Herbert Böhme
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Herbert Böhme was a German poet who wrote poems and battle hymns for the Nazi Party. After the Second World War he became involved with neo-fascism
.
leader Baldur von Schirach
. On Adolf Hitler
he wrote "you walk among the people as their saviour". His most well-known work in Nazi Germany was Cantata for November 9, a eulogy to the Nazi 'martyrs' of the Feldherrnhalle
which praised Hitler in Messianic
terms. Other poems including Wir hissen die Fahne and Langemarck also became Nazi standards. Along with his contemporaries Böhme and his works are largely dismissed as propaganda
with little real artistic merit.
, and along with him led a short-lived political party that was quickly absorbed by the Deutsche Reichspartei
in 1949. The two would later move to the more extremist Socialist Reich Party
. Böhme was also close to Arthur Ehrhardt
and in 1951 the pair established the pan-European nationalist
journal Nation Europa
, which was to become important to the neo-fascist network across Europe.
Böhme established the Deutsches Kulturwerk Europäischen Geistes in 1950, an extreme right organisation that had the stated mission of promoting German culture. Thus group was active until 1996. He also set up his own youth group, the Deutsches Kulturwerk Europäischen Geistes in 1952, an organisation that later merged with the extremist Wiking-Jugend
.
Neo-Fascism
Neo-fascism is a post–World War II ideology that includes significant elements of fascism. The term neo-fascist may apply to groups that express a specific admiration for Benito Mussolini and Italian Fascism or any other fascist leader/state...
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Nazi poetry
In 1930 Böhme was included in the newly-formed Junge Mannschaft, a group of semi-official Nazi Party poets that also included Heinrich Anacker, Gerhard Schumann and Hitler YouthHitler Youth
The Hitler Youth was a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party. It existed from 1922 to 1945. The HJ was the second oldest paramilitary Nazi group, founded one year after its adult counterpart, the Sturmabteilung...
leader Baldur von Schirach
Baldur von Schirach
Baldur Benedikt von Schirach was a Nazi youth leader later convicted of being a war criminal. Schirach was the head of the Hitler-Jugend and Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter of Vienna....
. On Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
he wrote "you walk among the people as their saviour". His most well-known work in Nazi Germany was Cantata for November 9, a eulogy to the Nazi 'martyrs' of the Feldherrnhalle
Feldherrnhalle
The Feldherrnhalle is a monumental loggia in Munich, Germany. It was built between 1841 and 1844 at the southern end of Munich's Ludwigstrasse next to the Palais Preysing and east of the Hofgarten. Previously the Gothic Schwabinger Tor occupied that place...
which praised Hitler in Messianic
Messianic
Messianic primarily means 'of the Messiah .Messianic may also mean:*Messianic Complex, a psychological state of mind*Messianic democracy, democracy by force*Messianic prophecies*MessianismMessianic may refer to:...
terms. Other poems including Wir hissen die Fahne and Langemarck also became Nazi standards. Along with his contemporaries Böhme and his works are largely dismissed as propaganda
Propaganda
Propaganda is a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position so as to benefit oneself or one's group....
with little real artistic merit.
Post-war activism
After the war he became an associate of Gerhard KrügerGerhard Krüger
Gerhard Krüger was a Nazi Party student leader and later a leading figure within the neo-Nazi movement.-Early years:...
, and along with him led a short-lived political party that was quickly absorbed by the Deutsche Reichspartei
Deutsche Reichspartei
For the party that existed in Imperial Germany, see Free Conservative Party.The Deutsche Reichspartei was a nationalist political party in West Germany...
in 1949. The two would later move to the more extremist Socialist Reich Party
Socialist Reich Party
The Socialist Reich Party of Germany was a West German far-right political party founded in the aftermath of the World War II in 1949 as an openly Nazi orientated split-off from the national conservative German Right Party...
. Böhme was also close to Arthur Ehrhardt
Arthur Ehrhardt
Arthur Ehrhardt was a German Waffen-SS officer and author on warfare who became a leading figure in the post-war neo-Nazi movement.-Early years:...
and in 1951 the pair established the pan-European nationalist
Pan-European nationalism
The idea that Europe should be united politically has been present in European culture since the Middle Ages, and inspired several proposals for some form of confederation. With the growth of nationalism in the 19th century, several pan-national ideas of Europe developed, some of them based on...
journal Nation Europa
Nation Europa
Nation Europa is a monthly magazine, published in Germany, that was originally established in support of Pan-European nationalism...
, which was to become important to the neo-fascist network across Europe.
Böhme established the Deutsches Kulturwerk Europäischen Geistes in 1950, an extreme right organisation that had the stated mission of promoting German culture. Thus group was active until 1996. He also set up his own youth group, the Deutsches Kulturwerk Europäischen Geistes in 1952, an organisation that later merged with the extremist Wiking-Jugend
Wiking-Jugend
The "Wiking-Jugend" was a German Neo-Nazi organization modelled after the Hitlerjugend.The Sozialistische Reichspartei was outlawed in 1952, together with its youth organization "Reichsjugend"...
.