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Adolf Eichmann

Introduction During Hitler’s reign over the Third Reich, some 6 million Jews were killed. This massive process of extermination was carried ...

By Arnold Palthe | 19 January, 2025
Germany - A till E
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Introduction On 5 April 1943 Dietrich Bonhoeffer was arrested and held in the house of detention at the Wehrmacht in Berlin-Tegel. ...

By Liesbeth Vrieze-Risseeuw | 19 January, 2025
Germany - A till E
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Albert Kesselring

Albert Kesselring was born November 30, 1885 in Marktsteft in the region of Unterfranken in Bavaria. He was the son ...

By Arnold Palthe | 19 January, 2025
Germany - K till O
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Alfred Jodl

Alfred Jodl was born May 10th , 1890 in Würzburg as the son of a soldier. At the age of ...

By Arnold Palthe | 19 January, 2025
Germany - F till J
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Wilhelm Bittrich

Born on February 26th, 1894, Wilhelm Bittrich served during the First World War both in the Heer and in the ...

By Arnold Palthe | 19 January, 2025
Germany - A till E
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Paul Blobel

Paul Blobel was the leader of Sonderkommando 4a, a part of Einstazgruppe C. The Einsatzgruppen were tasked with executing communists, ...

By Arnold Palthe | 19 January, 2025
Germany - A till E
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Theodor Eicke

Lost youth and failed career Theodor Eicke was born October 17, 1892 in Hüdingen in the German federal state of Lotharingen. ...

By Arnold Palthe | 19 January, 2025
Germany - A till E
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Wilhelm Canaris

Wilhelm Canaris is one of the most remarkable persons of the Third Reich. As head of the German military counterespionage ...

By Arnold Palthe | 19 January, 2025
Germany - A till E
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Fedor von Bock

Fedor von Bock was born December 3rd 1880 in Kustrin (now Kostrzyn, Poland), and was the son of Moritz von ...

By Arnold Palthe | 19 January, 2025
Germany - A till E
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Hans Bayer

Introduction It was a historical first: war correspondents of a Propaganda-kompanie (PK or propaganda company) of the Wehrmacht fighting alongside front ...

By Arnold Palthe | 19 January, 2025
Germany - A till E
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Johannes Blaskowitz

Johannes Blaskowitz was born on July 10th 1883 in Paterswalde , East Prussia. After receiving his 7 year education ...

By Peter ter Haar | 19 January, 2025
Germany - A till E
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Joseph Dietrich

Josef "Sepp" Dietrich was born May 8th, 1892 in Hawangen in Bavaria. He started his military career in 1911 in ...

By Arnold Palthe | 19 January, 2025
Germany - A till E
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Karl Dönitz

Karl Dönitz was born September 16th, 1891 in Grünau, at the time a small town near Berlin and today a ...

By Arnold Palthe | 19 January, 2025
Germany - A till E