Josef Pfitzner
Josef Pfitzner (24 March 1901 – 6 September 1945) was a politician of Nazi Germany and a writer. He held the rank of Standartenführer in the SA. Pfitzner was publicly executed in Prague after World War II for speaking in favour of the Nazis, taking part in Nazi organisations, and defrauding Prague city in financial deals with the Germans.
Life
Pfitzner was born in
He held the rank of Standartenführer in the SA. In 1939, he became the German deputy mayor of Prague and held this office until May 1945. Pfitzner was publicly executed in Prague after World War II within three hours of being convicted for speaking in favour of the Nazis, taking part in Nazi organisations, and defrauding Prague city in financial deals with the Germans. He was hanged in public before up to 50,000 spectators. [citation needed]
Work
Pfitzner took a special interest in the
Writings
- Großfürst Witold von Litauen als Staatsmann (1930)
- Das Sudentendeutschtum (Cologne:Scharffstein, 1938)
- Volkstummsschutz und Nationale Bewegung (Ethnic Preservation and National Movement: 1938)
- Das tausendjährige Prag (1940)
Footnotes
- ^ Leftism Revisited, Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Regernery Gateway, Washington, D.C., 1990. 149.
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