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Walter Becher
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Walter Becher (1 October 1912 – 25 August 2005) was a German Bohemian politician, representative of the All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights (GB/BHE), All German Party (Gesamtdeutsche Partei) (GDP) and the Christian Social Union of Bavaria.
He was an associate of the pro-Nazi politician Konrad Henlein. Later, he became a writer for the Nazi newspaper "Die Zeit" published in Sudetenland.
Becher was born on 1 October 1912 in Karlsbad, Bohemia, Austro-Hungarian Empire. He came from a Karlsbad manufacturing family, which was established there by 1530. The family's most popular product was the "Karlsbader Becherbitter" (Karlsbad Bitters), which today is sold under the name "Becherovka" produced by Jan Becher.
After leaving school Becher studied political science and then worked as a journalist. While a student, he joined the "Deutsche Gildenschaft" student association. In 1938, he became the arts, science, and entertainment editor for the newspaper "Die Zeit" (The Time). Die Zeit was controlled by the Sudetenland NSDAP, precursor to the Nazi Party.
Starting in 1940 he fought as a soldier in the Second World War. In 1942, he also became the 2nd editor for the military "Panzer-Propagandazug PK 697" (Tank Propaganda Company 697) led by Kurt Joachim Fischer. Becher ended the war in an American run Prisoner-of-war camp.
After his release from prison Becher was displaced from his home of Bohemia to Bavaria where he became active in a movement of exiled Bohemian Germans. In 1947, he participated in the founding of the "Gründung des Sudetendeutschen Rates" Sudeten German Council). Between 1956 and 1958 he became the Chairman of the Witikobund, an association of Sudeten Germans.
Becher initiated the "Komitee zum Schutz der Bürger gegen Diffamierung durch die Linkspresse" a group committed to protect citizens against defamation by left-wing press in 1959. He also was vice chairman, until 1968, and then until 1982, chairman, of the Sudetendeutsche Landsmannschaft (Sudeten German Homeland Association).
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