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Hans Fritzsche Perpetrator Born: April 21st, 1900 Died: September 27th 1953 Nationality: German

During the Holocaust and WWII Hans Fritzsche worked for the Nazi’s as head of radio propaganda. He became a Nazi in the year 1933 on May 1st and had been working f Hans was responsible for controlling the newsor them up until the fall of Germany in 1945. Between 1938 and November 1942, Fritzsche was promoted three times, from Superior Government Counsel to Ministerial Counsel, then to Ministerialdirigent, and finally to Mnisterial Director. But in mid-1938 he became deputy to Alfred Berndt at the German Press Division. In December of 1930 within a year he became chief of the division. Hans Fritzsche a minor official in the German propaganda ministry. His superior was // Reich Press Chief Dr. Dietrich //It is because of Fritzsche’s role in behalf of the Nazi conspirators and their practices that he was called to account before the National Military Tribunal. Fritzsche was taken prisoner by Soviet soldiers in [|Berlin]  on   [|May 2], [|1945]. He was charged with conspiracy to commit crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity. The trial went on from November 20 1945 to October 10th, 1946.He was one of three Nazi figures to be released from the Nuremberg Trials but was charged with more crimes and was sentenced to nine years. The Tribunal did find that Fritzsche was not guilty under this Indictment. As a result, on October 1st, 1946, Hans Fritzsche was released by the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal and immediately released. It became evident that Hans Fritzsche had not ever pushed for the extermination of Jews and on two cases he tried to stop the publication of the anti-Semitic newspaper of //Julius Streicher//  [|Der Stürmer]  **. ** He was released in September 1950 and died of cancer soon after. Citation: "Hans Fritzsche." __Wikipedia__. 6 May 2009 . "Hans Fritzsche." __usshm.org__. 6 May 2009 []. "Hans Fritzsche." __Jewishvirtuallibrary.org__. 6 May 2009 .