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Dietrich Eckart

1868 - 1923

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Dietrich Eckart (German: [ˈɛkaʁt]; 23 March 1868 – 26 December 1923) was a German völkisch poet, playwright, journalist, publicist, and political activist who was one of the founders of the German Workers' Party, the precursor of the Nazi Party. Eckart was a key influence on Adolf Hitler in the early years of the Party, the original publisher of the party newspaper, the Völkischer Beobachter ("Folkist Observer"), and the lyricist of the first party anthem, "Sturmlied" ("Storming Song"). He was a participant in the failed Beer Hall Putsch in 1923 and died on 26 December of that year, shortly after his release from Landsberg Prison, of a heart attack. Eckart was elevated to the status of a major thinker upon the establishment of Nazi Germany in 1933. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dietrich Eckart is the 701st most popular writer (down from 614th in 2019), the 685th most popular biography from Germany (down from 580th in 2019) and the 37th most popular German Writer.

Dietrich Eckart is most famous for being one of the founders of the Nazi party. He was a prominent member of the party and helped Hitler in his rise to power.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Dietrich Eckart ranks 701 out of 7,302. Before him are Muriel Spark, Maurice Denis, Antonio Tabucchi, Tatian, Thomas Friedman, and Eugène Sue. After him are Matthew Lewis, Stieg Larsson, Pavel Jozef Šafárik, Lorenzo Da Ponte, Georg Büchner, and Multatuli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Dietrich Eckart ranks 30. Before him are S. P. L. Sørensen, Gertrude Bell, Gaston Leroux, Gustav Meyrink, August Horch, and Felix Hoffmann. After him are Edmond Rostand, Charles Maurras, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Annie S. D. Maunder, Louis Couturat, and Vittorio Monti. Among people deceased in 1923, Dietrich Eckart ranks 17. Before him are Pancho Villa, Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, Edward W. Morley, Joaquín Sorolla, Édouard Stephan, and Julius Martov. After him are Edward Emerson Barnard, Damdin Sükhbaatar, Pierre Loti, Princess Louise of Prussia, James Dewar, and Hertha Ayrton.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Dietrich Eckart ranks 685 out of 7,253. Before him are Princess Caroline of Great Britain (1713), Erwin Neher (1944), Felix Hoffmann (1868), Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805), Karl Wolff (1900), and Ottmar Hitzfeld (1949). After him are Oskar Dirlewanger (1895), Georg Büchner (1813), Otto Carius (1922), Simon Marius (1573), Arno Breker (1900), and Hans Holbein the Elder (1465).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Dietrich Eckart ranks 37. Before him are Ulrich von Hutten (1488), Patrick Süskind (1949), Lion Feuchtwanger (1884), Bert Hellinger (1925), Ludwig Tieck (1773), and Klaus Mann (1906). After him are Georg Büchner (1813), Clemens Brentano (1778), Elisabeth of Wied (1843), Hugo Ball (1886), Bernhard Schlink (1944), and Christoph Martin Wieland (1733).

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