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Otto Strasser – The Gangsters Around Hitler – First Edition 1942
£375.00
A first edition in pamphlet form of ‘The Gangsters Around Hitler’ by Dr. Otto Strasser, published by W H Allen in 1942. An excessively fragile production, the cover is very nearly detached, light chipping to the rear panel and to the edges. The paper is browned.
Otto Strasser (1897–1974) was a German political activist and dissident within the Nazi Party. Initially a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), he shifted to right-wing politics, joining the Nazi Party in 1925 alongside his brother Gregor. Strasser sought to promote a “National Socialism” that emphasised socialist economic reforms, anti-capitalism, and a radical redistribution of wealth, diverging sharply from Adolf Hitler’s vision.
In 1930, his ideological disagreements led to his expulsion from the Nazi Party. He founded the “Black Front,” a group opposing Hitler’s leadership. Forced into exile in 1933 after the Nazis seized power, Strasser lived in various countries, continuing his anti-Hitler propaganda. Post-World War II, he returned to Germany but remained politically marginal. Strasser’s legacy lies in his critique of mainstream Nazism, highlighting tensions between its nationalist and socialist elements. He is remembered as a controversial figure in German political history.
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A first edition in pamphlet form of ‘The Gangsters Around Hitler’ by Dr. Otto Strasser, published by W H Allen in 1942. An excessively fragile production, the cover is very nearly detached, light chipping to the rear panel and to the edges. The paper is browned.
Otto Strasser (1897–1974) was a German political activist and dissident within the Nazi Party. Initially a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), he shifted to right-wing politics, joining the Nazi Party in 1925 alongside his brother Gregor. Strasser sought to promote a “National Socialism” that emphasised socialist economic reforms, anti-capitalism, and a radical redistribution of wealth, diverging sharply from Adolf Hitler’s vision.
In 1930, his ideological disagreements led to his expulsion from the Nazi Party. He founded the “Black Front,” a group opposing Hitler’s leadership. Forced into exile in 1933 after the Nazis seized power, Strasser lived in various countries, continuing his anti-Hitler propaganda. Post-World War II, he returned to Germany but remained politically marginal. Strasser’s legacy lies in his critique of mainstream Nazism, highlighting tensions between its nationalist and socialist elements. He is remembered as a controversial figure in German political history.
