Fritz Rössler
Fritz Rössler (17 January 1912 – 11 October 1987) was a low-level official in the Nazi Party who went on to become a leading figure in German neo-Nazi politics. In his later life he was more commonly known as Dr. Franz Richter.
Nazi activity
Rössler was born in
On 30 May 1936, he married Ruth Rößler, née von Schönberg-Pötting at the Gottleuba registry office.[3]
Dr. Franz Richter
As the war came to an end, Rössler was initially considered missing. In 1946, he resurfaced near
On 20 May 1949, he was fired from his position in 1949 for teaching the
Along with a number of other expellees from the DRP, he was a founder member of the
As Richter he also built up a close relationship with the British Union Movement, distributing Mosleyite literature across Germany, whilst also establishing the All German Representations "pen club" to arrange contacts between British activists and German followers of Europe a Nation.[5]
Later years
Involved with the European Social Movement, Rössler was expelled from the SRP before it was banned, and after his release from prison he moved to Cairo, where a number of neo-Nazis operatives were based, and adopted the name Achmed Rössler.[2] He returned to Germany in 1966 and became a businessman in Essen.[2] He died at age 75 in Radstadt, Austria.
References
- ^ Bundesarchiv R 9361-IX KARTEI/35390098
- ^ a b c d e f g h Philip Rees, Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890, p. 328
- ^ a b "194. Sitzung" (PDF). Bundestag Plenarprotokolle: 8339–8342. 20 February 1952 – via Bundestag.
- ^ "Untergetauchte Nazis: Als ein NS-Funktionär Bundestagsabgeordneter wurde - WELT". DIE WELT (in German). 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
- ^ G. Macklin, Very Deeply Dyed in Black - Sir Oswald Mosley and the Resurrection of British Fascism after 1945, New York: IB Tauris, 2007, p. 89.