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  1. Rauter Hanns Albin

    • Rauter, Hanns Albin (Johann Baptist Albin), 1895-1949
    • Rauter, Hanns, 1895-1949
    • Rauter, Hanns Albin
    • Rauter, Hans Albin 1892-1949
    • Rauter, Johann Baptist Albin 1892-1949
    • ...

    04/02/1895

    25/03/1949

    Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Niederlande (1940-). Proclaimed The Netherland "judenfrei" to Himmler 02.03.1944

  2. Reeder Eggert

    • Reeder, Eggert
    • Reeder, Eggert 1894-1959

    22/07/1894

    1940 Chef der Zivilverwaltung (CdZ) in Belgium and Northern France

  3. Reichenau Walter von

    • Reichenau, Walter ˜vonœ 1884-1942
    • Reichenau, Walther Von
    • Reichenau.
    • Reichenau, Walther von, 1884-1942
    • Von Reichenau, Walther, 1884-1942
    • ...

    08/10/1884

    07/01/1942

    One of the leading commanders of the German army, received the rank of Fieldmarshal (Generalfeldmarschall). Involved his units in war crimes, including the Babi Jar massacre

  4. Reik Haviva

    1914

    20/11/1944

    One of the Jewish Agency's parachutist from Palestine sent by the Jewish Agency and the British army on various missions in Nazi-occupied Europe.. Captured and executed by Waffen-SS in Slovakia

  5. Rendulic Lothar

    • Rendulić, Lothar 1887-1971
    • Rendulič, Lotar 1887-1971
    • Rendulić, Lothar

    23/11/1887

    17/07/1971

    Wehrmacht general, during WWII in Yugoslavia, Norway and Finland.

  6. 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.

  7. Ribbentrop Joachim von

    • Ribbentrop, Joachim ˜vonœ 1893-1946
    • Ribbentrop, Joachim von
    • Von Ribbentrop, Joachim, 1893-1946
    • Ribbentrop, Ullrich Friedrich Willy Joachim, 1893-1946
    • Ribbentrop, Joachim 1893-1946
    • ...

    30/04/1893

    01/10/1946

    Minister of Foreign Affairs in The Third Reich 1938-1945.

  8. Richter Gustav

    19/11/1912

    Assistant of Eichmann, adviser on Jewish Affairs in Romania.

  9. Riegner Gerhard

    12/09/1911

    03/12/2001

    Head of Genfer Geschäftsstelle des WJC (1939-48). Passed information on the murder on European Jews to the British and American governments

  10. Ringelblum Emanuel

    • Ringelblum, Emmanuel, 1900-1944
    • Ringelblum, Emanuel, 1900-1944
    • Ringelblum, Emmanuel.
    • Ringelblum, E.
    • Ringelblum, ʻImanuʾel, 1900-1944
    • ...

    21/11/1900

    07/03/1944

    Worked in the political underground in the Warsaw ghetto. Administrated the Oneg Shabbat Archive inside the ghetto

  11. Robinson Jacob

    • Robinson, Jacob, 1889-1977
    • Rôbinsôn, Yaʿakôv 1889-1977
    • Robinzonas, Jokūbas 1889-1977
    • רובינזון, יעקב, 1889־
    • רבינסון, יעקב
    • ...

    1889

    1977

    Head of the Institute of Jewish Affairs in USA (1940).

  12. Rød Knut

    30/06/1900

    1986

    Police Officer during the war. Responsibile for deportation of Jews from Oslo-region in Norway.

  13. Rommelmann WIlhelm

    • Rommelmann, Wilhelm Heinrich 1907-1948

    1907

    1948

    Gestapo Tarnow (Poland)

  14. Roosevelt Franklin Delano

    • Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945
    • ルーズヴェルト, フランクリン・D
    • Ruzvelʹt, Franklin, 1882-1945
    • Luosifu, 1882-1945
    • Roosevelt, Franklin D., 1882-1945
    • ...

    30/01/1882

    02/04/1945

    32nd president of the United States (1933-1945)

  15. Rosenberg Alfred

    • Rosenberg, Alfred, 1893-1946
    • Rozenberg, Alʹfred, 1893-1946
    • Rosenberg, Alfred Ernst 1893-1946 Vollstaendiger Name
    • Rosenberg, Alfred
    • ローゼンベルク, アルフレット
    • ...

    12/01/1893

    16/10/1946

    Nazi-ideologist and head of the Nazi Party's Foreign Affairs Department (1933-45)

  16. Rossner Alfred

    1906

    1943

    Saved numerous Jewish lives as manager of a confiscated Jewish textile factory in the Bedzin ghetto. Arrested and executed by Gestapo for his actions.

  17. Röthke Heinz

    • Röthke, Heinz 1912-1966
    • Rothke, Heinz

    19/01/1912

    14/07/1966

  18. Rothmund Heinrich

    • Rothmund, Heinrich, 1888-1961

    06/07/1888

    08/04/1961

    Head of the Police Division of the Federal Department of Justice and Police

  19. Rotta Angelo

    • Rotta, Angelo, 1872-1965
    • Rotta, Angelo

    09/08/1872

    01/02/1965

    Apostolic Nuncio in Budapest at the end of World War II. Saved many Bulgarian and Hungarian Jews through his diplomatic activity. Righteous Among the Nations’ 1997.

  20. Rumkowski Khayim Mordkhe

    • Rumkowski, Mordechaj Chaim

    27/02/1887

    28/08/1944

    Jewish leader and head of the Lodz ghetto during the war