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Born 1899 • Dresden • Germany
Died September 27, 1953 (aged 54) • Cologne • Germany
Political Affiliation Nazi Party
Role In World War II
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany
Hermann Göring
Hermann Göring
German minister
Dietrich, Sepp
Josef Dietrich
German military officer
Martin Bormann
Martin Bormann
German Nazi leader
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William Joyce
English-language propagandist
Joseph Goebbels
Joseph Goebbels
German propagandist
Adolf Eichmann listening to an Israeli court's verdict
Adolf Eichmann
German military official
Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Himmler
German Nazi leader
Reinhard Heydrich
Reinhard Heydrich
German Nazi official
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Walther Model
German military officer
Paul Hausser, German Waffen-SS commander, World War II.
Paul Hausser
German military officer
Kaltenbrunner, Ernst
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Austrian Nazi
Otto Skorzeny
Otto Skorzeny
Nazi SS officer
Erwin Rommel
Erwin Rommel
German field marshal
Franz Halder, 1938.
Franz Halder
German general
Paulus, Friedrich
Friedrich Paulus
German military officer
Kesselring
Albert Kesselring
German field marshal
Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg
Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg
German military officer
Gerd von Rundstedt.
Gerd von Rundstedt
German field marshal
Heinz Guderian
Heinz Guderian
German general

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