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  1. Churchill Winston

    • Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965
    • Черчилль, Уинстон, 1874-1965
    • Churchill, Winston S. (Winston Spencer), Sir, 1874-1965
    • Черчилль, 1874-1965
    • Čērčils, Vinstons, 1874-1965
    • ...

    1874

    24/01/1965

    Prime minister (1940-1945 and 1951-1955).

  2. Ciano Galeazzo

    • Ciano, Galeazzo, conte, 1903-1944
    • Chiano, Galeazzo, Conte, 1903-1944
    • Ciano, Galeazzo, 1903-1944
    • Ciano, Galeazzo, comte, 1903-1944
    • Ciano, Galeazzo, conte
    • ...

    1903

    11/01/1944

    Italian Statesman. Married to Mussolini's daughter, fascist. Ambassador to the Holy See (1943), prisoner of the Germans in Bavaria, then in the Gestapo prison in Vienna. Charged with treason on Mussolini's instructions for leading role in 25.7.1943 coup. Shot dead in Verona's Scalzi prison.

  3. 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.

  4. Cuza Alexandru C.

    • Alexandru C. Cuza
    • Cuza, Alexandru C.

    08/11/1857

    1946

    Romanian far right politician and theorist.

  5. Cyper Elie

    12/09/1908

    15/07/1944

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

  6. Czerniaków Adam

    • Czerniaków, Adam, 1880-1942
    • Czerniakow, Adam.
    • צ׳רניאקוב, אדם, 1880־1942
    • Czerniakow, Adam
    • Ṣ'erniyʼaqŵb, ʼAdam.

    1880

    1942

    Head of the Warsaw Judenrat. Kept a diary from September 6, 1939, until the day of his death (suicide). It was published in 1979 in the English language as the The Warsaw Diary of Adam Czerniakow: Prelude to Doom.

  7. 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.

  8. Dannecker Theodor

    • Dannecker, Theodor
    • Dannecker, Theodor, 1913-1945
    • Dannecker, Theo, 1913-1945

    27/03/1913

    10/12/1945

    SS-Hauptsturmführer (1942). 1934 Wachtrupp Columbia-House Berlin, then SS-Wachverband Brandenburg. Since 1937 member of Eichmann's staff in SD-Hauptamt. Sept 1940 Leiter (head) of the Judenreferat for the Befehlshaber (commander) of the Sipo and SD (BdS) Belgium-France. Jan 1943 Sonderkommando Eichmann in Hungary, since Oct 1944 Judenreferent of the BdS Italy. Suicide in US imprisonment.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. Deutsch Abraham

    • Deutsch, Abraham.

    1902

    1992

    French Rabbi during WWII.

  13. 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.

  14. 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.

  15. Dobrevski Ilia

    Inspector at KEV and special representative.

  16. 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).

  17. 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.

  18. 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.

  19. 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.

  20. 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.