Josef Bergenthal (November 1, 1900 in Oberschledorn, Province of Westphalia – August 24, 1982) was a German writer and during the period of National Socialism was one of the intellectual supporters of the regime and Nazism.
Later he studied law and political sciences and philosophy, history, and drama.
After graduation, he spent a year working for a theater magazine in Berlin.
He worked in the Reich Propaganda Office and he was chairman for North Rhine-Westphalia and Friesland in the National Union of German Writers.
After the end of World War II, he was more active as an author.