Johannes Heinrich Becker

Dr. Johannes Heinrich Becker (27 September 1898 – 21 February 1961) was a German immigrant to Australia and member of the German Nazi Party. He immigrated to Australia in 1927. In 1933 he was appointed as the Nazi state trustee for Australia. He was later the state leader of the Nazi Party of Australia, but his leadership approach failed to impress the Nazi leadership in Berlin and he was removed as state leader in late 1936. During the World War II Becker was interned by the Australian authorities and after the war, in 1947, he was deported to West Germany, where he lived until his death in 1961.[1]

Becker's son, Heini Becker (born in 1935), served as a member of the South Australian Parliament from 1970 until 1997.

References

  1. ↑ Perkins, John (1993). "Becker, Johannes Heinrich (1898–1961)". Australian Dictionary of Biography.


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