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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

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Wilhelm Frick

German Nazi official (1877-1946)

• Born: 1877-03-12 (Alsenz)
• Died: 1946-10-16 (Nuremberg)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: diplomat; lawyer; politician
• Member of political party: German Völkisch Freedom Party; National Socialist Freedom Movement; Nazi Party
• Member of: AGV München; Thule Society
• Participant in: Aryanization; Beer Hall Putsch; International Military Tribunal (role: defendant)
• Position held: Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (period: 1943-08-24 through 1945-05-04; replaces: Konstantin von Neurath); Reichsminister des Innern (period: 1933-01-30 through 1943-08-20; replaced by: Heinrich Himmler; replaces: Franz Bracht); member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany; member of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic

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Rudolf Hess

German Nazi leader (1894-1987)

• Born: 1894-04-26 (Alexandria)
• Died: 1987-08-17 (Spandau Prison) (located in the administrative territorial entity: West Berlin)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: aircraft pilot; politician
• Member of political party: Nazi Party
• Member of: Thule Society
• Participant in: Beer Hall Putsch
• Military rank: lieutenant

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Hermann Göring

German Nazi politician, military leader and convicted war criminal (1893–1946)

• Born: 1893-01-12 (Rosenheim)
• Died: 1945-01-01 1946-10-15 (Nuremberg Court Prison Nuremberg) (reason for deprecated rank: error in referenced source or sources; reason for preferred rank: most precise value)
• Country of citizenship: German Empire; Nazi Germany
• Occupation: aircraft pilot; art collector; politician; war criminal
• Member of political party: Nazi Party (period: 1922-11-01 through 1923-11-23, 1928-04-01 through 1945-04-29)
• Member of: Sturmabteilung
• Participant in: Beer Hall Putsch; Nazi plunder; genocide; war crime
• Significant person: Alma Hedin (role: friend)

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Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk

German nobleman, jurist, and senior Nazi government official (1887-1977)

• Born: 1887-08-22 (Rathmannsdorf)
• Died: 1977-04-03 1977-03-04 (Essen)
• Country of citizenship: German Empire; Germany; Nazi Germany; Weimar Republic
• Occupation: diplomat; economist; jurist; military personnel
• Member of political party: Nazi Party (since: 1937-01-30)
• Participant in: Aryanization; Ministries Trial (role: defendant); Nuremberg Medical Trial (date: 1947-02-06; role: affiant)
• Significant person: Karl Brandt (role: acquaintance)
• Position held: Chancellor of Germany (period: 1945-05-01 through 1945-05-23; replaced by: Konrad Adenauer; replaces: Joseph Goebbels); Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs (period: 1945-05-02 through 1945-05-23; replaces: Arthur Seyss-Inquart); German Foreign Minister (period: 1945-05-02 through 1945-05-23; replaced by: Georg Dertinger; replaces: Arthur Seyss-Inquart); Leading Minister (period: 1945-05-01 through 1945-05-23)

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Hans H. Lammers

German jurist, Nazi politician, and Head of the Reich Chancellery (1879-1962)

• Born: 1879-05-27 (Lubliniec)
• Died: 1962-01-04 (Düsseldorf)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: judge; jurist; lawyer; politician
• Member of political party: German National People's Party (until: 1932-01-01); Nazi Party
• Member of: Schutzstaffel
• Participant in: Ministries Trial (role: defendant); Nuremberg Medical Trial (role: affiant, witness)
• Significant person: Adolf Hitler (role: superior); Karl Brandt (role: colleague)