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  1. Codreanu Corneliu Zelea

    • Codreanu, Corneliu Zelea, 1899-1938
    • Zieliński, Corneliu
    • Zelinschi, Corneliu
    • Zelea, Corneliu Codreanu
    • Codreanu, Corneliu Z.
    • ...

    13/09/1899

    30/11/1938

    Romanian politician of the far right, the founder and leader of the Iron Guard or The Legion of the Archangel Michael (also known as the Legionary Movement), an ultra-nationalist and violently antisemitic organization active throughout most of the interwar period. Advocated Romania's adherence to a military and political alliance formed around Nazi Germany.

  2. Cuza Alexandru C.

    • Alexandru C. Cuza
    • Cuza, Alexandru C.

    08/11/1857

    1946

    Romanian far right politician and theorist.

  3. Cyper Elie

    12/09/1908

    15/07/1944

    Rabbi in various places in France, member of the Jewish underground in France.

  4. Daluege Kurt

    • Daluege, Kurt, 1897-1946
    • Daluege, Kurt
    • Daluge, Kurt 1897-1946

    15/09/1897

    23/10/1946

    Head of the German Ordnungspolizei (Orpo). 1942 SS-Oberstgruppenführer and Generaloberst. After Heydrich´s death, June 1942 Deputy Reichsprotektor Bohemia and Moravia. Sentenced to death and executed among other things because of the massacre of Lidice.

  5. Darlan Jean

    • Louis Xavier Francois

    07/08/1881

    26/12/1942

    French admiral and politician. Supporter of Petain. Minister of the Navy in Vichy government. Petain's deputy from 1941. Head of the French government 1941 - 1942. High Commissioner of France for North and West Africa, November 1942. Executed by the Resistance in December 1942.

  6. Louis Darquier de Pellepoix

    • [Darquier de Pellepoix, Louis]
    • Darquier de Pellepoix, Louis, 1897-1980
    • Pellepoix, Louis Darquier de, 1897-1980
    • Darquier Louis 1897-1980
    • Darquier de Pellepoix, Louis
    • ...

    1897

    1980

    French coordinator of the anti-Jewish programme of the Vichy government, head of the CGQJ (The General Office for Jewish Questions) 1942 - 1944.

  7. Deutsch Abraham

    • Deutsch, Abraham.

    1902

    1992

    French Rabbi during WWII.

  8. Dimitrov Georgi

    • Dimitrov, Georgi, 1882-1949
    • Dimitroff, G.
    • Dimitrov, Georgi
    • Dimitrov, Georgi Mihajlov
    • Dimitrow, G. (Georgi)
    • ...

    18/06/1882

    02/07/1949

    Bulgarian communist. After being acquitted as the star defendant at the Reichstag Fire Trial in 1933, D. became general secretary of the comintern in 1935. Leader of Bulgarian communists after the Soviet liberation and became prime minister on 06.11.1946.

  9. Dirlewanger Oskar Paul

    • Dirlewanger, Oskar-Paul, 1895-1945
    • Dirlewanger, Oskar, 1895-1945
    • Dirlevanger, Oskar Daulʹ, 1895-1945
    • Dirlewanger, Oskar

    26/09/1895

    07/06/1945

    Obersturmführer (1939), SS-Standartenführer (1944). Joined the Condor Legion in 1937. 1940 founded the special SS battalion "Dirlewanger" made up of criminals. This unit was investigated by a Hauptamt SS court for extreme cruelty and murderous havoc during "partisan combat" in Poland and Belarus. The "Dirlewanger" unit was also active in the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising in 1944.

  10. Dobrevski Ilia

    Inspector at KEV and special representative.

  11. Doenitz Karl

    • Dönitz, Karl, 1891-1980
    • Doenitz, Karl, 1891-1980
    • Dönitz Oberleutnant zur See 1891-1980
    • Donitz, Karl
    • Dönitz, Karl
    • ...

    16/09/1891

    24/12/1980

    Großadmiral, commander of the German navy (Kriegsmarine).

  12. Donati Angelo

    • Angelo Mordechai
    • Donati, Angelo, 1885-1960
    • דונאטי מרדכי, אנג׳ילו
    • Donati, Angelo

    23/02/1885

    30/12/1960

    Jewish Italian banker and philanthropist. Helped to save Jews in Nice under Italian occupation 1942 - 1943.

  13. Dvorzetsky Mark Meir

    • Dvorjetski, Mark 1908-1975
    • Dbwrzeṣqiy Marq 1908-1975
    • Dvorjetski, Marc, 1908-1975
    • דבורזצקי מרק 1908-1975
    • Dvorzetsky, Mark Meir 1908-1975
    • ...

    1908

    1975

    Doctor, worked as a doctor in the Vilnius ghetto. Attempt to join the partisans failed. Deported from the ghetto to a labour camp in Estonia. Testified at Eichmann trial.

  14. Edelman Marek

    • Edelman, Marek, 1919-2009
    • Edelman, Marek
    • Edelman, Marek, 1922-2009
    • Edelman, M. (1922-2009).
    • Edelmann, Marek 1919-2009
    • ...

    1921

    02/10/2009

    Jewish-Polish political and social activist and cardiologist. Co-founder of ZOB. He took part in the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, becoming its leader after the death of Mordechaj Anielewicz. He also took part in the city-wide 1944 Warsaw Uprising. Before his death on 2 October 2009 Edelman was the last surviving leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

  15. Edelstein Jacob

    • Edelstein, Jakob, 1903-1944
    • Edelstein, Jakob
    • Edelstein, Jacob, -1944
    • אדלשטיין, יעקב.
    • Edelstein, Jakob, -1944
    • ...

    1903

    1944

    Zionist leader in Czechoslovakia. Chairman of the Ältestenrat in Terezín.

  16. Eden Anthony

    • Eden, Anthony, 1897-1977
    • Eden, Robert Anthony.
    • Avon, Robert Anthony Eden, comte d'
    • Avon, Earl of, 1897-1977
    • Eden Robert Anthony 1897-1977
    • ...

    12/06/1897

    14/01/1977

    1st Earl of Avon. British statesman.

  17. Edinger Georges

    Head of L'Union générale des israélites de France (UGIF) Northern Zone, successor of André Baur.

  18. Egof David

    Head of the Belorussian police in Borisov, autumn 1941.

  19. Ehlers Ernst

    16/10/1909

    04/10/1980

    SS-Sturmbannführer. Since 1938 head of the Hauptabteilung II (SD) in the Reichssicherheitshauptamt RSHA, in Einsatzgruppe B, head of Abt. IV (Gestapo). Since December 1941 appointed Beauftragter (representative) of the head of the Sicherheitspolizei und SD in the military government of Belgium and North-France in Brussels, responsible for the deportations of Belgian Jews.

  20. Ehrenburg Ilya Grigoryevich

    • Ėrenburg, Ilʹi︠a︡, 1891-1967
    • Ehrenburg, Ilya, 1891-1967
    • Ehrenbourg, Ilya, 1891-1967
    • Ehrenburg, Ilʹi︠a︡ Grigorʹevich, 1891-1967
    • Ėrenburg, Ilʹi︠a︡ Grigorʹevich, 1891-1967
    • ...

    27/01/1891

    01/09/1967

    Jewish Soviet poet and journalist of WWII, member of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee; worked with Vassily Grossmann, collecting and editing material for Chernaia kniga (Black Book) on the destruction of Jews.