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Robert Ley

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Robert Ley

German Nazi politician; indicted by the International Military Tribunal for war crimes (1890-1945)

• Born: 1890-02-15 (Niederbreidenbach)
• Died: 1945-10-25 (Nuremberg Court Prison)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: aircraft pilot; chemist; politician
• Member of political party: Nazi Party
• Member of: Sängerschaft zu St. Pauli Jena
• Military rank: lieutenant
• Position held: Member of Landtag of Prussia; member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany; member of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic

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

Franz Seldte

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Franz Seldte

German politician (1882-1947)

• Born: 1882-06-29 (Magdeburg)
• Died: 1947-04-01 (Fürth)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: politician
• Member of political party: German National People's Party; Nazi Party
• Member of: Der Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten
• Military rank: major
• Military branch: Imperial German Army

Alfred Hugenberg

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Alfred Hugenberg

German politician (1865-1951)

• Born: 1865-06-19 (Hanover)
• Died: 1951-03-12 (Kükenbruch)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: diplomat; financier; media proprietor; politician
• Member of political party: German Fatherland Party; German National People's Party
• Position held: member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany; member of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
• Educated at: Heidelberg University; Humboldt University of Berlin; University of Göttingen; University of Strasbourg
• VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/72185793

Wilhelm Frick

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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

Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk

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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)