Dietrich Eckart, German journalist and politician (died 1923)

Dietrich Eckart

19/20th-century German poet, playwright, journalist, and far-right political activist

Dietrich Eckart was a German völkisch poet, playwright, journalist, publicist, and political activist who was one of the founders of the German Workers' Party, the precursor of the Nazi Party. Eckart was a key influence on Adolf Hitler in the early years of the Party, the…