Authorities

Advanced query tips

There are several ways to be more specific in your search query:

"Phrase"
Search an exact match of your query, e.g. "Member lists"
+Phrase
Given word has to be in the result, e.g. +Gestapo
-Phrase
Exclude given word from search, e.g. -Gestapo

Use the following syntax to restrict the search to specific fields:

field:"phrase"
For instance, you can find all descriptions that have the phrase "Auschwitz Birkenau" in their titles by searching for title:"Auschwitz Birkenau".

The following fields are currently available:

  • identifier
  • title
  • creator
  • person
  • place
  • subject
  • address
Displaying items 6,981 to 7,000 of 17,955
Search result ordering

  1. Hagen Herbert

    • Hagen, Herbert Martin 1913-

    20/09/1913

    SS-Sturmbannführer. Head of the "Judenreferat" in the SD; after the foundation of the RSHA headed Dienststelle VI H 2 (Judenfragen und Antisemitismus); since 1940 served in the SIPO and SD apparat in France.

  2. Haguenau Marc

    23/11/1904

    1944

    One of the leaders of the Eclaireurs Israelites de France (EIF, French Jewish scouts). French resistance member. Tortured and killed by the Gestapo in Grenoble, 1944.

  3. Halder Franz

    • Halder, Franz, 1884-1972
    • Гальдер, Франц, 1884-1972
    • Galʹder, Frant︠s︡, 1884-1972
    • Halder, Franz
    • Halder.
    • ...

    30/06/1884

    02/04/1972

    Generaloberst (1940). Chief of the German Army General Staff (Chef des Generalstabes des Heeres) 1938 - September, 1942.

  4. Harster Wilhelm

    • Harster, Wilhelm
    • Harster, Wilhelm, 1904-1992
    • Harster, Wilhelm 1904-
    • Harster, Wilhelm, 1904-1991

    21/07/1904

    SS-Gruppenführer. From 15 July 1940 to 29 Aug 1943 Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD (BdS), Netherlands, then BdS, Italy.

  5. Heim Otto

    • Heim, Otto H. 1896-1978
    • Heim, Otto H. 1896-1978

    17/11/1896

    12/05/1978

    Helped refugees during WWII, member of Verband Schweizerischer Jüdischer Fürsorgen VSJF (Association of Swiss Jewish Refugee Aid and Welfare Organisations) during the war and head of the VSJF 1945-1968.

  6. Helbronner Jacques

    1873

    1943

    President of the Central Consistory in Vichy France.

  7. Henlein Konrad

    • Henlein, Konrad, 1898-1945
    • Henlein, Conrad 1898-1945
    • Henlein, Konrad 1898-1945
    • Henlein, Konrad

    06/05/1898

    10/05/1945

    Statthalter of Hitler in the Sudetenland.

  8. Hinkel Hans

    • Hinkel, Hans, 1901-....
    • Hinkel, Hans, b. 1901
    • Hinkel, Hans 1901-1960
    • Hinkel, Hans

    22/06/1901

    08/02/1960

    SS-Gruppenführer. Head of the Reich Culture Chamber (Reichskulturkammer); since 1942 also head of the film department at the Reich Ministry for the People's Enlightenment and Propaganda (Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda); 1944 appointed National Film Superintendent (Reichsfilmintendant).

  9. Hirsch Otto

    • Hirsch, Otto
    • Hirsch, Otto, 1885-1941

    1885

    1941

    Jewish lawyer. Chairman of the Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden" and later of the "Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland".

  10. Hirschler Rene

    • Hirschler, René

    1905

    1944

    Chief Rabbi of Strasbourg who engaged in welfare activities in southern France during WWII. General Chaplain (Aumonier general) for the internment camps, deported to Auschwitz in 1944.

  11. Horthy Miklós

    • Horthy, Miklós, 1868-1957
    • Horthy, Nicolaus von, 1868-1957
    • Horthy, Miklós, nagybányai, 1868-1957
    • Nagybányai Horthy, Miklós, 1868-1957
    • הורטי, ניקולאוס
    • ...

    18/06/1868

    09/02/1957

    Hungarian military officer and politician, the Regent of Hungary between March 1, 1920, and October 16, 1944. After the coup d'état of the Arrow Cross Party, he was under German house arrest. After the end of the war he settled in Portugal.

  12. Höß Rudolf

    • Höß, Rudolf, 1900-1947
    • Höess, Rudolf
    • Höss, Rudolf Franz Ferdinand.
    • Gëss, Rudol'f.
    • Höss.
    • ...

    25/11/1900

    16/04/1947

    Commander (Kommandant) of Auschwitz.

  13. Hull Cordell

    • Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955
    • ハル, コーデル
    • Hull, Cordell

    02/10/1871

    1955

    United States secretary of state from 1933 to 1944. Had limited information about the persecution of the Jews in Germany but declined to intercede in what he regarded as Germany's internal affair. Hull opposed any relaxation of American immigration regulations during the war. Laid the groundwork for a postwar United nations.

  14. Iakova Violeta

    Jewish partisan in Bulgaria, assassinated General Lukov.

  15. Ionchev Slavcho

    Inspector at KEV and special representative, Kavala, Bulgaria.

  16. Jäger Karl

    • Jäger, Karl 1888-1959
    • Jaeger, Karl

    20/09/1888

    22/06/1959

    SS-Standartenführer. Head of the SD-Abschnitt Münster; Commander of Einsatzkommando 3 in Lithuania; Chief of police (Polizeipräsident) in Reichenberg (Sudetenland).

  17. Jarblum Marc

    • Jarblum, Marc, 1887-1972
    • יארבלום, מרדכי
    • יארבלום, מ.
    • Jarblum, Mordʹkhai, 1887-1972
    • Jarblum, M.
    • ...

    1887

    1972

    Socialist president of the Zionist Organization of France and head of the Fédération des Sociétés juives de France (FSJF), one of the leaders of the Jewish underground in rance, refuged in Geneve, Switzerland, in 1943.

  18. Jardin Jean

    1904

    1976

    Politician. Senior official in the Vichy Government, director of Pierre Laval's cabinet, 1942 - 1943.

  19. Jeckeln Friedrich

    • Jeckeln, Friedrich, 1895-1946
    • Jeckeln, Friedrich

    02/02/1895

    03/02/1946

    SS-Obergruppenführer. 1933 Chief of police in Brunswick, 1940 HSSPF West in Düsseldorf; 1941 HSSPF of "Heeresgebiet Süd" (Ukraine); 1941 HSSPF Nord und Ostland. Responsible i.A. for mass murders of Jews in Kamenez-Podolsk, Babi Jar and the Riga Ghetto.

  20. Jost Heinz

    09/07/1904

    12/11/1964

    SS-Brigadeführer (1939), Generalmajor of the Police. Head of RSHA-Amt VI (SD Ausland); March - September 1942 Commander of Einsatzgruppe A; afterwards Chef (head) of the Zivilverwaltung (civil administration) of the Regierungsbezirk (governmental district) Zichenau.