Wilhelm Gustloff

Wilhelm Gustloff (January 30, 1895-February 4, 1936) was the German leader of the Swiss Nazi party. He was responsible for the widespread distribution of the anti-Semitic "Protocols of the Elders of Zion". Gustloff was shot in 1936 by David Frankfurter, a Jewish student who had been monitoring his activities. He was born in Schwerin in Mecklenburg and had a state funeral in Schwerin in the presence of Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels. The Hitlerjugend members had to line the street through which the cortege passed.

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January 30 - 1895 - February 4 - 1936 - Swiss - Nazi - Anti-Semitic - Protocols of the Elders of Zion - David Frankfurter - Adolf Hitler - Joseph Goebbels - Hitlerjugend

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This episode is an element of the novel Crabwalk (in German: Im Krebsgang) by the German writer Günter Grass with the plot based the fate of KdF Ship Wilhelm Gustloff.

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Crabwalk - Günter Grass - KdF Ship Wilhelm Gustloff

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