1. Gunter d'Alquen was chief editor of the weekly Das Schwarze Korps, the official newspaper of the Schutzstaffel, and commander of the SS-Standarte Kurt Eggers.
12 Facts About Gunter d'Alquen
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Gunter d'Alquen was born to a Catholic-Freemason wool merchant and reserve officer named Carl d'Alquen, in Essen on 24 October 1910.
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Gunter d'Alquen attended grammar school in Essen and joined the Hitler Youth in 1925.
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In 1927, d'Alquen became a member of the SA and as a 16-year-old joined the NSDAP.
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Gunter d'Alquen became a member of the SS on 10 April 1931.
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Gunter d'Alquen did not complete his studies in history and philology and instead turned to a journalistic career.
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From September 1939, Gunter d'Alquen became a prominent SS war correspondent.
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Gunter d'Alquen was appointed head of the propaganda formation SS-Standarte Kurt Eggers named after Kurt Eggers, a friend of d'Alquen, an SS war correspondent and editor of Das Schwarze Korps who was killed in action in 1943.
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In May 1945, Gunter d'Alquen was taken as a prisoner of war by the British Army.
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Gunter d'Alquen was held at Camp 18, a prisoner-of-war camp on the grounds of Featherstone Castle in Northumberland, England.
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In July 1955, Gunter d'Alquen was sentenced by a Berlin Denazification court to pay a fine of 60,000 DM, followed by a loss of pension rights for three years.
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Gunter d'Alquen was then found guilty of having played a significant role in wartime propaganda and incitement against churches, Jews, and foreigners in the Nazi state.