1. Hermann Esser was an early member of the Nazi Party.
17 Facts About Hermann Esser
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Hermann Esser had previously formed his own Social Democrat party, but as it was small and one of numerous post-Armistice parties in Germany and Austria, it quickly failed.
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Hermann Esser was able to use his abilities as a public speaker to rouse his audience, encouraging them to attack the political meetings of groups and parties that the NSDAP frowned upon.
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Hermann Esser's speeches were described by Louis Snyder as "crude, uncultured, of low moral character", featuring the kernel of future Nazi policies: extreme nationalism and anti-Semitism.
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Hermann Esser was released from prison in April 1924 and later visited Hitler in Landsberg Prison.
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Hermann Esser immediately made enemies with Gregor Strasser who was a leader of a rival organization in northern and western Germany which threatened to split the party in two.
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On 4 August 1925, Hermann Esser resumed his position as Propaganda Leader and continued in this role until April 1926.
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Hermann Esser was bought off by being made editor of Illustrierter Beobachter from 1926 until 1932 in which he engaged the public through gossip and scandal.
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From December 1929 to April 1933, Hermann Esser was the Party's floor leader in Munich's Stadtrat.
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In December 1933 he was made 2nd Vice President of the chamber under Hermann Esser Goring, and some time later was styled Deputy to the Reichstag President, the only person to hold this title.
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In May 1933, Hermann Esser returned to Passau to address a rally celebrating the dedication of the Ostmarkmuseum.
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Hermann Esser first wrote and published his book Die judische Weltpest in 1933.
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Hermann Esser was named head of the Bavarian Press Office and Chief of the Bavarian State Chancellery.
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Hermann Esser intrigued against the powerful Gauleiter of Gau Munich-Upper Bavaria Adolf Wagner and, as a result, was forced out of his ministerial posts on 14 March 1935.
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Hermann Esser enjoyed life and the power that his media and political power gave him with women.
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Hermann Esser then went into hiding only to be re-arrested in 1949 by the West German Police.
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Hermann Esser died in Dietramszell, Bavaria aged 80 on 7 February 1981.