industrial development of the Soviet Union as his model for the Führerprinzip. Writing in 1958, Niekisch condemned Hitler as a power-obsessed demagogue who was an enemy of the elitist spirit that Niekisch advocated. He was particularly ill-disposed towards Joseph Goebbels and, at a meeting between the two facilitated by their mutual friend, Arnolt Bronnen, Niekisch and Goebbels had almost come to blows. Bronnen would break from Niekisch in 1932 after the latter published the pamphlet Hitler - ein deutsches Verhängnis, with Bronnen considering the attack on Nazism a personal insult. In the immediate aftermath of the Reichstag fire, his house was searched for evidence of any involvement, but that was not pursued. He also discussed his opposition to the new regime with Ulrich von Hassell although Niekisch did not join the German Resistance. Despite his criticisms of Nazism, he was allowed to continue editing Widerstand until the paper was banned in December 1934. He was allowed to visit Rome in 1935 and held meetings with Benito Mussolini, who told Niekisch that he considered Hitler's aggressive stances towards the Soviet Union to be foolish and would later discuss opposition groups with the Italian Consul General while Italo-German relations were somewhat strained. He was arrested in 1937 by the Gestapo and was sentenced, two years later, to life imprisonment at the Volksgerichtshof for 'literary high treason'. Following the intervention of his former ally, Jünger, his family could retain his property but not secure Niekisch's release. He was released in 1945, when he had become blind. Later life Embittered against nationalism by his wartime experiences, he turned to orthodox Marxism and lectured in sociology in Humboldt University in East Germany until 1953 when, disillusioned by the brutal suppression of the workers' uprising, he relocated to West Berlin, where he died in 1967. Legacy Subsequent to his death, Niekisch was one of a number of writers, including the likes of Oswald Spengler, Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, Vilfredo Pareto and Carl Schmitt, whose works were promulgated by the likes of the Groupement de recherche et d'études pour la civilisation européenne and others involved in the Conservative Revolutionary movement. Works Der Weg der deutschen Arbeiterschaft zum Staat. Verlag der Neuen Gesellschaft, Berlin 1925. Grundfragen deutscher Außenpolitik. Verlag der Neuen Gesellschaft, Berlin 1925. Gedanken über deutsche Politik. Widerstands-Verlag, Dresden 1929. Politik und Idee. Widerstands-Verlag Anna Niekisch, Dresden 1929. Entscheidung. Widerstands-Verlag, Berlin 1930. Der politische Raum deutschen