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Born November 25, 1900 • Baden-Baden • Germany • (Birthday in 4 days)
Died April 16, 1947 (aged 46) • Oświęcim • Poland
Political Affiliation Nazi Party
Role In Holocaust • World War I
Karl Otto Koch
German Nazi commandant
Josef Kramer
Nazi commander
Josef Mengele
Josef Mengele
German physician
Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Himmler
German Nazi leader
Reinhard Heydrich
Reinhard Heydrich
German Nazi official
Dietrich, Sepp
Josef Dietrich
German military officer
Paul Hausser, German Waffen-SS commander, World War II.
Paul Hausser
German military officer
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany
Erich Ludendorff
Erich Ludendorff
German general
Adolf Eichmann listening to an Israeli court's verdict
Adolf Eichmann
German military official
Pister, Hermann
Hermann Pister
German SS officer
Kaltenbrunner, Ernst
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Austrian Nazi
Paul von Hindenburg
Paul von Hindenburg
German president
Helmuth von Moltke
Helmuth von Moltke
German military commander [1848–1916]
Alfred von Schlieffen
German military officer
Groener, Wilhelm
Wilhelm Groener
German general and politician
Kluck, 1914
Alexander von Kluck
German general
Georg Bruchmüller
German artillery officer
Lettow-Vorbeck, Paul von
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
German officer
August von Mackensen
August von Mackensen
German military officer

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