Paul Dittel
Paul Dittel (14 January 1907 in Mittweida, Saxony – 8 May 1982 in Mönchengladbach) was a German historian and Anglicist who was also an Obersturmbannführer in the Schutzstaffel (SS). He played a central role in the Nazi German policy of confiscating libraries and literary collections from occupied countries.
Biography
Within the SS, Dittel was affiliated with the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) intelligence service and he was chief of that body's museum, library and research department.[1] In late 1939 he was one of a number of Ahnenerbe members selected by Wolfram Sievers to travel to Poland in order to raid its museums and collections.[2]
In 1943, Dittel succeeded
Dittel was imprisoned after World War II. Following his release in 1948, he moved to Mönchengladbach where he was employed as a clerk until at least 1973.[4]
References
- ^ Glossary - D
- ^ Pringle, Heather, The Master Plan: Himmler's Scholars and the Holocaust, Hyperion, 2006, p. 201
- ^ Stackelberg, Roderick, The Routledge Companion to Nazi Germany, Routledge, 2007, p. 297
- ^ a b Borak, Mecislav, 'Restitution of Confiscated Art Works - Wish or Reality?', p. 130
- ^ Borak, 'Restitution of Confiscated Art Works', p. 134
- ^ Borak, 'Restitution of Confiscated Art Works', p. 158
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