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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. Schulz Erwin

    • Schulz, Erwin
    • Schulz, Erwin 1900-1981

    27/11/1900

    11/11/1981

    Head of Gestapo Bremen. Commander of Sipo Hamburg (1940-). Head of Ek5 of Einsatzgruppe C in Ukraina (1941-).

  4. Aleksandar Licht

    Dr. Aleksandar Licht (1884−1948) was an Croatian Zionist leader and founder of the Zionist movement in Croatia. Licht was born in village Sokolovac, near Koprivnica to a Croatian Jewish family. As a child he moved with his family to Zagreb. Licht was educated in Zagreb where he finished elementary and high school. He graduated as a lawyer at the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb. In 1909 he was promoted to a Doctor of law at the University of Zagreb. In 1913 he opened a law firm in Zagreb, but in 1914 he was drafted to a Austro-Hungarian Army. Upon completing military service, Licht retu...

  5. Hitler Adolf

    • Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945
    • Hitler.
    • Hitler, Adolph, 1889-1945
    • Khitker, Adolf, 1889-1945
    • Hitler, Adolf
    • ...

    20/04/1889

    30/04/1945

    Führer and Reichskanzler, since 04.02.1938 Oberbefehlshaber der Wehrmacht.

  6. Mussolini Benito

    • Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945
    • Mousolini, Benito, 1883-1945
    • Duce, 1883-1945
    • موسوليني، بنيتو، 1883-1945
    • מוסוליני, ביניטו, 1883-1945
    • ...

    29/07/1883

    28/04/1945

    Prime minister (1922-43). First European fascist dictator. Executed by partisans in 1945.

  7. Todt Fritz

    • Todt, Fritz, 1891-1942
    • Todt, Fritz
    • Todt.
    • Todt, Fritz (German engineer and architect, 1891-1942)
    • Fritz Todt

    04/09/1891

    08/02/1942

    Famous roadbuilder, creator of Autobahnen. Reich Minister for Armaments and Munitions (1940-1942).

  8. 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.

  9. Frank Hans

    • Frank, Hans, 1900-1946
    • Frank, Hans M., 1900-1946
    • Frank, Hans
    • Frank, Hans Michael
    • Frank.
    • ...

    23/05/1900

    16/10/1946

    Reichsrechtsführer. Hitler's lawyer, leading jurist in the Third Reich. Since 25 Oct 1939 Generalgouverneur of occupied Poland.

  10. Franz Kurt

    17/01/1914

    1998

    Particpated at the T4 (Euthanasia) operation and in Aktion Reinhard. Since Aug 1943 last Kommandant of Treblinka.

  11. Laval Pierre

    • Laval, Pierre, 1883-1945
    • Laval, Pierre
    • Laval, Pierre (Pierre Jean Marie), 1883-1945

    26/06/1883

    15/10/1945

    French politician, political head of Vichy France

  12. Lutz Carl

    • Lutz, Carl
    • Lutz, Carl, 1895-1975
    • Lutz, Carl Robert 1895-1975
    • Lutz, Charles 1895-1975
    • Lutz, Carl 1895-1975

    30/03/1985

    1975

    Diplomat credited with saving over 65 000 Jews. Righteous Among the Nations (1965)

  13. 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.

  14. 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)

  15. Schacht Hjalmar

    • Schacht, Hjalmar Horace Greeley, 1877-1970
    • Schacht, Horace Greeley Hjalmar, 1877-1970
    • Schacht, Hjalmar, 1877-1970
    • Schacht, Hjalmar
    • Schacht, H.
    • ...

    22/01/1877

    03/06/1970

    President of the Reichsbank and Minister of Economics. Forced out of the government in 1937 because of disagreements with Hitler.

  16. Schellenberg Walter

    • Schellenberg, Walter, 1910-1952
    • Šelenber, Wālter.
    • Schellenberg, Walter, 1910-
    • Schellenberg, Walter
    • Šellenberg, Val'ter 1910-1952
    • ...

    16/08/1910

    31/03/1952

    Supreme head of the espionage services in the Third Reich, and second to Himmler in the Gestapo hierarchy. Head of Amt VI (Auslandsnachrichtendienst) of the RSHA and since 1944 the demise of the "Abwehr".

  17. Schwammberger Josef

    • Schwammberger, Josef
    • Schwammberger, Josef Franz Leo 1912-2004
    • Schwammberger, Josef, 1912-2004
    • Schwammberger, Josef (Josef Franz Leo), 1912-

    14/02/1912

    Commander of Ghettos in Przemyśl.

  18. Himmler Heinrich

    • Himmler, Heinrich, 1900-1945
    • Himmler, Heinrich Luitpold, 1900-1945
    • Gimmler, Genrich 1900-1945
    • Himmler, Heini, 1900-1945
    • Gimmler, Genrikh, 1900-1945
    • ...

    07/10/1900

    23/05/1945

    Various positions, most influential: Reichsführer SS (RFSS), head of the Deutsche Polizei (German police), directly subordinated to Hitler. Also: "Reichskommissar für die Festigung Deutschen Volkstums" (RKF) for the Occupied Eastern Territories, since 25 Aug 1943 also Minister of the Interior, and since 1944 additionally commander of the reserve army (Befehlshaber des Ersatzheeres).

  19. Kramer Josef

    • Kramer, Josef, 1906-1945
    • Kramer, Joseph, 1906-1945
    • Kramer, Joseph 1906-1945
    • Kramer, Josef

    10/11/1906

    13/12/1945

    KZ-Kommandant and SS-Hauptsturmführer. Since 1934 in Dachau, 1937/1938 in Sachsenhausen, 1939 in Mauthausen, May 1940 in Auschwitz, April 1941 Schutzhaftlagerführer , Oct 1942 Kommandant in Natzweiler, since May 1944 Kommandant in Auschwitz-Birkenau, since 1 Dec 1944 in Bergen-Belsen. Sentenced to death in Belsen Trial, executed.

  20. Bernadotte Folke

    02/01/1895

    17/09/1948

    Swedish official. Worked with the Red Cross in arranging POW exchanges. Vice president of the Swedish Red Cross. Saved thousands of POWs and concentration camp inmates. "During the last months of the war he was approached by Kaltenbrunner and Schellenberg on Himmler's behalf to feel out the Western allies on making some deal to mollify their unconditional surrender policy. Assassinated in Jerusalem by the Stern Gang.