Editing Hermann Esser (section)

{{short description|Founding member of the Nazi Party (1900–1981)}}
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 | office           = Second Vice President of the ''[[Reichstag (Nazi Germany)|Reichstag]]'', later<br>Deputy to the ''Reichstag'' President
 | term_start       = 12 December 1933
 | term_end         = 8 May 1945
 | predecessor      = Walther Graef
 | successor        = ''Position abolished''
 | office2          = [[State Secretary]] for Tourism<br>[[Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda]]
 | term_start2      = 4 March 1939
 | term_end2        = 8 May 1945
 | office3          = Bavarian Minister of Economics
 | term_start3      = 1 March 1934
 | term_end3        = 21 March 1935
 | predecessor3     = [[Ludwig Siebert]]
 | successor3       = Hans Dauser
 | office4          = ''[[Gauleiter]]'' [[Upper Bavaria]]-[[Swabia]]
 | term_start4      = 16 September 1926
 | term_end4        = May 1927
 | predecessor4     = ''Position established''
 | successor4       = Fritz Reinhardt
 | office5          = ''Reichspropagandaleiter''
 | term_start5      = 4 August 1925
 | term_end5        = April 1926
 | predecessor5     = Otto May
 | successor5       = [[Gregor Strasser]]
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 | birth_date       = {{Birth date|1900|07|29|df=y}}
 | birth_place      = [[Röhrmoos]], [[Kingdom of Bavaria]], [[German Empire]]
 | death_date       = {{Death date and age|1981|02|07|1900|07|29|df=y}}
 | death_place      = [[Dietramszell, Bavaria|Dietramszell]], [[Bavaria]], [[West Germany]]
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 | branch           = [[Royal Bavarian Army]]
 | serviceyears     = 1917–1918
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 | unit             = Royal Bavarian 19th Foot Artillery Regiment
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 | battles          = [[World War I]]
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'''Hermann Esser''' (29 July 1900 – 7 February 1981) was an early member of the [[Nazi Party]] (NSDAP).  A journalist, Esser was the editor of the Nazi paper, ''[[Völkischer Beobachter]]'', a propaganda leader, and a vice president of the [[Reichstag (Nazi Germany)|Reichstag]]. In the early days of the party, he was a ''[[de facto]]'' deputy of [[Adolf Hitler]]. As one of Hitler's earliest followers and friends, he held influential positions in the party during the [[Weimar Republic]], but increasingly lost influence during the Nazi era.