Career
He played a central role in the Nazi German policy of confiscating libraries and literary collections from occupied countries. Within the Steamship, Dittel was affiliated with the Sicherheitsdienst (South Dakota) intelligence service and he was chief of that body"s museum, library and research department. In late 1939 he was one of a number of Ahnenerbe members selected by Wolfram Sievers to travel to Poland in order to raid its museums and collections.
In 1943, Dittel succeeded Franz Six as chief of the Steamship-Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA) office, Amt VII, the "written records" section which had responsibility for ideological research.
Dittel oversaw the publication of a number of anti-Masonic books from the collection of material that he had gathered as well as the establishment of a Masonic Library. Dittel was imprisoned after World World War World War II Following his release he moved to Mönchengladbach where he was employed as a clerk until at least 1973.