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 221 to 240 of 12,821
Search result ordering
Authority Type: Person

  1. Löwenherz Josef

    • Löwenherz, Josef Israel

    1884

    1960

    Head of the Jewish community (Israelitische Kultusgemeinde) in Vienna from 1936 and during the Nazi occupation of Austria.

  2. Mueller Heinrich

    28/04/1900

    29/04/1945

    Head of the Gestapo (RSHA Amt IV), 1939-1945

  3. De Gaulle Charles

    • [De Gaulle, Charles Andre Joseph Marie]

    22/11/1890

    09/11/1970

    French officer and statesman, recognised by Churchill as chief of the Free France 28 June 1940. French president 1958-1969.

  4. Schirach Baldur von

    • Schirach, Baldur ˜vonœ 1907-1974
    • Von Schirach, Baldur, 1907-1974
    • Schirach, Baldur von
    • シーラッハ,
    • Schirach, Baldur von (Baldur Benedikt), 1907-1974

    09/03/1907

    08/08/1974

    Reich Youth leader. Governor of Vienna since 1941. Participated in the deportation of Vienna's Jews

  5. Pavelic Ante

    • Pavelić, Ante Smith
    • Pavelić, Ante
    • Smith Pavelic, Ante
    • Pavelić, Ante, 1889-1959
    • Pawelitsch, Ante, 1889-1959
    • ...

    14/07/1889

    28/12/1959

    Fascist leader, formed USTASA and later added antisemitism to the Ustasa's ideology

  6. Ganzenmüller Albert

    • Ganzenmueller, Albert
    • Ganzenmüller, Albert 1905-1996
    • Ganzenmüller, Albert, 1905-
    • Ganzenmüller, Albert, b. 1905

    25/02/1905

    20/03/1996

    Staatssekretär in the German Transport Ministry (Reichsverkehrsministerium). Involved in the deportation of German Jews.

  7. László Endre

    • Endre, László
    • Endre, László 1895-1946

    1895

    28/03/1946

    Hungarian extreme right-wing politician, administrative expert, one of the most influential antisemitic public figures in wartime Hungary. He served as the subprefect of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun County from 1938 to 1944. In March 1944, he was appointed undersecretary of state of the Ministry of the Interior, and as such was primarily responsible for the deportation of the Hungarian Jews. He was a government commissioner for the military operational zone under the Szálasi government. He was sentenced to death and executed after the war.

  8. 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.

  9. Judah Leon Magnes

    • לייב יהודה מאגנס

    prominent Reform rabbi in both the United States and the British Mandate of Palestine. He is best remembered as a leader in the pacifist movement of the World War I period and as one of the most widely recognized voices of 20th Century American Reform Judaism.

  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. Bürckel Josef

    • Bürckel, Josef, 1895-1944
    • Bürckel, Joseph, 1895-1944
    • Bürckel, Gauleiter (Josef), 1895-1944
    • Burckel, Josef
    • Bürckel, Jos.
    • ...

    30/03/1895

    28/09/1944

    NSDAP-Gauleiter.

  12. Glücks Richard

    • Gluecks, Richard
    • Glücks, Richard, b. 1889
    • Glücks, Richard, 1889-
    • Glücks, Richard ca. 1889-1945

    22/04/1889

    10/05/1945

    SS-Obergruppenführer (1943), Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS. Since November 1939 head of the Inspektion der Konzentrationslager.

  13. Hans Krebs

    Ethnic German politician. Born 1888 in Jihlava (Iglau). After WW I manager of the German National Socialist Workers' Party (Deutsche Nationalsozialistische Arbeiterpartei (DNSAP)) in Czechoslovakia. 1925 to 1933 member of the Czechoslovak parliament. Fled 1933 to Germany and became member of the SS and 1936 member of the Reichstag. From 1938 to 1945 Regierungspräsident in Aussig (Ústí nad Labem). Sentenced to death by a Czechoslovak court and executed 1947.

  14. Eitinger Leo

    • Eitinger, Leo, 1912-1996
    • Eitinger, Leo, 1912-
    • Eitinger, Leo Shua
    • Eitinger, Leo.
    • Eitinger, L. (Leo), 1912-
    • ...

    12/12/1912

    15/10/1996

    Czech-Jewish refugee. Came to Norway in 1939. Survived Auschwitz and became a pioneer researcher in psychotraumatology.

  15. Sammern-Frankenegg Ferdinand von

    • Sammern und Frankenegg, Ferdinand ˜vonœ 1897-1944
    • Sammern-Frankenegg, Ferdinand von 1897-1944
    • Frankenegg, Ferdinand von Sammern und 1897-1944
    • Sammern-Frankenegg, Ferdinand von

    17/03/1897

    20/09/1944

    Police leader of the Warsaw area (1942) . Responsible of the deportation of 300 000 Jews from the Warsaw ghetto to Treblinka

  16. Szálasi Ferenc

    • Szálasi, Ferenc 1897-1946
    • Szálasi, Ferenc, 1897-1946
    • Ferenc, Szálasi 1897-1946
    • Szalasi, Ferenc

    01/06/1897

    12/03/1946

    Founder and leader of the Arrow Cross Party, the most popular extreme right wing movement in Hungary before and during WWII. Following Regent Horthy's failed attempt to leave war, Szálasi assumed power with German support and became Prime Minister of Hungary (15 October, 1944-28 March 1945) as well as the head of state ("Leader of the Nation"). He was found guilty of war crimes and executed in 1946.

  17. Reynaud Paul

    • Reynaud, Paul
    • Paul-Reynaud
    • レイノー, ポール
    • Reynaud, Paul, 1878-1966
    • Reynaud, Paul, 1878-

    15/10/1878

    21/09/1966

    Politician and statesman. Penultimate Prime Minister of the Third Republic. Called on active resistance against Nazi-Germany and criticised the policy of appeasement. Deported to Germany and imprisoned there until the liberation.

  18. Sigmund Freud

    • זיגמונט פרויד

    A Jewish-born Austrian neurologist who is known as the founder of psychoanalysis. He spent most of his childhood and adult life in Vienna. After the Nazi annexation of Austria he left for England. He died of cancer in London shortly after the outbreak of WWII.

  19. Szmul Artur Sygelbojm

    • שמואל זיגלבוים

    a Jewish-Polish socialist politician, leader of the Bund, and a member of the National Council of the Polish government in exile. He committed suicide to protest the indifference of the Allied governments in the face of the Holocaust

  20. Frankfurter David

    • Franqfûrṭer, Dāwid 1909-1982
    • Frankfurter, David 1909-1982
    • Frankfurter, David, 1909-1982
    • Frankfurter, David
    • פרנקפורטר, דויד
    • ...

    1909

    1982

    Killed W. Gustloff (NS-Landesgruppenleiter in Switzerland) on 04.02.1936; since 1933 in Bern, Switzerland, expelled from Switzerland in 1945, emigrated to Tel Aviv.