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Born March 19, 1905 • Mannheim • Germany
Died September 1, 1981 (aged 76) • London • England
Political Affiliation Nazi Party
Role In World War II

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Hermann Göring
Hermann Göring
German minister
Fritz Sauckel
German Nazi politician
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Joachim von Ribbentrop
German diplomat
Walther Funk
Walther Funk
German economist
Frick, Wilhelm
Wilhelm Frick
German politician
Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Alfried
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
German industrialist
Erich Raeder, 1928
Erich Raeder
German naval officer
Joseph Goebbels
Joseph Goebbels
German propagandist
Adolf Eichmann listening to an Israeli court's verdict
Adolf Eichmann
German military official
Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Himmler
German Nazi leader
Reinhard Heydrich
Reinhard Heydrich
German Nazi official
Martin Bormann
Martin Bormann
German Nazi leader
Alfred Rosenberg
Alfred Rosenberg
German Nazi leader
Klaus Barbie
Nazi leader
Julius Streicher.
Julius Streicher
German politician
Frank, Hans
Hans Frank
German politician and jurist
Karl Hermann Frank
German politician
Baldur von Schirach
German Nazi politician
Kaltenbrunner, Ernst
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Austrian Nazi

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