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Otto Strasser
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German politician, former member of the Nazi Party, rival of Adolf Hitler and founder of the Black Front (1888-1974)
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Otto Johann Maximilian Strasser (1897–1974) was a German journalist, politician, writer, and opinion journalist. Born in Bad Windsheim, he held a doctorate from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and served as a lieutenant in the Imperial German Army and Freikorps during World War I. He died in Munich.
Strasser was a member of several political parties, including the Social Democratic Party of Germany, the German Social Union, the Black Front, and the Nazi Party. His brother was Gregor Strasser.
As an author, Strasser wrote 22 works. Notable titles include *Germany in a disunited world*, *Wohin treibt Hitler?*, *Germany tomorrow*, *Hitler's shadow over South America*, and *Sozialistische Revolution oder faschistischer Krieg?*
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1897-09-14
- Died
- 1974-08-27
- Works
- 22
Top works
- Germany in a disunited world
- Wohin treibt Hitler?
- Germany tomorrow
- Hitler's shadow over South America
- Sozialistische Revolution oder faschistischer Krieg?
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3
- Total plays
- 3
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,988x
- On the Origin of Cancer Cells
· 1956 · cited 11,447x
- Development and validation of a geriatric depression screening scale: A preliminary report
· 1982 · cited 11,182x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,999x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,248x
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Key facts
- Born
- Otto Johann Maximilian Strasser , ( 1897-09-10 ) 10 September 1897, Bad Windsheim , Bavaria , German Empire
- Died
- 27 August 1974 (1974-08-27) (aged 76), Munich , Bavaria, West Germany
- Party
- SPD (1917–1920) DVFP (1922–1925) NSDAP (1925–1930) KGRNS (1930–1934) DSU (1956–1962)
- Relatives
- Gregor Strasser (brother) , Bernhard Strasser (brother)
- Alma mater
- Humboldt University of Berlin
- Occupation
- Philosopher, editor, politician
- Allegiance
- German Empire
- Branch service
- Bavarian Army , Freikorps
- Years of service
- 1914–1919
- Rank
- Lieutenant
- Battles wars
- World War I
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Maximilian
- Family name
- Strasser
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Bad Windsheim
- Place of death
- Munich
- Sibling
- Gregor Strasser
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Political party
- Black Front
- Languages spoken
- German
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Conflict
- World War I
- Military branch
- Freikorps
- Military rank
- lieutenant
- Image
- Otto Strasser.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1897-09-14
- date of death
- 1974-08-27
- name in native language
- Otto Strasser
- Commons category
- Otto Strasser
- birth name
- Otto Johann Maximilian Strasser
- different from
- Gregor Strasser
- P8168
- caramel color
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Encyclopedic overview
Otto Johann Maximilian Strasser (also German: Straßer, see ß; 10 September 1897 – 27 August 1974) was a German politician and an early member of the Nazi Party. While his older brother Gregor led the party's northern group, Otto served as its primary theoretician. Through their main publishing house, the KampfVerlag, they promoted an ideology based on Nazism, that later became known as Strasserism, which sought to replace capitalist private property with a medieval-style system of "hereditary fiefs" (Erblehen). Otto broke from the party due to disputes with the dominant Hitlerite faction. He formed the Black Front, a group intended to split the Nazi Party and take it from the grasp of Hitler. During his exile and World War II, this group also functioned as a secret opposition group.
Historian Hans Mommsen has commented that Otto Strasser was "in most respects" the intellectual superior of his brother Gregor. Peter Stachura argues that the concept of so-called left-wing "Strasseism," and Gregor's image as a principled "socialist" martyr, were largely fabricated by Otto in his writings.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Otto Strasser” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.