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Otto Dietrich (* 31 August 1897 in meals; " 22 November 1952 in Duesseldorf) was national socialist, realm press boss of the NSDAP, and undersecretary of state in the realm Ministry for public enlightenment and propaganda (RMVP).
Dietrich was participant in the First World War and with the iron cross Ith class (EK I) was distinguished. It studied in Munich, Frankfurt/Main and Freiburg in mash gau. it attained a doctorate to 1921 to the doctor of the political sciences. Already early it turned to the national socialism. Thus it became on 1 August 1931 realm press boss of the NSDAP. He worked at the same time as a deputy editor-in-chief of the "national newspaper", the NSDAP Parteizeitung in gau the meal. In the year 1932 it took the position of the realm leader in the leader corps of the NSDAP. In the same year it occurred the SS as a member with the number 301,349.
On 30 April 1933 Dietrich was selected unanimously to the chairman of the realm federation of the German press (RDP). Since beginning of the year 1934 he was besides vice-president of the realm press chamber. On 27 January 1934 it was promoted to SS-group leader.
From 1937 to 1945 he noticed the function of the one undersecretary of state in the RMVP. In this function it led the supervision across the department IV (press), which functioned at the same time as press department of the realm government. Dietrich led therefore also the office designation Pressechef of the realm government. In the course of the administrative changes been subordinate departments for foreign press and magazine press in the RMVP expenditure-created Dietrich in the course of the years also the two from the abbott IV.
Dietrich was together with max of Amann, the realm leader for the press of the NSDAP, the most important competitor Joseph Goebbels' in the area of the press politics. Also the goal pursued Dietrich's appointment in the RMVP of forcing it into a position in which it was bound at Goebbels' instruction authority. Until end of war experienced but brought this three-fight for power in the press no final clarifying, only always-lasting Kompetenzquerelen and strengthens also plot plays in the RMVP, before Goebbels of its old adversary could nevertheless still get rid of in the spring 1945, after Dietrich was fallen with Hitler in disgrace.
On 20 April 1941 Dietrich was appointed the On 9 October 1941 he explained the war on a press conference against the Soviet Union for won. Goebbels with large displeasure read this report on its "victory message" on the next day in the Lichtenfelser day sheet.
Dietrich's office unnoticed as platform for the resistance against the LV regime one used. A work command of the external bearing light field of the KZ Saxonia living, that temporarily in the citizens of Berlin Wilhelmstr. , could in the service room of Dietrich radio Moscow and the German service of the BBC was used 64 - in the Parteikanzlei of the NSDAP - hear. Also the voice of the national committee free Germany (NKFD) was heard and the received information was passed on to the line of the illegal resistance organization in the KZ Saxonia living.
On 11 April 1949 Dietrich was condemned as a war criminal during the William route process to 7 years prison. When prosecution witness arose to Ribbentrops Pressechef Paul Karl Schmidt, which later wrote several war books under the name Paul Carell. Dietrich was begnadigt 1950 of the allied high commissioner (High Commissioner) general John McCloy and from the detention to dismiss. Dietrich took up later an activity at the German motor traffic company.
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