Rosenberg, Alfred

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Rosenberg, Alfred (1893–1946) German Nazi leader, b. Estonia. He edited the newspaper of the National Socialist Party. Rosenberg's book The Myth of the 20th Century (1930) formed the basis of the anti-Semitism of National Socialism. In 1941, he became minister for the occupied e regions. Rosenberg was convicted of war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials and executed.

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