Alfred Rosenberg
Nazi theorist and war criminal (1893–1946)
Summary
Alfred Ernst Rosenberg was a Baltic German Nazi theorist, theologian, ideologue and convicted war criminal. Rosenberg was first introduced to Adolf Hitler by Dietrich Eckart, and he held several important posts in the Nazi government. He was the head of the NSDAP Office of Foreign Affairs during the entire rule of Nazi Germany (1933–1945), and led Amt Rosenberg, an official Nazi body for cultural policy and surveillance, between 1934 and 1945. He also served as the editor of the Nazi Party newspaper Völkischer Beobachter. During World War II, Rosenberg was the head of the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories (1941–1945). He helped direct the genocide against the Slavs. After the war, he was convicted of crimes against peace; planning, initiating and waging wars of aggression; war crimes; and crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg trials in 1946. He was sentenced to death by hanging and executed on 16 October 1946.
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It's more accurate to say that Positive Christianity is Nazi-aligned, rather than German nationalist. It caused a major schism in Germany in 23/28 regional churches, and the Confessing Church that arose in opposition to Positive Christianity was still a proponent of German nationalism, but not National Socialism.
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/* Family */Clarified that claims of Jewish ancestry are unsubstantiated and politically motivated, with reliable sources" • "Added context about Franz Szell's allegations and confirmed Rosenberg's documented ancestry" • "Noted that allegations about Rosenberg's ancestry lack historical evidence, citing Holocaust Historical Society and USHMM"
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