Dietrich Eckart
1868 – 1923 German Early Nazi ideologue and Hitler's mentor
Volkisch poet and mentor who shaped the young Hitler's antisemitic ideology.
- Religion
- Raised Catholic; a volkisch mystic who blended antisemitism with occult-tinged Ariosophy and reworked Christian imagery into a racial creed.
- Affiliations
- Founding member of the German Workers' Party (forerunner of the NSDAP); editor of early party publications. He was a guest of the Thule Society rather than a formal initiate; his influence was ideological mentorship, not ritual magic.
Eckart mentored Hitler in Munich's radical nationalist scene, sharpening his antisemitism and introducing him to wealthy backers. He co-founded the movement that became the Nazi Party and edited its early press. He died in 1923 shortly after the failed Beer Hall Putsch, and Hitler later dedicated Mein Kampf to him.
Connections
- mentor of Adolf Hitler — Early ideological mentor and patron in Munich.
- mentor of Adolf Hitler — Early mentor and financier who shaped his ideology in Munich.
- associate of Alfred Rosenberg — Collaborated on the party's early volkisch press.
- associate of Alfred Rosenberg — Shared the early Munich volkisch circle and party paper.
- associate of Rudolf Hess — Shared the early Munich volkisch and Thule milieu.