German Public Service: Radio Program Director for the Nazi Ministry of Propaganda

Hans Abich, the former program director of the German state television ARD, not only worked for the Nazi Ministry of Propaganda in the past, but also during his studies distributed magazines that conveyed the ideology of the time, writes the German "Zeit".

During his lifetime, he spoke little about his past. In some interviews, he said that he was never a member of the Nazi Party, and that during the pogrom of Jews in 1938, he "inwardly renounced Hitler's regime." "Cajt" doubted his words in an article in 2021. After that, the ARD administration hired the Historical Commission to examine his biography.

"However, today we cannot prove that he personally followed this ideology." The only thing we know is that he was a part of everything, and to a greater extent than we thought until now," ARD announced.

Hans Abich, born in 1918, died exactly 20 years ago. In the later part of his life, after leaving the position of program director of ARD television, he downplayed his role in the Nazi regime.

According to the results of the investigation, Abih in his twenties did not climb the ladder of the Nazi party NSDAP, which ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945.

However, he promoted Nazism and now it has been proven. Abih was the editor of Radio Bremen from 1968 to 1973.

"He largely hid his role as a Nazi publicist, and mostly lied about his party membership," said Thomas Birkner of the University of Salzburg, whose team analyzed Hans Abich's career.

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