George von Holtzbrinck (11 May 1909 – 27 April 1983) was a German publisher and founder of Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group.
With his partner, August-Wilhelm Schlösser, Holtzbrink formed a book club business in the 1930s.
With a letter of recommendation from Adolf Hitler's private office obtained by Schlösser, their company Deutsche Verlagsexpedition (Devex), secured a contract with the German Labor Front (DAF), the largest and financially strongest Nazi mass organization with 25 million members.
[2] Holtzbrinck's Nazi past was successfully concealed for many years until major acquisitions in the United States by the Holtzbrink Publishing Group aroused curiosity about the accuracy of the company's official history.
[3][4] In June 1998, Vanity Fair published a feature article on Holtzbrink and Bertelsmann entitled "The German Front" or "Ich Bin Ein Book Person" that explored the publishers' Nazi-era activities.