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Sefton Delmer

Jewish-British journalist of Australian heritage

Died when: 75 years 103 days (903 months)
Star Sign: Gemini

 

Sefton Delmer

Denis Sefton Delmer (24 May 1904, Berlin, Germany – 4 September 1979, Lamarsh, Essex) was a British journalist of Australian heritage and propagandist for the British government during the Second World War.

Fluent in German, he became friendly with Ernst Röhm, who arranged for him to interview Adolf Hitler in 1931.During the war, he led a black propaganda campaign against Hitler by radio from England.

It was so successful that Delmer was named in the Nazis' Black Book for immediate arrest after their planned invasion of Britain.


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