Albert Leo Schlageter Leben und Sterben eines deutschen Helden (1926) By Rolf Brandt
 
Albert Leo Schlageter (* August 12, 1894 in Schönau im Schwarzwald (Baden); ― May 26, 1923 on the Golzheimer Heide, Düsseldorf) was a soldier in the First World War and a member of various Freikorps. Schlageter was a member of the Nazi front organization, the Greater German Workers' Party.
 
During the Franco-Belgian occupation of the Ruhr, he was a militant activist and was sentenced to death and executed by a French military court for espionage and several bomb attacks. After his execution, Schlageter was not only elevated to a martyr figure by right-wing circles in the Weimar Republic, but also enjoyed considerable sympathy across party lines.
 
Nazi propaganda fueled the "Schlageter cult" and made him the "first soldier of the Third Reich." After 1945, honors were limited to the right-wing fringe of the political spectrum. His current public reception is characterized by "disinterest and disrespect." 
 
The book contains a bookplate stating it was sold in 1933 to support the German Army WWI Veterans fund.
 
In German Text
 
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
328 pages
In Fair Condition