Kurt Eggers
Kurt Eggers | |
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| Born | 10 November 1905 Berlin, Brandenburg, German Empire |
| Died | 12 August 1943 (aged 37) Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
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| Nationality | German |
| Genre | Plays, radio drama, musical comedies, folk stories, walking songs, martial songs, and chants |
| Literary movement | Nazism |
| Spouse | Traute Kaiser |
| Children | 4 |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Weimar Republic Nazi Germany |
| Branch | Wehrmacht Propaganda Troops Waffen-SS |
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| Rank | |
| Unit | SS Division Wiking |
| Battles / wars | World War II |
Kurt Eggers (10 November 1905 – 12 August 1943) was a German writer, poet, songwriter, and playwright with close links to the Nazi Party. He served as both a member of a propaganda company (Propagandakompanie) and as a Waffen-SS soldier at the rank of Mann in World War II, he was killed while serving in a tank regiment on the Eastern Front by the Red Army.