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George Sylvester Viereck

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German-American writer, poet, propagandist (1884-1962)

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George Sylvester Viereck was a German-born American immigrant poet and journalist. After enjoying early success for his poetry, novels, and journalistic work, he achieved notoriety in the United States as a pro-German propagandist, and eventually as an agent operating on behalf of Nazi Germany.

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George Sylvester Viereck was a German-born American immigrant poet and journalist. After enjoying early success for his poetry, novels, and journalistic work, he achieved notoriety in the United States as a pro-German propagandist, and eventually as an agent operating on behalf of Nazi Germany. During World War II, he was convicted of violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act and served nearly four years in the Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary.

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United States
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Lived 1884 to 1962 · aged 77
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