Viereck, George Sylvester (1884–1962)

US writer and propagandist, of German origin. A published poet (1904), he became a writer and editor with German language publications, defending Germany at the outbreak of World War I. Known for his interviews of international figures – including Hitler (1923) – he was a Nazi apologist who was indicted in 1941 under the Foreign Agents Registration Act; he served four years in prison (1943–47). He wrote two novels and a memoir in his later years.

Viereck was born in Munich, Germany. He emigrated to New York with his family in 1896. Questioned by the US government in 1918 for receiving money from a former German minister, he was not prosecuted, despite public outrage.