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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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Franz von Papen

German general staff officer, politician, diplomat, nobleman and Chancellor of Germany (1879–1969)

• Born: 1879-10-29 (Werl)
• Died: 1969-05-02 (Sasbach)
• Country of citizenship: German Reich; Germany
• Occupation: diplomat; military personnel; politician
• Member of political party: Centre Party (until: 1932-01-01); Nazi Party
• Member of: Union-Klub
• Participant in: Hostages Trial (date: 1947-10-03; role: affiant)
• Significant person: Wilhelm List (role: acquaintance)

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Constantin von Neurath

German general and Nazi war criminal (1873-1956)

• Born: 1873-02-02 (Kleinglattbach)
• Died: 1956-08-14 (Enzweihingen)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: diplomat; lawyer; politician
• Member of political party: Nazi Party
• Member of: Schutzstaffel
• Military rank: Obergruppenführer
• Position held: German Foreign Minister (period: 1932-06-01 through 1938-02-04; replaced by: Joachim von Ribbentrop; replaces: Heinrich Brüning); ambassador

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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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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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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

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Franz Guertner

Government minister of Germany (1881-1941)

• Born: 1881-08-26 (Regensburg)
• Died: 1941-01-29 (Berlin)
• Country of citizenship: German Reich
• Occupation: jurist; politician
• Member of political party: German National People's Party; Nazi Party; Q15787248
• Participant in: Aktion T4
• Position held: Baviarian Minister of Justice (member of cabinet: Q1719960, Q1719961, ..., Q1720104; period: 1922-08-04 through 1932-06-01; replaced by: Heinrich Spangenberger); Reich Minister of Justice (period: 1932-06-01 through 1941-01-29; replaced by: Franz Schlegelberger; replaces: Curt Joël)
• Educated at: Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

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Werner von Blomberg

German field marshal (1878-1946)

• Born: 1878-09-02 (Stargard)
• Died: 1946-03-14 (Nuremberg)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: military officer; military personnel; politician
• Member of political party: Nazi Party (series ordinal: 3.805.226; since: 1937-01-30)
• Military rank: general field marshal
• Military branch: German Army
• Position held: minister of war

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Paul von Eltz-Ruebenach*

German politician (1875-1943)

• Born: 1875-02-09 (Wahn)
• Died: 1943-08-25 (Linz am Rhein)
• Country of citizenship: German Reich
• Occupation: politician
• Member of political party: Nazi Party
• Employer: Prussian state railways
• Educated at: RWTH Aachen University; Technical University of Berlin
• VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/59991886

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Richard-Walther Darré

Nazi SS General (1895-1953)

• Born: 1895-07-14 (Buenos Aires Belgrano)
• Died: 1953-09-05 (Munich)
• Country of citizenship: Argentina
• Occupation: agronomist; politician; writer
• Member of political party: Nazi Party
• Member of: Schutzstaffel (series ordinal: 6882; since: 1931-02-25)
• Military rank: general
• Military branch: Imperial German Army

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Joseph Göbbels

Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister

• Born: 1897-10-29 (Rheydt)
• Died: 1945-05-01 (Berlin)
• Country of citizenship: Nazi Germany
• Occupation: autobiographer; demagogue; diarist; journalist
• Member of political party: Nazi Party
• Member of: Wissenschaftlicher Katholischer Studentenverein Unitas Stolzenfels zu Bonn
• Significant person: Adolf Hitler
• Position held: Gauleiter (of: Berlin; period: 1926-11-09 through 1945-05-01; replaces: Ernst Schlange); Q104164731; Reich Chancellor (period: 1945-04-30 through 1945-05-01; replaced by: Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk; replaces: Adolf Hitler); member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany

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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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Bernhard Rust

German Holocaust perpetrator (1883-1945)

• Born: 1883-09-30 (Hanover)
• Died: 1945-05-08 (Nübel)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: politician
• Member of political party: German Völkisch Freedom Party; Nazi Party
• Member of: Deutschvölkischer Schutz und Trutzbund; Militant League for German Culture; Sturmabteilung
• Military rank: lieutenant
• Position held: Reichsminister; 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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Hanns Kerrl

Nazi Minister for Religion (1887-1941)

• Born: 1887-12-11 (Fallersleben)
• Died: 1941-12-15 1941-12-12 (Paris)
• Country of citizenship: German Reich
• Occupation: politician
• Member of political party: Nazi Party
• Member of: Sturmabteilung
• Significant person: Paul Lindemann
• Position held: Member of Landtag of Prussia; member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany; minister

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William S. Kaplan

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Katherine Fite

American Lawyer; Nuremberg Trials prosecution

• Born: 1905-01-01 (Boston)
• Died: 1989-06-20 1989-01-01
• Country of citizenship: United States of America
• Occupation: lawyer
• Participant in: Nuremberg trials (role: interviewer, prosecution)
• Employer: Robert H. Jackson
• Educated at: Vassar College (academic degree: Bachelor of Arts; until: 1926-01-01); Yale Law School (academic degree: Bachelor of Laws; until: 1930-01-01)
• Spouse: Francis F. Lincoln

U.S. Chief of Counsel

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Robert H. Jackson

American judge (1892-1954)

• Born: 1892-02-13 (Spring Creek Township)
• Died: 1954-10-09 (Washington, D.C.)
• Country of citizenship: United States of America
• Occupation: judge; lawyer; politician
• Member of political party: Democratic Party
• Position held: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (nominated by: Franklin Delano Roosevelt; period: 1941-07-11 through 1954-10-09; replaced by: John Marshall Harlan II); Solicitor General of the United States (period: 1938-03-01 through 1940-01-18; replaced by: Francis Biddle; replaces: Stanley Forman Reed); United States Attorney General (period: 1940-01-18 through 1941-08-25; replaced by: Francis Biddle; replaces: Frank Murphy)
• Educated at: Albany Law School; Jamestown High School
• VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/66525309

William S. Kaplan

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Katherine Fite

American Lawyer; Nuremberg Trials prosecution

• Born: 1905-01-01 (Boston)
• Died: 1989-06-20 1989-01-01
• Country of citizenship: United States of America
• Occupation: lawyer
• Participant in: Nuremberg trials (role: interviewer, prosecution)
• Employer: Robert H. Jackson
• Educated at: Vassar College (academic degree: Bachelor of Arts; until: 1926-01-01); Yale Law School (academic degree: Bachelor of Laws; until: 1930-01-01)
• Spouse: Francis F. Lincoln

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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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Franz von Papen

German general staff officer, politician, diplomat, nobleman and Chancellor of Germany (1879–1969)

• Born: 1879-10-29 (Werl)
• Died: 1969-05-02 (Sasbach)
• Country of citizenship: German Reich; Germany
• Occupation: diplomat; military personnel; politician
• Member of political party: Centre Party (until: 1932-01-01); Nazi Party
• Member of: Union-Klub
• Participant in: Hostages Trial (date: 1947-10-03; role: affiant)
• Significant person: Wilhelm List (role: acquaintance)

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Constantin von Neurath

German general and Nazi war criminal (1873-1956)

• Born: 1873-02-02 (Kleinglattbach)
• Died: 1956-08-14 (Enzweihingen)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: diplomat; lawyer; politician
• Member of political party: Nazi Party
• Member of: Schutzstaffel
• Military rank: Obergruppenführer
• Position held: German Foreign Minister (period: 1932-06-01 through 1938-02-04; replaced by: Joachim von Ribbentrop; replaces: Heinrich Brüning); ambassador

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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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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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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

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Franz Guertner

Government minister of Germany (1881-1941)

• Born: 1881-08-26 (Regensburg)
• Died: 1941-01-29 (Berlin)
• Country of citizenship: German Reich
• Occupation: jurist; politician
• Member of political party: German National People's Party; Nazi Party; Q15787248
• Participant in: Aktion T4
• Position held: Baviarian Minister of Justice (member of cabinet: Q1719960, Q1719961, ..., Q1720104; period: 1922-08-04 through 1932-06-01; replaced by: Heinrich Spangenberger); Reich Minister of Justice (period: 1932-06-01 through 1941-01-29; replaced by: Franz Schlegelberger; replaces: Curt Joël)
• Educated at: Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

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Werner von Blomberg

German field marshal (1878-1946)

• Born: 1878-09-02 (Stargard)
• Died: 1946-03-14 (Nuremberg)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: military officer; military personnel; politician
• Member of political party: Nazi Party (series ordinal: 3.805.226; since: 1937-01-30)
• Military rank: general field marshal
• Military branch: German Army
• Position held: minister of war

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Paul von Eltz-Ruebenach*

German politician (1875-1943)

• Born: 1875-02-09 (Wahn)
• Died: 1943-08-25 (Linz am Rhein)
• Country of citizenship: German Reich
• Occupation: politician
• Member of political party: Nazi Party
• Employer: Prussian state railways
• Educated at: RWTH Aachen University; Technical University of Berlin
• VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/59991886

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Richard-Walther Darré

Nazi SS General (1895-1953)

• Born: 1895-07-14 (Buenos Aires Belgrano)
• Died: 1953-09-05 (Munich)
• Country of citizenship: Argentina
• Occupation: agronomist; politician; writer
• Member of political party: Nazi Party
• Member of: Schutzstaffel (series ordinal: 6882; since: 1931-02-25)
• Military rank: general
• Military branch: Imperial German Army

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Joseph Göbbels

Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister

• Born: 1897-10-29 (Rheydt)
• Died: 1945-05-01 (Berlin)
• Country of citizenship: Nazi Germany
• Occupation: autobiographer; demagogue; diarist; journalist
• Member of political party: Nazi Party
• Member of: Wissenschaftlicher Katholischer Studentenverein Unitas Stolzenfels zu Bonn
• Significant person: Adolf Hitler
• Position held: Gauleiter (of: Berlin; period: 1926-11-09 through 1945-05-01; replaces: Ernst Schlange); Q104164731; Reich Chancellor (period: 1945-04-30 through 1945-05-01; replaced by: Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk; replaces: Adolf Hitler); member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany

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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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Bernhard Rust

German Holocaust perpetrator (1883-1945)

• Born: 1883-09-30 (Hanover)
• Died: 1945-05-08 (Nübel)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: politician
• Member of political party: German Völkisch Freedom Party; Nazi Party
• Member of: Deutschvölkischer Schutz und Trutzbund; Militant League for German Culture; Sturmabteilung
• Military rank: lieutenant
• Position held: Reichsminister; 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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Hanns Kerrl

Nazi Minister for Religion (1887-1941)

• Born: 1887-12-11 (Fallersleben)
• Died: 1941-12-15 1941-12-12 (Paris)
• Country of citizenship: German Reich
• Occupation: politician
• Member of political party: Nazi Party
• Member of: Sturmabteilung
• Significant person: Paul Lindemann
• Position held: Member of Landtag of Prussia; member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany; minister

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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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Franz von Papen

German general staff officer, politician, diplomat, nobleman and Chancellor of Germany (1879–1969)

• Born: 1879-10-29 (Werl)
• Died: 1969-05-02 (Sasbach)
• Country of citizenship: German Reich; Germany
• Occupation: diplomat; military personnel; politician
• Member of political party: Centre Party (until: 1932-01-01); Nazi Party
• Member of: Union-Klub
• Participant in: Hostages Trial (date: 1947-10-03; role: affiant)
• Significant person: Wilhelm List (role: acquaintance)

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Constantin von Neurath

German general and Nazi war criminal (1873-1956)

• Born: 1873-02-02 (Kleinglattbach)
• Died: 1956-08-14 (Enzweihingen)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: diplomat; lawyer; politician
• Member of political party: Nazi Party
• Member of: Schutzstaffel
• Military rank: Obergruppenführer
• Position held: German Foreign Minister (period: 1932-06-01 through 1938-02-04; replaced by: Joachim von Ribbentrop; replaces: Heinrich Brüning); ambassador

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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

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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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Franz Schlegelberger

German judge and politician (1876-1970)

• Born: 1876-10-23 (Königsberg)
• Died: 1970-12-14 (Flensburg)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: judge; jurist; politician; university teacher
• Member of political party: Nazi Party
• Participant in: Judges' Trial (role: defendant)
• Significant person: Reinhold Richter (role: acquaintance)
• Position held: Federal Ministry of Justice; Reich Minister of Justice (period: 1941-01-30 through 1942-08-19; replaced by: Otto Georg Thierack; replaces: Franz Gürtner)

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Otto Meissner

German politician (1880-1953)

• Born: 1880-03-13 (Bischwiller)
• Died: 1953-05-27 (Munich)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: jurist; politician
• Member of political party: Nazi Party
• Member of: Alte Straßburger Burschenschaft Germania
• Educated at: University of Strasbourg
• VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/69725518

Wienstein

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U.S. Chief of Counsel

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Robert H. Jackson

American judge (1892-1954)

• Born: 1892-02-13 (Spring Creek Township)
• Died: 1954-10-09 (Washington, D.C.)
• Country of citizenship: United States of America
• Occupation: judge; lawyer; politician
• Member of political party: Democratic Party
• Position held: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (nominated by: Franklin Delano Roosevelt; period: 1941-07-11 through 1954-10-09; replaced by: John Marshall Harlan II); Solicitor General of the United States (period: 1938-03-01 through 1940-01-18; replaced by: Francis Biddle; replaces: Stanley Forman Reed); United States Attorney General (period: 1940-01-18 through 1941-08-25; replaced by: Francis Biddle; replaces: Frank Murphy)
• Educated at: Albany Law School; Jamestown High School
• VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/66525309

Henry V. Atherton

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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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Franz von Papen

German general staff officer, politician, diplomat, nobleman and Chancellor of Germany (1879–1969)

• Born: 1879-10-29 (Werl)
• Died: 1969-05-02 (Sasbach)
• Country of citizenship: German Reich; Germany
• Occupation: diplomat; military personnel; politician
• Member of political party: Centre Party (until: 1932-01-01); Nazi Party
• Member of: Union-Klub
• Participant in: Hostages Trial (date: 1947-10-03; role: affiant)
• Significant person: Wilhelm List (role: acquaintance)

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Constantin von Neurath

German general and Nazi war criminal (1873-1956)

• Born: 1873-02-02 (Kleinglattbach)
• Died: 1956-08-14 (Enzweihingen)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: diplomat; lawyer; politician
• Member of political party: Nazi Party
• Member of: Schutzstaffel
• Military rank: Obergruppenführer
• Position held: German Foreign Minister (period: 1932-06-01 through 1938-02-04; replaced by: Joachim von Ribbentrop; replaces: Heinrich Brüning); ambassador

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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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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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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

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Franz Guertner

Government minister of Germany (1881-1941)

• Born: 1881-08-26 (Regensburg)
• Died: 1941-01-29 (Berlin)
• Country of citizenship: German Reich
• Occupation: jurist; politician
• Member of political party: German National People's Party; Nazi Party; Q15787248
• Participant in: Aktion T4
• Position held: Baviarian Minister of Justice (member of cabinet: Q1719960, Q1719961, ..., Q1720104; period: 1922-08-04 through 1932-06-01; replaced by: Heinrich Spangenberger); Reich Minister of Justice (period: 1932-06-01 through 1941-01-29; replaced by: Franz Schlegelberger; replaces: Curt Joël)
• Educated at: Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

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Werner von Blomberg

German field marshal (1878-1946)

• Born: 1878-09-02 (Stargard)
• Died: 1946-03-14 (Nuremberg)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: military officer; military personnel; politician
• Member of political party: Nazi Party (series ordinal: 3.805.226; since: 1937-01-30)
• Military rank: general field marshal
• Military branch: German Army
• Position held: minister of war

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Paul von Eltz-Ruebenach*

German politician (1875-1943)

• Born: 1875-02-09 (Wahn)
• Died: 1943-08-25 (Linz am Rhein)
• Country of citizenship: German Reich
• Occupation: politician
• Member of political party: Nazi Party
• Employer: Prussian state railways
• Educated at: RWTH Aachen University; Technical University of Berlin
• VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/59991886

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Richard-Walther Darré

Nazi SS General (1895-1953)

• Born: 1895-07-14 (Buenos Aires Belgrano)
• Died: 1953-09-05 (Munich)
• Country of citizenship: Argentina
• Occupation: agronomist; politician; writer
• Member of political party: Nazi Party
• Member of: Schutzstaffel (series ordinal: 6882; since: 1931-02-25)
• Military rank: general
• Military branch: Imperial German Army

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Joseph Göbbels

Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister

• Born: 1897-10-29 (Rheydt)
• Died: 1945-05-01 (Berlin)
• Country of citizenship: Nazi Germany
• Occupation: autobiographer; demagogue; diarist; journalist
• Member of political party: Nazi Party
• Member of: Wissenschaftlicher Katholischer Studentenverein Unitas Stolzenfels zu Bonn
• Significant person: Adolf Hitler
• Position held: Gauleiter (of: Berlin; period: 1926-11-09 through 1945-05-01; replaces: Ernst Schlange); Q104164731; Reich Chancellor (period: 1945-04-30 through 1945-05-01; replaced by: Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk; replaces: Adolf Hitler); member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany

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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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Bernhard Rust

German Holocaust perpetrator (1883-1945)

• Born: 1883-09-30 (Hanover)
• Died: 1945-05-08 (Nübel)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: politician
• Member of political party: German Völkisch Freedom Party; Nazi Party
• Member of: Deutschvölkischer Schutz und Trutzbund; Militant League for German Culture; Sturmabteilung
• Military rank: lieutenant
• Position held: Reichsminister; 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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Hanns Kerrl

Nazi Minister for Religion (1887-1941)

• Born: 1887-12-11 (Fallersleben)
• Died: 1941-12-15 1941-12-12 (Paris)
• Country of citizenship: German Reich
• Occupation: politician
• Member of political party: Nazi Party
• Member of: Sturmabteilung
• Significant person: Paul Lindemann
• Position held: Member of Landtag of Prussia; member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany; minister

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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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Franz von Papen

German general staff officer, politician, diplomat, nobleman and Chancellor of Germany (1879–1969)

• Born: 1879-10-29 (Werl)
• Died: 1969-05-02 (Sasbach)
• Country of citizenship: German Reich; Germany
• Occupation: diplomat; military personnel; politician
• Member of political party: Centre Party (until: 1932-01-01); Nazi Party
• Member of: Union-Klub
• Participant in: Hostages Trial (date: 1947-10-03; role: affiant)
• Significant person: Wilhelm List (role: acquaintance)

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Paul L. H. von Hindenburg

Prussian-German field marshal of the German Empire, statesman and president of Weimar Germany and Nazi Germany (1847–1934)

• Born: 1847-10-02 (Poznań) (country: Kingdom of Prussia; statement is subject of: 6 Podgórna Street in Poznań)
• Died: 1934-08-02 (Ogrodzieniec, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship)
• Country of citizenship: German Empire; German Reich
• Occupation: military personnel; politician; soldier
• Member of: Corps Saxo-Montania zu Freiberg und Dresden in Aachen
• Military rank: general field marshal
• Military branch: Prussian Army
• Position held: President of Germany (end cause: death in office; period: 1925-05-12 through 1934-08-02; replaced by: 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

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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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Franz von Papen

German general staff officer, politician, diplomat, nobleman and Chancellor of Germany (1879–1969)

• Born: 1879-10-29 (Werl)
• Died: 1969-05-02 (Sasbach)
• Country of citizenship: German Reich; Germany
• Occupation: diplomat; military personnel; politician
• Member of political party: Centre Party (until: 1932-01-01); Nazi Party
• Member of: Union-Klub
• Participant in: Hostages Trial (date: 1947-10-03; role: affiant)
• Significant person: Wilhelm List (role: acquaintance)

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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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Franz von Papen

German general staff officer, politician, diplomat, nobleman and Chancellor of Germany (1879–1969)

• Born: 1879-10-29 (Werl)
• Died: 1969-05-02 (Sasbach)
• Country of citizenship: German Reich; Germany
• Occupation: diplomat; military personnel; politician
• Member of political party: Centre Party (until: 1932-01-01); Nazi Party
• Member of: Union-Klub
• Participant in: Hostages Trial (date: 1947-10-03; role: affiant)
• Significant person: Wilhelm List (role: acquaintance)

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Pius XI

pope of the Catholic Church from 1922 to 1939

• Born: 1857-05-31 (Desio) (country: Austria-Hungary; located in the administrative territorial entity: Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia)
• Died: 1939-02-10 (Vatican City)
• Country of citizenship: Kingdom of Italy (period: 1861-03-17 through 1939-02-10)
• Occupation: Latin Catholic priest (since: 1879-12-20); librarian; mountaineer
• Participant in: 1922 papal conclave
• Position held: Apostolic Nuncio to Poland (of: Poland; since: 1919-06-06); Catholic bishop (since: 1919-10-28); Metropolitan Archbishop of Milan (diocese: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan; period: 1921-06-13 through 1922-02-06; replaced by: Eugenio Tosi); cardinal (since: 1921-06-13)
• Educated at: Pontifical Gregorian University; Sapienza University of Rome
• VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/88598915

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Pius XII

head of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958

• Born: 1876-03-02 (Rome) (country: Kingdom of Italy)
• Died: 1958-10-09 (Castel Gandolfo)
• Country of citizenship: Italy (period: 1946-06-18 through 1958-10-09); Kingdom of Italy (period: 1876-03-02 through 1946-06-18)
• Occupation: Latin Catholic priest (since: 1899-04-02)
• Member of: Pontifical Academy of Sciences
• Participant in: 1939 papal conclave
• Significant person: Adolf Hitler
• Position held: Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria (period: 1917-04-20 through 1925-06-08); Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano (period: 1930-03-25 through 1939-03-02; replaced by: Federico Tedeschini; replaces: Rafael Merry del Val); Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals (period: 1937-01-01 through 1939-01-01; replaces: Lorenzo Lauri); Cardinal Secretary of State (period: 1930-02-07 through 1939-03-02; replaced by: Luigi Maglione; replaces: Pietro Gasparri)

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Franz von Papen

German general staff officer, politician, diplomat, nobleman and Chancellor of Germany (1879–1969)

• Born: 1879-10-29 (Werl)
• Died: 1969-05-02 (Sasbach)
• Country of citizenship: German Reich; Germany
• Occupation: diplomat; military personnel; politician
• Member of political party: Centre Party (until: 1932-01-01); Nazi Party
• Member of: Union-Klub
• Participant in: Hostages Trial (date: 1947-10-03; role: affiant)
• Significant person: Wilhelm List (role: acquaintance)

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Paul L. H. von Hindenburg

Prussian-German field marshal of the German Empire, statesman and president of Weimar Germany and Nazi Germany (1847–1934)

• Born: 1847-10-02 (Poznań) (country: Kingdom of Prussia; statement is subject of: 6 Podgórna Street in Poznań)
• Died: 1934-08-02 (Ogrodzieniec, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship)
• Country of citizenship: German Empire; German Reich
• Occupation: military personnel; politician; soldier
• Member of: Corps Saxo-Montania zu Freiberg und Dresden in Aachen
• Military rank: general field marshal
• Military branch: Prussian Army
• Position held: President of Germany (end cause: death in office; period: 1925-05-12 through 1934-08-02; replaced by: 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

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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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Franz von Papen

German general staff officer, politician, diplomat, nobleman and Chancellor of Germany (1879–1969)

• Born: 1879-10-29 (Werl)
• Died: 1969-05-02 (Sasbach)
• Country of citizenship: German Reich; Germany
• Occupation: diplomat; military personnel; politician
• Member of political party: Centre Party (until: 1932-01-01); Nazi Party
• Member of: Union-Klub
• Participant in: Hostages Trial (date: 1947-10-03; role: affiant)
• Significant person: Wilhelm List (role: acquaintance)

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Constantin von Neurath

German general and Nazi war criminal (1873-1956)

• Born: 1873-02-02 (Kleinglattbach)
• Died: 1956-08-14 (Enzweihingen)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: diplomat; lawyer; politician
• Member of political party: Nazi Party
• Member of: Schutzstaffel
• Military rank: Obergruppenführer
• Position held: German Foreign Minister (period: 1932-06-01 through 1938-02-04; replaced by: Joachim von Ribbentrop; replaces: Heinrich Brüning); ambassador

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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

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Otto Meissner

German politician (1880-1953)

• Born: 1880-03-13 (Bischwiller)
• Died: 1953-05-27 (Munich)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: jurist; politician
• Member of political party: Nazi Party
• Member of: Alte Straßburger Burschenschaft Germania
• Educated at: University of Strasbourg
• VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/69725518

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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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Franz Schlegelberger

German judge and politician (1876-1970)

• Born: 1876-10-23 (Königsberg)
• Died: 1970-12-14 (Flensburg)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: judge; jurist; politician; university teacher
• Member of political party: Nazi Party
• Participant in: Judges' Trial (role: defendant)
• Significant person: Reinhold Richter (role: acquaintance)
• Position held: Federal Ministry of Justice; Reich Minister of Justice (period: 1941-01-30 through 1942-08-19; replaced by: Otto Georg Thierack; replaces: Franz Gürtner)