Wilhelm Utermann

Wilhelm "Utz" Utermann (3 December 1912 – 11 August 1991) was a German writer, journalist, screenwriter and film producer.

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Wilhelm Utermann
Born	3 December 1912 Annen, German Empire
Died	11 August 1991 Roggersdorf, Gemeinde Holzkirchen, Germany
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He used the following pseudonyms: William Utermann, William Roggersdorf and Mathias Racker. Utermann was a former editor of the Nazi Party's newspaper Völkischer Beobachter and had been a Nazi bestselling author.^[1][2]

As Wilhelm Roggersdorf, he edited Erich von Däniken's Chariots of the Gods? and extensively rewrote the book.^[3][4]

He was married to Clementine zu Castell-Rüdenhausen.

• Wilhelm Utermann at IMDb
• Literature by and about Wilhelm Utermann in the German National Library catalogue
• Works by and about Wilhelm Utermann in the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (German Digital Library)

1. ^ "Wilhelm Utermann" (in German), Lexikon westfälischer Autorinnen und Autoren.
2. ^ Weigand, Jörg (2010). "Erinnerungen an Nazi-Deutschland und an die Zukunft. Porträt des Autors Wilhelm Utermann". Jugend Medien Schutz-Report. 33 (5): 6–6. doi:10.5771/0170-5067-2010-5-6. ISSN 0170-5067.
3. ^ Story, Ronald (1976). The space-gods revealed : a close look at the theories of Erich von Däniken. New York: Harper & Row. p. 2. ISBN 0-06-014141-7. Citing Der Spiegel, in issue 12/1969 (March 17, 1969), p. 184 and issue 12/1973 (March 19, 1973), p. 145.
4. ^ Fritze, Ronald H. (2009), Invented Knowledge: False History, Fake Science and Pseudo-religions, Reaktion Books, pp. 206, 212, footnote 76 in p. 286, ISBN 978-1-86189-817-3

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