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Amann, Max

Date of birth:
November 24th, 1891 (Munich/Bavaria, Germany)
Date of death:
March 10th, 1957 (Munich/Bavaria, Germany)
Service number:
SS-Nr.: 53.143 // NSDAP-Nr.: 3
Nationality:
German

Biography

SS Obergruppenführer Max Amann was a German politician, businessman and a member of the Nazi Party. He was the first business manager of the Nazi Party and later became the head of Eher Verlag, the official Nazi Party publishing house. After the war ended, Amann was arrested by Allied troops. Amann was deemed a Hauptschuldiger (Prominent Guilty Party) and sentenced to ten years in a labour camp. He was released in 1953. Amann died in poverty on 30 March 1957, in Munich.

00.00.1937: awarded the Ehrenplakette für die Mitglieder des Reichs-Kultur-Senats
24.11.1941: awarded the Ehrenschild der Hauptstadt der Bewegung

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
mit Schwertern
III. Klasse des Militärverdienstordens
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
with swords
Militärverdienstkreuz III. Klasse des Militärverdienstordens
Rank:
RL u. SS-Obergruppenführer
Awarded on:
October 1932
Coburger Abzeichen
Awarded on:
December 1st, 1933
Goldenes Ehrenzeichen der NSDAP
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1934
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
Awarded on:
1934
Ehrenzeichen des 9. November 1923 (Blutorden)
Awarded on:
1936
Deutsches Olympia Ehrenzeichen Erster Klasse
Awarded on:
1936
Goldenes Hitlerjugend Ehrenzeichen mit Eichenlaub
Bronzes SA-Sportabzeichen
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1937
Kriegserinnerungsmedaille
Awarded on:
1937
Ordine della Corona d'Italia - Commendatore
Ordine della Corona d'Italia - Cavaliere Commendatore
Awarded on:
1939
Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13. März 1938
Awarded on:
1939
Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
Awarded on:
1940
Medaille zur Erinnerung an die Heimkehr des Memellandes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 24th, 1940
Ehrendegen des Reichsführers-SS
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 1st, 1941
Ehrenzeichen Pionier der Arbeit

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