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Dietrich Eckart (March 23, 1868 - December 26, 1923) was one of the early key members of the National-Socialist German Workers' Party and one of the participants in the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch. Eckart was also the first to coin the term "Drittes Reich" ("Third Reich"). Dietrich Eckart File links The following pages link to this file: Dietrich Eckart Categories: Images in the public domain in the United States | German public domain photographs ... Dietrich Eckart File links The following pages link to this file: Dietrich Eckart Categories: Images in the public domain in the United States | German public domain photographs ... March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... December 26 is the 360th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, 361st in leap years. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Nazi swastika The National Socialist German Workers Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), better known as the NSDAP or the Nazi Party was a political party that was led to power in Germany by Adolf Hitler in 1933. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Beer Hall Putsch was a failed coup dÃ©tat which occurred in the evening of Thursday, November 8 to the early afternoon of Friday, November 9, 1923, when the nascent Nazi partys FÃ¼hrer Adolf Hitler, the popular World War I General Erich Ludendorff, and other leaders of... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ...

Eckart was born in Neumarkt, Germany (near Nuremberg) in 1868 as the son of a royal notary and law counselor. His mother died when he was ten years old; seventeen years later, in 1895, his father died as well, leaving him a considerable amount of money that Eckart nevertheless soon used up. Neumarkt is the name of several towns in Germany, Austria, Italy and Romania. ... Nuremberg (German: NÃ¼rnberg) is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Eckart initially started to study medicine in Munich, but quit in 1891 to work as a poet, playwright and journalist. He moved to Berlin in 1899, where he wrote a number of plays, often with autobiographical traits; however, despite becoming the protegé of Graf Georg von Hülsen-Haeseler, the artistic director of the royal theatres, he was never successful as a playwright. Munich (German: MÃ¼nchen, (pronounced listen)German Federal State of Bavaria. ... 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is someone who writes dramatic literature or drama. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Berlin is the capital city and a single state of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Later on, he developed an ideology of a "genius higher human", based on earlier writings by Lanz von Liebenfels; he saw himself in the tradition of Arthur Schopenhauer and Angelus Silesius, and also became fascinated by Mayan beliefs. Eckart also loved and strongly identified with Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt, but never had much sympathy for the scientific method. Lanz von Liebenfels Adolf Josef Lanz (aka JÃ¶rg Lanz), who called himself Lanz von Liebenfels (July 19, 1874 - April 22, 1954) was a former monk and the founder of the right-wing magazine Ostara, in which he published anti-semitic and racist theories. ... Arthur Schopenhauer (February 22, 1788 â€“ September 21, 1860) was a German philosopher. ... Angelus Silesius (1624-1677), German religious poet, was born in 1624 at Breslau. ... The Maya civilization is a historical Mesoamerican civilization, which extended throughout the northern Central American region which includes the present-day nations of Guatemala, Belize, western Honduras and El Salvador, as well as the southern Mexican states of Chiapas, Tabasco, and the YucatÃ¡n Peninsula states of Quintana Roo, Campeche... Henrik Johan Ibsen (March 20, 1828 â€“ May 23, 1906) was an extremely influential Norwegian playwright who was largely responsible for the rise of the modern realistic drama (dubbed the father of modern drama). It is said that Ibsen is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare. ... Peer Gynt is a play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen and is perhaps his best-known. ... Scientific method refers to a body of techniques for the investigation of phenomena and the acquisition of new knowledge of the natural world, as well as the correction and integration of previous knowledge, based on observable, empirical, measurable evidence, and subject to laws of reasoning. ...

Moving back to Munich, Eckart joined the Rudolf von Sebottendorff's mystic right-wing Thule Society in 1913 and became politically active; in 1915, he also wrote the nationalist play "Heinrich der Hohenstaufe", in which he postulated a claim to world leadership for the German people. Munich (German: MÃ¼nchen, (pronounced listen)German Federal State of Bavaria. ... Rudolf Freiherr von Sebottendorf was the alias of Adam Alfred Rudolf Glauer (November 9, 1875 – May 8, 1945), who also occasionally used another alias, Erwin Torre. ... The Flammarion Woodcut can be taken to illustrate the Gnostics mystical search for spiritual worlds by circumventing the constraints of materialism. ... In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply the right, are terms which refer, with no particular precision, to the segment of the political spectrum in opposition to left-wing politics. ... Thule Society emblem The Thule Society (German: Thule-Gesellschaft) was founded August 17, 1918, by Rudolf von Sebottendorff, a leading Occult author. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Later on, between 1918 and 1920, Eckart was the editor of the anti-semitic periodical Auf gut Deutsch, which he published with the help of Alfred Rosenberg and Gottfried Feder. A fierce critic of the newly-formed Weimar Republic, he vehemently opposed the treaty of Versailles, which he viewed as treason, and propagated the so-called Dolchstoßlegende, according to which the Social Democrats and Jews were to blame for Germany's defeat in World War I. 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... The Eternal Jew: 1937 German poster. ... Alfred Rosenberg Alfred Rosenberg (January 12, 1893, Reval (Tallinn) Estonia, then part of the Russian Empireâ€“October 16, 1946) was an early and intellectually influential member of the Nazi party, who later held several important posts in the Nazi government. ... Gottfried Feder (January 1, 1883 - September 24, 1941) was an anti-capitalist, anti-semite and one of the early key members of the German Nazi party. ... Flag of Weimar Republic, 1919â€“1933 This article outlines political events from 1918 until the collapse of the Republic in 1933. ... The Treaty of Versailles (1919) was the peace treaty which officially ended World War I between the Allied and Associated Powers and Germany. ... Magazine title from 1924, example of a propaganda illustration in support of the legend The DolchstoÃŸlegende or Dolchstosslegende, (German dagger-thrust legend, often translated in English as stab-in-the-back legend) refers to a social mythos and persecution-propaganda among bitter post-World War I German nationalists, that... SPD redirects here. ... Combatants Allies: Serbia, Russia, France, Romania, Belgium, British Empire, United States, Italy, and others Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire Casualties Military dead:5 million Civilian dead:3 million Total dead:8 million Military dead:4 million Civilian dead:3 million Total dead:7 million The First World...

Eckart was involved in the founding Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (German Workers' Party) together with Gottfried Feder and Anton Drexler in 1919, which later on was renamed Nationalsozialistische deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German Workers' Party, NSDAP); he invented and published the NSDAP's own periodical Völkischer Beobachter, and also wrote the songtext "Deutschland erwache" (Germany awake), which became an anthem of the Nazi party. The German Workers Party (German: Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, short DAP) was a briefly existing progenitor of the NSDAP (National Socialist German Workers Party). ... Gottfried Feder (January 1, 1883 - September 24, 1941) was an anti-capitalist, anti-semite and one of the early key members of the German Nazi party. ... Anton Drexler (June 13, 1884 - February 24, 1942) was a Munich railway locksmith, a poet and member of the vÃ¶lkisch agitators who, together with journalist Karl Harrer, founded the German Workers Party (DAP) in 1919. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Nazi swastika The National Socialist German Workers Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), better known as the NSDAP or the Nazi Party was a political party that was led to power in Germany by Adolf Hitler in 1933. ... The Nazi swastika The National Socialist German Workers Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), better known as the NSDAP or the Nazi Party was a political party that was led to power in Germany by Adolf Hitler in 1933. ... One of the last editions of the VÃ¶lkischer Beobachter (April 20, 1945) hails Adolf Hitler as man of the century on the occasion of his 56th birthday, ten days before his suicide. ...

Eckart soon met Adolf Hitler as well, during a speech he gave before party members on August 14, 1919; he exerted considerable influence on Hitler in the following years, who later on described him as his "fatherly friend". Few other people had such great influence on Hitler in his lifetime. (April 20, 1889 â€“ April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 and FÃ¼hrer (Leader) of Germany from 1934 until his death. ... August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

On November 9, 1923, Eckart was involved in the Nazi party's failed Beer Hall Putsch; he was arrested and placed in Landsberg prison along with Hitler and other party officials, but released again soon due to illness. He died of a heart attack caused by a morphine addiction in Berchtesgaden on December 26, 1923. November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Beer Hall Putsch was a failed coup dÃ©tat which occurred in the evening of Thursday, November 8 to the early afternoon of Friday, November 9, 1923, when the nascent Nazi partys FÃ¼hrer Adolf Hitler, the popular World War I General Erich Ludendorff, and other leaders of... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ... Morphine (INN), the principal active agent in opium, is a powerful opioid analgesic drug. ... Berchtesgaden is a town in the German Bavarian Alps. ... December 26 is the 360th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, 361st in leap years. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Hitler later on dedicated the second volume of Mein Kampf to Eckart, and also named the Waldbühne in Berlin "Dietrich-Eckart-Bühne" when it was first opened for the 1936 Summer Olympics. Cover of Mein Kampf Mein Kampf (English: My Struggle or My Fight) is the fundamental political work of Adolf Hitler, combining elements of autobiography with an exposition of Hitlers political ideology of Nazism. ... Berlin is the capital city and a single state of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, were held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. ...

In 1925, Eckarts unfinished essay Der Bolschewismus von Moses bis Lenin. Zwiegespräch zwischen Hitler und mir ("Bolshevism from Moses to Lenin. Dialogues between Hitler and me") was posthumously published, although it has been shown (Plewnia 1970) that the dialogues were an invention; the essay was in fact written by Eckart alone. 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Bolshevik Party Meeting. ... Moses or MÃ³she (×žÖ¹×©Ö¶××”, Standard Hebrew, Tiberian Hebrew MÅÅ¡eh, Arabic Ù…ÙˆØ³Ù‰ MÅ«sa, Geez áˆ™áˆ´ Musse) was a son of Amram and his wife, Jochebed, a Levite. ... Vladimir Ilyich Lenin ( Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ле́нин listen?), original surname Ulyanov (Улья́нов) ( April 22 (April 10 ( O.S.)), 1870 – January 21, 1924), was a Russian revolutionary, the leader of the Bolshevik party, the first Premier of the Soviet Union, and the founder of the ideology of Leninism. ... Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945, standard German pronunciation in the IPA) was the Führer (leader) of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party) and of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...

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