Max Amann


Max Amann was a German politician, businessman and a high-ranking member of the Nazi Party. He was the first business manager of the Nazi Party and later became the head of Eher Verlag, the official Nazi Party publishing house. After the war ended, Amann was arrested by Allied troops. Amann was deemed a Hauptschuldiger and sentenced to ten years in a labour camp. He was released in 1953. Amann died in poverty in Munich.

Biography

Amann was born in Munich on 24 November 1891. During the First World War he obtained the rank of Feldwebel in the Royal Bavarian 16th Infantry Regiment. Amann was Adolf Hitler's company sergeant, and was thus an early acquaintance of Hitler long before his rise to prominence in German politics. He was awarded the Iron Cross second class during the war.
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