Hermann Rauschning

Hermann Rauschning
Rauschning in 1933
3rd President of the Free City of Danzig Senate
In office June 20, 1933 – November 23, 1934
Preceded by	Ernst Ziehm
Succeeded by	Arthur Greiser
Personal details
Born	August 7, 1887 Thorn, Prussia, Germany (now Toruń, Poland)
Died	February 8, 1982(1982-02-08) (aged 94) Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Political party	National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) (1932–1934)
Military career
Allegiance	German Empire
Service/branch	Imperial German Army
Rank	Lieutenant[1]
Battles/wars	World War I

Hermann Adolf Reinhold Rauschning (7 August 1887 – February 8, 1982) was a German politician and author, adherent of the Conservative Revolution movement^[2] who briefly joined the Nazi movement before breaking with it.^[3] 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.