Reventlow, Ernst (Reventlow)

Reventlow, Ernst (Reventlow), [Christian Einar Ludwig Detlev] (1869-1943), one of the leaders of Pan-Germanism movement, later defected to the Nazis. Born August 18, 1869 in Husum, Schleswig-Holstein. At the beginning of XX century, published in the press articles on the political and naval subjects, implacable leader Pangermanskogo Union. In 1913 was forced to resign from the Navy for the publication of the Kaiser and the monarchists, in which he sharply criticized the Emperor Wilhelm II. In 1920 became editor of the journal Reyhsvart "(" Reichswart "). In 1924 he was elected to the Reichstag, and in 1927, having joined the Nazi Party, became its representative in the Reichstag,. Reventlow died November 21, 1943 in Munich.