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Dietrich Eckart

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German journalist and politician (1868-1923)

Person · Open Library

Born
1868
Died
1923
Works
12

Top works

  • Eight plays
  • So ein Saustall!
  • Totengräber Russlands
  • Abermals vor der Höhle des Grossen Krummen
  • Henrik Ibsens Peer Gynt

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
DE
Active from
1926-12-19
Active to
2024-04-09

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
11
Total plays
90

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Key facts

Born
( 1868-03-23 ) 23 March 1868, Neumarkt , Kingdom of Bavaria
Died
26 December 1923 (1923-12-26) (aged 55), Berchtesgaden , Bavaria , Weimar Germany
Spouse
Rose Marx ( née Wiedeburg ) ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1913 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1921 ) ​

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Encyclopedic overview

Dietrich Eckart ( German: [ˈɛkaʁt]; 23 March 1868 – 26 December 1923) was a German völkisch poet, playwright, journalist, publicist, and political activist who was one of the founders of the German Workers' Party (DAP), the precursor of the Nazi Party (National Socialist German Workers' Party or NSDAP). Eckart was a key influence on Adolf Hitler in the early years of the Party, the original publisher of the party newspaper, the Völkischer Beobachter ("Folkist Observer"), and the lyricist of the first party anthem, "Sturmlied" ("Storming Song"). He was a participant in the failed Beer Hall Putsch in 1923 and died on 26 December of that year, shortly after his release from Landsberg Prison, of a heart attack.

Eckart was elevated to the status of a major thinker upon the establishment of Nazi Germany in 1933. He was acknowledged by Hitler to be the spiritual co-founder of Nazism and "a guiding light of the early National Socialist movement."

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