Alfred Rosenberg
<p><b >Alfred Ernst Rosenberg</b> (<small >German:</small> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_German" title="Help:IPA for German" >[ˈʀoːzənbɛɐ̯k]</a><small class="nowrap" > (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:De-Alfred_Rosenberg.ogg" title="File:De-Alfred Rosenberg.ogg" ><img src="/c122b691-dbce-5d0b-bdaf-0153285350cc.png"/></a> <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/De-Alfred_Rosenberg.ogg" class="internal" title="De-Alfred Rosenberg.ogg" >listen</a>)</small>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language" >Russian</a>: Альфред Вольдемарович Розенберг, <i >Alfred Voldyemarovich Rozenberg</i>; 12 January 1893 – 16 October 1946) was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Germans" title="Baltic Germans" >Baltic German</a> philosopher and an influential ideologue of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Party" title="Nazi Party" >Nazi Party</a>. Rosenberg was first introduced to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler" >Adolf Hitler</a> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietrich_Eckart" title="Dietrich Eckart" >Dietrich Eckart</a>; he later held several important posts in the Nazi government. He is considered one of the main authors of key Nazi ideological creeds, including its <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism_and_race" title="Nazism and race" >racial theory</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_the_Jews" title="Persecution of the Jews" class="mw-redirect" >persecution of the Jews</a>, <i ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebensraum" title="Lebensraum" >Lebensraum</a></i>, abrogation of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles" title="Treaty of Versailles" >Treaty of Versailles</a>, and opposition to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_art" title="Degenerate art" >"degenerate"</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_art" title="Modern art" >modern art</a>. He is known for his rejection of Christianity,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Rosenberg#cite_note-1" >[1]</a></sup> having played an important role in the development of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_Christianity" title="Positive Christianity" >Positive Christianity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rosenberg_2-0" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Rosenberg#cite_note-Rosenberg-2" >[2]</a></sup> At <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_trials" title="Nuremberg trials" >Nuremberg</a> he was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment" title="Capital punishment" >sentenced to death</a> and executed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging" title="Hanging" >hanging</a> as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crime" title="War crime" >war criminal</a> and for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimes_against_humanity" title="Crimes against humanity" >crimes against humanity</a>.</p>
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