Hermann Rauschning
Hermann Adolf Reinhold Rauschning (7 August 1887 – 8 February 1982) was a German politician and author, adherent of the
Conservative Revolution movement who briefly joined the Nazi movement before breaking with it. He was the President of the
Senate (head of government and chief of state) of the
Free City of Danzig from 1933 to 1934. In 1934, he renounced
Nazi Party membership and in 1936 emigrated from Germany. He eventually settled in the United States and began openly denouncing
Nazism. Rauschning is chiefly known for his book ''Gespräche mit Hitler'' ("Conversations with Hitler", American title: ''Voice of Destruction'', British title: ''Hitler Speaks'') in which he claimed to have had many meetings and conversations with
Adolf Hitler.
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