Hanns Johst
German National Socialist poet and playwright / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hanns Johst (8 July 1890 – 23 November 1978) was a German poet and playwright, directly aligned with Nazi philosophy, as a member of the officially approved writers’ organisations in the Third Reich. The statement “When I hear the word culture, I reach for my gun”, variously misattributed to Heinrich Himmler, Joseph Goebbels and Hermann Göring, was in fact a corrupted version of a line in his play Schlageter.
Quick Facts Vorsitzender der Akademie für Deutsche Dichtung, Präsident der Reichsschriftumskammer ...
Hanns Johst | |
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Vorsitzender der Akademie für Deutsche Dichtung | |
In office 9 June 1933 – 8 May 1945 | |
Präsident der Reichsschriftumskammer | |
In office 2 October 1935 – 8 May 1945 | |
Preceded by | Hans-Friedrich Blunck |
Personal details | |
Born | (1890-07-08)8 July 1890 Seerhausen, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire |
Died | 23 November 1978(1978-11-23) (aged 88) Ruhpolding, Bavaria, West Germany |
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Allegiance | German Empire |
Branch/service | Imperial German Army |
Years of service | 1914–1918 |
Battles/wars | World War I |
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