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Rudolf Schmundt

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Rudolf Schmundt

German general

• Born: 1896-08-13 (Metz) (country: German Empire; located in the administrative territorial entity: Alsace-Lorraine)
• Died: 1944-10-01 (Kętrzyn)
• Country of citizenship: German Reich
• Occupation: military personnel
• Member of political party: Nazi Party
• Military rank: General of the Infantry
• Military branch: German Army
• VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/3556747

Adolf Hitler

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Adolf Hitler

Austrian nationalized German politician, leader of the National Socialist party and dictator of Germany (1889-1945)

• Born: 1889-01-01 1889-04-20 (Braunau am Inn) (country: Austria-Hungary; located in the administrative territorial entity: Archduchy of Austria above the Enns; statement is subject of: Adolf-Hitler-Geburtshaus)
• Died: 1945-04-30 (Berlin Führerbunker) (country: Nazi Germany; located in the administrative territorial entity: Berlin; statement is subject of: death of Adolf Hitler)
• Country of citizenship: Cisleithania (period: 1889-04-20 through 1918-11-11); First Republic of Austria (period: 1919-01-01 through 1925-04-30); Nazi Germany (end cause: death of Adolf Hitler; period: 1933-01-30 through 1945-04-30); Republic of German-Austria (period: 1918-01-01 through 1919-01-01)
• Occupation: painter (statement is subject of: paintings by Adolf Hitler); political writer; politician (reason for preferred rank: generally used form); soldier
• Member of political party: German Workers' Party (period: 1919-09-12 through 1921-07-11); Nazi Party (series ordinal: 556)
• Member of: Nazi Party
• Participant in: Aktion T4; Beer Hall Putsch; The Holocaust; ethnic cleansing
• Significant person: Albert Speer; Benito Mussolini; Eva Braun; Joseph Stalin

Wilhelm Keitel

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Wilhelm Keitel

German field marshal

• Born: 1882-09-22 (Helmscherode) (country: German Empire; located in the administrative territorial entity: Duchy of Brunswick)
• Died: 1946-10-16 (Nuremberg) (country: Allied-occupied Germany)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: military officer; military personnel; politician
• Member of political party: Nazi Party
• Military rank: general field marshal
• Military branch: artillery
• VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/74027425

Kurt Zeitzler

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Kurt Zeitzler

German General

• Born: 1895-06-09 (Heideblick)
• Died: 1963-09-05 1963-09-25 (Aschau im Chiemgau)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: military officer
• Military rank: Generaloberst
• Military branch: German Army; Imperial German Army; Reichswehr
• VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/961095
• ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000054350808

Alfred Jodl

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Alfred Jodl

German general and convicted war criminal (1890-1946)

• Born: 1890-05-10 (Würzburg)
• Died: 1946-10-16 (Nuremberg)
• Country of citizenship: German Reich; Kingdom of Bavaria; Weimar Republic
• Occupation: military personnel; politician
• Member of political party: Nazi Party
• Participant in: International Military Tribunal (role: defendant)
• Military rank: Generaloberst
• Military branch: artillery

Walther Brauchitsch, von

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Walther von Brauchitsch

German field marshal (1881-1948)

• Born: 1881-10-04 (Berlin)
• Died: 1948-10-18 (Hamburg)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: military personnel
• Member of political party: Nazi Party
• Military rank: general field marshal
• Military branch: Imperial German Army
• Position held: commander-in-chief (period: 1938-01-01 through 1941-01-01)

Franz Halder

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Franz Halder

general and chief of staff in Nazi Germany

• Born: 1884-06-30 (Würzburg)
• Died: 1972-04-02 (Aschau im Chiemgau)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: diarist; military personnel; soldier; writer
• Participant in: Hostages Trial (date: 1947-07-08; role: affiant); Nuremberg Medical Trial (date: 1947-02-01; role: affiant)
• Significant person: Ernst Dehner (role: colleague, friend); Hermann Foertsch (role: acquaintance); Siegfried Handloser (role: acquaintance, colleague); Walther von Brauchitsch (date: 1941-01-01; role: superior)
• Military rank: Generaloberst
• Military branch: Imperial German Army

Fritz Todt

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Fritz Todt

German engineer and senior Nazi figure (1891-1942)

• Born: 1891-09-04 (Pforzheim)
• Died: 1942-02-08 (Kętrzyn)
• Country of citizenship: German Reich
• Occupation: architect; civil engineer; engineer; military personnel
• Member of political party: Nazi Party (since: 1922-01-01)
• Member of: Association of German Engineers (role: chairperson; since: 1939-01-01); Sturmabteilung
• Military rank: Obergruppenführer
• Educated at: Technical University of Munich

Konrad Henlein

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Konrad Henlein

Czechoslovak german nation politician (1898-1945)

• Born: 1898-05-06 (Vratislavice nad Nisou)
• Died: 1945-05-10 (Plzeň)
• Country of citizenship: Austria-Hungary; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Nazi Germany
• Occupation: physical education teacher; politician
• Member of political party: Nazi Party; Sudeten German Party
• Member of: Schutzstaffel
• Military branch: Austro-Hungarian Army
• Position held: member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany