ Disease
