Peter Deeg (14 May 1908 – 25 June 2005) was a German lawyer, writer and politician. He was a member of the

NSDAP The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party ( or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported the ideology of Nazism. Its precursor, the German Workers ...

and later the

Christian Social Union of Bavaria The Christian Social Union in Bavaria (German language, German: , CSU) is a Christian democracy, Christian democratic and Conservatism in Germany, conservative List of political parties in Germany, political party in Germany. Having a regionali ...

Early politics

Peter Deeg was born in

Bad Kissingen Bad Kissingen () is a German spa town in the Bavarian region of Lower Franconia and County town, seat of the Bad Kissingen (district), district Bad Kissingen. Situated to the south of the Rhön Mountains on the Franconian Saale, Franconia ...

. He was a

party-member since the year 1928. He became famous in connection with the so-called "Mordfall von Waltershausen" (Murder of

Waltershausen Waltershausen is a town in the south-western part of the district of Gotha in the state of Thuringia, Germany. Geography Geographic location Located on the verge of the Thuringian Basin just before the Thuringian Forest, Waltershausen is so ...

), with a spectacular court hearing in 1933. This conflict has an antisemitic background. Because of the contact to important lawyers, he came in contact with

Julius Streicher Julius Sebastian Streicher (12 February 1885 – 16 October 1946) was a German publicist, politician and convicted war criminal. A member of the Nazi Party, he served as the ''Gauleiter'' (regional leader) of Franconia and a member of the '' Reic ...

, who became his mentor.

Nazism

allowed Deeg to publish his books in the NSDAP publishing house

Der Stürmer ''Der Stürmer'' (; literally, "The Stormer / Stormtrooper / Attacker") was a weekly German tabloid-format newspaper published from 1923 to the end of World War II by Julius Streicher, the '' Gauleiter'' of Franconia, with brief suspension ...

. Between 1938 and 1940, three famous books were published: ''Hofjuden'' (

Court Jew In early modern Europe, particularly in Germany, a court Jew (, ) or court factor (, ) was a Jewish banker who handled the finances of, or lent money to, royalty and nobility. In return for their services, court Jews gained social privileges, inc ...

), ''Die Judengesetze Großdeutschlands'' (Jewish laws of Großdeutschland), ''Vor 50 Jahren. Für und wider den Russen-Pakt'' (50 years ago – pro or against the pact with Russia). Since 1940, Deeg seemed to be in conflict with the NSDAP. But this part of his life is not very clear.

After World War II

After

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, Deeg became a close friend to

Franz Josef Strauss Franz Josef Strauss ( ; 6 September 1915 – 3 October 1988) was a German politician. He was the long-time chairman of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) from 1961 until 1988, member of the federal cabinet in different positions between ...

. Together with him, he was a part of the

Spiegel scandal The ''Spiegel'' affair of 1962 () was a political scandal in West Germany. It stemmed from the publication of an article in ''Der Spiegel,'' West Germany's weekly political magazine, about the nation's defense forces.. Several ''Spiegel'' staf ...

Works

* ''Qualifizierte Beihilfe'' in: „Goltdammer’s Archiv für Strafrecht“ (GoltdA) 1933. * ''Inhalt und Ausübung des Strafantragsrechtes. Eine strafrechtliche Studie für Theorie und Praxis'' (Diss.) Stuttgart 1933. * ''Der Judeneid unter Friedrich dem Großen'' in: „Zeitschrift der Akademie für deutsches Recht“ (ZAkDR) 1937. * ''Hofjuden. Juden, Judenverbrechen und Judengesetze in Deutschland von der Vergangenheit bis zur Gegenwart'' (Hrsg. v. Julius Streicher) Nürnberg 1938
Internet Archive
* ''Die Judenpolitik Friedrichs des Großen'' in: „Deutsches Recht“ (DR 1, 2) 1938. * ''Die Judengesetze Großdeutschlands'' (Hrsg. v. Julius Streicher) Nürnberg 1939. * ''Vor 50 Jahren. Für und wider den Russen-Pakt'' Nürnberg 1940. * ''Die Glanzvolle'' Leipzig 1942. * together with Dietrich Deeg ''Zur Genealogie und Lebensgeschichte der Äbte Degen von Ebrach und Weiner von Banz'' Neustadt an der Aisch 1974.

Early politics

Nazism

After World War II

Works

See also