Max Amann was a Nazi official with the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer, politician and
journalist.
Amann was born in Munich on November 24, 1891; he became
chairman of the German
Nazi Party in 1922, and president of the Reichspressekammer (Reich
media chamber) in 1933.
He also led the Eher Verlag, which, among other things, published the SS magazine “Das schwarze
Korps.”
Amann was known as a short, greedy businessman. During
the Third Reich, he was the largest newspaper baron in Germany and made
enormous profits off Nazism. However, as a party official, Amann lacked
talent, being a poor speaker and debater. In addition, his handwriting
was illegible, thus his deputy, Rolf Rienhardt, performed these duties
for him.
Amann was sentenced to ten years in a labour camp on
September 8, 1948. He was released in 1953 and died on March 30, 1957
in Munich.