Benno von Arent
Benno von Arent (July 19,1898 in Gorlitz - October 14,1956 in Bonn) was a member of the German Nazi Party and SS, responsible for art, theatres, movies etc.
Von Arendt worked as a stage designer; he joined the SS in 1931 and the NSDAP in 1932. The same year, he was one of the people who started the" Bund nationalsozialistischer Buhnen- und Filmkunstler" (" Union of national-socialist stage and movie artists" ), which was later called" Kameradschaft deutscher Kunstler" (" fellowship of German artists" ) after Hitler began to rule Germany in 1933. Von Arent was made" Reichsbuhnenbildner" (" Reich stage designer" ) in 1936 and" Reichsbeauftragter fur die Mode" (" Reich agent for fashion" ) in 1939. In 1944, he was given the rank of SS-Oberfuhrer (senior colonel).
Von Arent died in 1956, aged 58.
1898 births
1956 deaths
Colonels
Nazi leaders
Politicians from Saxony
SS officers
Waffen-SS people