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Alfred Rosenberg

Baltic German architect, Nazi politician and ideologue (1893-1946)

Born
January 12, 1893
Died
October 16, 1946
Zodiac sign
Capricorn
Birth year
1893

About Alfred Rosenberg

Alfred Ernst Rosenberg (12 January 1893 [O.S. 31 December 1892] – 16 October 1946) was a Baltic German Nazi philosopher and convicted war criminal. Rosenberg was first introduced to Adolf Hitler by Dietrich Eckart, and he held several important posts in the Nazi government. He was the head of the NSDAP Office of Foreign Affairs during the entire rule of Nazi Germany (1933–1945), and led Amt Rosenberg ('Rosenberg's bureau'), an official Nazi body for cultural policy and surveillance, between 1934 and 1945. He also served as the editor of the Nazi Party newspaper Völkischer Beobachter. During World War II, Rosenberg was the head of the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories (1941–1945). He helped direct the genocide against the Slavs. After the war, he was convicted of crimes against peace; planning, initiating and waging wars of aggression; war crimes; and crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg trials in 1946. He was sentenced to death by hanging and executed on 16 October 1946. The author of a seminal work of Nazi ideology, The Myth of the Twentieth Century (1930), Rosenberg is considered one of the main authors of key Nazi ideological creeds, including its racial theory and its hatred of the Jewish people, the need for Lebensraum, abrogation of the Treaty of Versailles, and opposition to what was considered "degenerate" modern art. He was also known for his hatred and rejection of what he regarded as "negative" Christianity; however, was an important figure who advocated for a Nazi-aligned Positive Christianity.

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Career and life highlights

Alfred Rosenberg timeline

  1. He was the head of the NSDAP Office of Foreign Affairs during the entire rule of Nazi Germany (1933–1945), and led Amt Rosenberg, an official Nazi body for cultural policy and surveillance, between 1934 and 1945.
  2. During World War II, Rosenberg was the head of the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories (1941–1945).

The world when Alfred Rosenberg was born

Alfred Rosenberg was born in 1893. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineWorld's Columbian Exposition in Chicago
  • Technology milestoneFirst Ferris wheel debuts at Chicago World's Fair
  • Notable inventionFerris wheel (264 feet tall)
  • World population~1.53B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population66.0M

1893 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Alfred Rosenberg's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18932026
Population66.0M341 million

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