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Nazi Party The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (german: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported t ...

(NSDAP)

leaders Leadership, both as a research area and as a practical skill, encompasses the ability of an individual, group or organization to "lead", influence or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations. The word "leadership" often gets view ...

and officials. It is not meant to be an all inclusive list.

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Gunter d'Alquen Gunter d'Alquen (24 October 1910 – 15 May 1998) was chief editor of the weekly ''Das Schwarze Korps'' ("The Black Corps"), the official newspaper of the Schutzstaffel (SS), and commander of the SS-Standarte Kurt Eggers. Early life Gunter d� ...

– Chief Editor of the SS official newspaper, '' Das Schwarze Korps'' ("The Black Corps"), and commander of the

SS-Standarte Kurt Eggers The SS-Standarte "Kurt Eggers" was an SS propaganda formation ( SS-Standarte) of Nazi Germany during World War II. It publicised the actions of Waffen-SS combat units. The "Berichter" (literally: reporters) of the Standarte were fully trained and ...

. *

Ludolf von Alvensleben Ludolf-Hermann Emmanuel Georg Kurt Werner von Alvensleben (17 March 1901 – 1 April 1970) was an SS functionary of Nazi Germany. He held positions of SS and Police Leader in occupied Poland and the Soviet Union, and was indicted for war crim ...

– commander of the SS and police in

Crimea Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a p ...

and commander of the

Selbstschutz ''Selbstschutz'' (German for "self-protection") is the name given to different iterations of ethnic-German self-protection units formed both after the First World War and in the lead-up to the Second World War. The first incarnation of the ''Selb ...

(self-defense) of the

Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia (german: Reichsgau Danzig-Westpreußen) was an administrative division of Nazi Germany created on 8 October 1939 from annexed territory of the Free City of Danzig, the Greater Pomeranian Voivodship ( Polish Corridor ...

. *

Max Amann Max Amann (24 November 1891 – 30 March 1957) was a high-ranking member of the Nazi Party, a German politician, businessman and art collector, including of looted art. He was the first business manager of the Nazi Party and later became the he ...

– ''

Reichsleiter ' (national leader or Reich leader) was the second-highest political rank of the Nazi Party (NSDAP), next only to the office of ''Führer''. ''Reichsleiter'' also served as a paramilitary rank within the NSDAP and was the highest position attai ...

'' for the Press, President of the Reich Press Chamber and head of the Nazi publishing house Eher Verlag. He was also an SS-''

Obergruppenführer ' (, "senior group leader") was a paramilitary rank in Nazi Germany that was first created in 1932 as a rank of the ''Sturmabteilung'' (SA) and adopted by the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) one year later. Until April 1942, it was the highest commissio ...

''. * Benno von Arent – Responsible for art, theaters and movies in the Third Reich. *

Heinz Auerswald Heinz Auerswald (26 July 1908 – 5 December 1970) was a German lawyer and member of the SS in Nazi Germany, which he joined in 1933. In 1937 he became member of the NSDAP. Early years Heinz Auerswald was born on 26 July 1908 in Berlin He spent ...

– Commissioner for the

Jew Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""T ...

ish residential district in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officiall ...

from April 1941 to November 1942. *

Artur Axmann Artur Axmann (18 February 1913 – 24 October 1996) was the German Nazi national leader (''Reichsjugendführer'') of the Hitler Youth (''Hitlerjugend'') from 1940 to 1945, when the war ended. He was the last living Nazi with a rank equivalent t ...

– Chief of the Social Office of the Reich Youth Leadership. Leader of the

Hitler Youth The Hitler Youth (german: Hitlerjugend , often abbreviated as HJ, ) was the youth organisation of the Nazi Party in Germany. Its origins date back to 1922 and it received the name ("Hitler Youth, League of German Worker Youth") in July 1926. ...

from 1940 to 1945.

B

* Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski – An SS-''Obergruppenführer'' ''und General der Polizei'', he was the commander of the "Bandenkampfverbände" SS units responsible for the mass murder of 35,000 civilians in Riga and more than 200,000 in Belarus and eastern Poland. * Herbert Backe – State Secretary (1933–1944) in the Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture and later Reich Minister (1944–1945), he was also an SS-''Obergruppenführer''. An architect of the infamous

Hunger Plan The Hunger Plan (german: der Hungerplan; der Backe-Plan) was a partially implemented plan developed by Nazi bureaucrats during World War II to seize food from the Soviet Union and give it to German soldiers and civilians. The plan entailed the gen ...

. *

Richard Baer Richard Baer (9 September 1911 – 17 June 1963) was a German SS officer who, among other assignments, was the commandant of Auschwitz I concentration camp from May 1944 to January 1945, and right after, from February to April 1945, commandan ...

– Commander of the

Auschwitz Auschwitz concentration camp ( (); also or ) was a complex of over 40 Nazi concentration camps, concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany, occupied Poland (in a portion annexed int ...

I concentration camp from May 1944 to February 1945. *

Alfred Baeumler Alfred Baeumler (sometimes Bäumler; ; 19 November 1887 – 19 March 1968), was an Austrian-born German philosopher, pedagogue and prominent Nazi ideologue. From 1924 he taught at the Technische Universität Dresden, at first as an unsalaried lect ...

–

Philosopher A philosopher is a person who practices or investigates philosophy. The term ''philosopher'' comes from the grc, φιλόσοφος, , translit=philosophos, meaning 'lover of wisdom'. The coining of the term has been attributed to the Greek th ...

who interpreted the works of

Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (; or ; 15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, prose poet, cultural critic, philologist, and composer whose work has exerted a profound influence on contemporary philosophy. He began his ...

in order to legitimize Nazism. *

Klaus Barbie Nikolaus "Klaus" Barbie (25 October 1913 – 25 September 1991) was a German operative of the SS and SD who worked in Vichy France during World War II. He became known as the "Butcher of Lyon" for having personally tortured prisoners—primar ...

– An SS-''

Hauptsturmführer __NOTOC__ (, ; short: ''Hstuf'') was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was used in several Nazi organizations such as the SS, NSKK and the NSFK. The rank of ''Hauptsturmführer'' was a mid-level commander and had equivalent seniority to a ...

'', he was head of the

Gestapo The (), abbreviated Gestapo (; ), was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe. The force was created by Hermann Göring in 1933 by combining the various political police agencies of Prussia into one orga ...

in Lyon. Nicknamed "the Butcher of Lyon" for his use of torture on prisoners. * Josef Berchtold – Very early Party member and a member of '' Stoßtrupp-Hitler''. Became the second ''

Reichsführer-SS (, ) was a special title and rank that existed between the years of 1925 and 1945 for the commander of the (SS). ''Reichsführer-SS'' was a title from 1925 to 1933, and from 1934 to 1945 it was the highest rank of the SS. The longest-servi ...

'' from 1926 to 1927. * Gottlob Berger – Chief of Staff for the

Waffen-SS The (, "Armed SS") was the combat branch of the Nazi Party's ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) organisation. Its formations included men from Nazi Germany, along with Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts, volunteers and conscripts from both occup ...

and head of the

SS Main Office The SS Main Office (german: SS-Hauptamt; SS-HA) was the central command office of the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) in Nazi Germany until 1940. Formation The office traces its origins to 1931 when the SS created the SS-Amt to serve as an SS Headquarters ...

. He was an SS-''Obergruppenführer'' and General of the Waffen-SS. * Werner Best – SS-''Obergruppenführer'' and Reich

Plenipotentiary A ''plenipotentiary'' (from the Latin ''plenus'' "full" and ''potens'' "powerful") is a diplomat who has full powers—authorization to sign a treaty or convention on behalf of his or her sovereign. When used as a noun more generally, the wor ...

for Nazi-occupied

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark , establish ...

. *

Hans Biebow Hans Biebow (December 18, 1902 – June 23, 1947) was the chief of German Nazi administration of the Łódź Ghetto in occupied Poland. Biebow's early life is summarized by the following ''curriculum vitae'' which he submitted to the German G ...

– Chief of Administration of the

Łódź Ghetto The Łódź Ghetto or Litzmannstadt Ghetto (after the Nazi German name for Łódź) was a Nazi ghetto established by the German authorities for Polish Jews and Roma following the Invasion of Poland. It was the second-largest ghetto in all of ...

. *

Helmut Bischoff Helmut Hermann Wilhelm Bischoff (1 March 1908 – 5 January 1993) was a German '' SS-Obersturmbannführer'', Gestapo officer and Nazi official. During World War II he was the leader of '' Einsatzkommando 1/IV'' in Poland and later headed the ...

– SS-''

Obersturmbannführer __NOTOC__ ''Obersturmbannführer'' (Senior Assault-unit Leader; ; short: ''Ostubaf'') was a paramilitary rank in the German Nazi Party (NSDAP) which was used by the SA ('' Sturmabteilung'') and the SS (''Schutzstaffel''). The rank of ''Oberstu ...

'' and commander of mobile death squad unit, '' Einsatzkommando 1/IV''. Also a

officer and head of security for Nazi Germany's

V-weapons V-weapons, known in original German as (, German: "retaliatory weapons", "reprisal weapons"), were a particular set of long-range artillery weapons designed for strategic bombing during World War II, particularly strategic bombing and/or aer ...

program. * Paul Blobel – SS commander primarily responsible for the

Babi Yar Babi Yar (russian: Ба́бий Яр) or Babyn Yar ( uk, Бабин Яр) is a ravine in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and a site of massacres carried out by Nazi Germany's forces during its campaign against the Soviet Union in World War II. T ...

massacre at

Kiev Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Ky ...

. * Werner von Blomberg – ''

Generalfeldmarschall ''Generalfeldmarschall'' (from Old High German ''marahscalc'', "marshal, stable master, groom"; en, general field marshal, field marshal general, or field marshal; ; often abbreviated to ''Feldmarschall'') was a rank in the armies of several ...

'', Defense Minister 1933–1935, Minister of War and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces 1935–1938. Forced out in the Blomberg-Fritsch Affair. * Hans-Friedrich Blunck – Propagandist and head of the Reich Literature Chamber between 1933 and 1935. *

Ernst Boepple '' SS-Oberführer'' Ernst Boepple (30 November 1887 – 15 December 1950) was a Nazi official and SS officer, serving as deputy to Josef Bühler in occupied Poland during World War II and the Holocaust, who was executed for war crimes. Life Boepp ...

– State Secretary of the General Government in Poland, serving as deputy to Deputy Governor

Josef Bühler Josef Bühler (16 February 1904 – 22 August 1948) was a state secretary and deputy governor to the Nazi Germany-controlled General Government in Kraków during World War II. Background Bühler was born in Bad Waldsee into a Catholic family ...

. Deeply implicated in the "

Final Solution The Final Solution (german: die Endlösung, ) or the Final Solution to the Jewish Question (german: Endlösung der Judenfrage, ) was a Nazi plan for the genocide of individuals they defined as Jews during World War II. The "Final Solution to th ...

". *

Ernst Wilhelm Bohle Ernst Wilhelm Bohle (28 July 1903 – 9 November 1960) was the leader of the Foreign Organization of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP; Nazi Party) from 1933 until 1945. Bohle is unusual as being the only defendant in the Subseq ...

– ''

Gauleiter A ''Gauleiter'' () was a regional leader of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) who served as the head of a '' Gau'' or '' Reichsgau''. ''Gauleiter'' was the third-highest rank in the Nazi political leadership, subordinate only to '' Reichsleiter'' and to ...

'' of the

Nazi Party/Foreign Organization The Nazi Party/Foreign Organization was a branch of the Nazi Party and the 43rd and only non-territorial ("region") of the Party. In German, the organization is referred to as NSDAP/AO, "AO" being the abbreviation of the German compound (ling ...

from 1933 until 1945, he was also an SS-''Obergruppenführer''. * Otto von Bolschwing – Member of the SD-foreign branch and deputy to

Adolf Eichmann Otto Adolf Eichmann ( ,"Eichmann"
'' Bucharest pogrom Between 21 and 23 January 1941, a rebellion of the Iron Guard paramilitary organization, whose members were known as Legionnaires, occurred in Bucharest, National Legionary State, Romania. As their privileges were being gradually removed by t ...

. * Albert Bormann – Adjutant in Chancellery of the Führer from 1931, in 1938 he became Chief of Main Office I, dealing with the personal affairs of the Führer. He was also a ''

Gruppenführer __NOTOC__ ''Gruppenführer'' (, ) was an early paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party (NSDAP), first created in 1925 as a senior rank of the SA. Since then, the term ''Gruppenführer'' is also used for leaders of groups/teams of the police, fire d ...

'' in the

National Socialist Motor Corps The National Socialist Motor Corps (german: Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps, NSKK) was a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) that officially existed from May 1931 to 1945. The group was a successor organisation to the old ...

(NSKK). *

Martin Bormann Martin Ludwig Bormann (17 June 1900 – 2 May 1945) was a German Nazi Party official and head of the Nazi Party Chancellery. He gained immense power by using his position as Adolf Hitler's private secretary to control the flow of information ...

– ''Reichsleiter'', head of the

Party Chancellery The Party Chancellery (german: Parteikanzlei), was the name of the head office for the German Nazi Party (NSDAP), designated as such on 12 May 1941. The office existed previously as the Staff of the Deputy Führer (''Stab des Stellvertreters des ...

(Parteikanzlei) and Secretary to the Führer, Adolf Hitler. Also an SS-''Obergruppenführer'', he committed suicide in May 1945. Convicted of war crimes and sentenced to death

in absentia is Latin for absence. , a legal term, is Latin for "in the absence" or "while absent". may also refer to: * Award in absentia * Declared death in absentia, or simply, death in absentia, legally declared death without a body * Election in ab ...

by the

Nuremberg Tribunal The Nuremberg trials were held by the Allies against representatives of the defeated Nazi Germany, for plotting and carrying out invasions of other countries, and other crimes, in World War II. Between 1939 and 1945, Nazi Germany invade ...

Philipp Bouhler Philipp Bouhler (11 September 1899 – 19 May 1945) was a German senior Nazi Party functionary who was both a (National Leader) and Chief of the Chancellery of the Führer of the NSDAP. He was also the SS official responsible for the euthanas ...

– ''Reichsleiter'', Chief of the Chancellery of the Führer of the NSDAP and leader of the ''

Aktion T4 (German, ) was a campaign of mass murder by involuntary euthanasia in Nazi Germany. The term was first used in post- war trials against doctors who had been involved in the killings. The name T4 is an abbreviation of 4, a street address o ...

'' euthanasia program. Also an SS-''Obergruppenführer'', he committed suicide in May 1945. *

Fritz Bracht Fritz Bracht (18 January 1899 – 9 May 1945) was the Nazi ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Upper Silesia. Career After training as a gardener, Bracht entered military service in 1917, and was deployed at the front until the end of World War I. Thereafte ...

– ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Upper Silesia and '' Oberpräsident'' of the Prussian

Province of Upper Silesia The Province of Upper Silesia (german: Provinz Oberschlesien; Silesian German: ''Provinz Oberschläsing''; szl, Prowincyjŏ Gōrny Ślōnsk; pl, Prowincja Górny Śląsk) was a province of the Free State of Prussia from 1919 to 1945. It comprise ...

(1941–1945) and an SA-''Obergruppenführer''. *

Viktor Brack Viktor Hermann Brack (9 November 1904 – 2 June 1948) was a member of the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) and a convicted Nazi war criminal, who was one of the prominent organisers of the euthanasia programme Aktion T4; this Nazi initiative resulted in the ...

– Organizer of the Euthanasia program, Operation T4 and one of the men responsible for the gassing of Jews in the

extermination camps Nazi Germany used six extermination camps (german: Vernichtungslager), also called death camps (), or killing centers (), in Central Europe during World War II to systematically murder over 2.7 million peoplemostly Jewsin the Holocaust. The v ...

. In 1936, he was also appointed chief of ''Hauptamt II'' (main office II) in the Chancellery of the Führer. * Otto Bradfisch – Commander of the Security Police in

Łódź Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of ca ...

and

Potsdam Potsdam () is the capital and, with around 183,000 inhabitants, largest city of the German state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream of ...

. * Karl Brandt – Personal physician of Adolf Hitler in August 1944 and co-headed the administration of the ''

'' euthanasia program from 1939. He was an SS-''Gruppenführer''. *

Walther von Brauchitsch Walther Heinrich Alfred Hermann von Brauchitsch (4 October 1881 – 18 October 1948) was a German field marshal and the Commander-in-Chief (''Oberbefehlshaber'') of the German Army during World War II. Born into an aristocratic military family, ...

– ''Generalfeldmarschall'', Commander-in-Chief of the German Army 1938–1941. * Franz Breithaupt, An ''SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS'', he was Chief of the

SS Court Main Office The SS Court Main Office (german: Hauptamt SS-Gericht) - one of the 12 SS main departments - was the legal department of the SS in Nazi Germany. It was responsible for formulating the laws and codes for the SS and various other groups of the poli ...

from 1942 to 1945, with exclusive jurisdiction for conducting investigations and trials of SS personnel. *

Helmuth Brückner Helmuth Brückner (7 May 1896 – 12 January 1951?) was '' Gauleiter'' of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) in Silesia from 1925 until 1934, when he fell out of political favor. Life Helmuth Brückner was born on 7 May 1896 in ...

– A participant in the

Beer Hall Putsch The Beer Hall Putsch, also known as the Munich Putsch,Dan Moorhouse, ed schoolshistory.org.uk, accessed 2008-05-31.Known in German as the or was a failed coup d'état by Nazi Party ( or NSDAP) leader Adolf Hitler, Erich Ludendorff and othe ...

, he was ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Silesia from 1925 and ''Oberpräsident'' of the Prussian provinces of both

Upper Silesia Upper Silesia ( pl, Górny Śląsk; szl, Gůrny Ślůnsk, Gōrny Ślōnsk; cs, Horní Slezsko; german: Oberschlesien; Silesian German: ; la, Silesia Superior) is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia, locate ...

and

Lower Silesia Lower Silesia ( pl, Dolny Śląsk; cz, Dolní Slezsko; german: Niederschlesien; szl, Dolny Ślōnsk; hsb, Delnja Šleska; dsb, Dolna Šlazyńska; Silesian German: ''Niederschläsing''; la, Silesia Inferior) is the northwestern part of the ...

from 1933. An SA-''Gruppenführer'', he was removed from office and expelled from the Party in December 1934 in the aftermath of the Röhm Putsch. *

Alois Brunner Alois Brunner (8 April 1912 – December 2001) was an Austrian (SS) SS-Hauptsturmführer who played a significant role in the implementation of the Holocaust through rounding up and deporting Jews in occupied Austria, Greece, Macedonia, France, ...

– Commander of the Drancy internment camp outside Paris from June 1943 to August 1944. *

Walter Buch Walter Buch (24 October 1883 – 12 September 1949) was a German jurist as well as an SA and SS official during the Nazi era. He was Martin Bormann's father-in-law. As head of the Supreme Party Court, he was an important Party official. Ho ...

–

Jurist A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; someone who analyses and comments on law. This person is usually a specialist legal scholar, mostly (but not always) with a formal qualification in law and often a legal practitioner. In the U ...

, ''Reichsleiter'', Chairman of the Uschla 1927–1933 and Supreme Party Judge 1934–1945. He was an SS-''Obergruppenführer''. * Friedrich Buchardt – Member of the ''Einsatzgruppen''

death squad A death squad is an armed group whose primary activity is carrying out extrajudicial killings or forced disappearances as part of political repression, genocide, ethnic cleansing, or revolutionary terror. Except in rare cases in which they are f ...

s, who started off grading people on their Germanness and then progressed to outright genocide. Attributed to having been responsible for sending tens of thousands to their deaths, avoided justice by working for the Allied powers as an "Intelligence Source" on the Soviets. *

– State secretary for the Nazi-controlled General Government in

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula, Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland un ...

during World War II. *

Josef Bürckel Joseph Bürckel (30 March 1895 – 28 September 1944) was a German Nazi politician and a member of the German parliament (the Reichstag). He was an early member of the Nazi Party and was influential in the rise of the National Socialist movemen ...

– A ''Gauleiter'' from 1926 in the Rhinepfalz and the

Saarland The Saarland (, ; french: Sarre ) is a state of Germany in the south west of the country. With an area of and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, a ...

(later, Gau Westmark) from 1935. An SS-''Obergruppenführer'', he was Chief of Civil Administration in occupied

Lorraine Lorraine , also , , ; Lorrain: ''Louréne''; Lorraine Franconian: ''Lottringe''; german: Lothringen ; lb, Loutrengen; nl, Lotharingen is a cultural and historical region in Northeastern France, now located in the administrative region of Gra ...

. He was also ''Gauleiter'' and ''

Reichsstatthalter The ''Reichsstatthalter'' (, ''Imperial lieutenant'') was a title used in the German Empire and later in Nazi Germany. ''Statthalter des Reiches'' (1879–1918) The office of ''Statthalter des Reiches'' (otherwise known as ''Reichsstatthalte ...

'' (Reich Governor) in Vienna 1938-1940. He died in 1944. *

Wilhelm Burgdorf Wilhelm Emanuel Burgdorf (15 February 1895 – 2 May 1945) was a German general during World War II, who served as a commander and staff officer in the German Army. In October 1944, Burgdorf assumed the role of the chief of the Army Personnel O ...

–

General A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". O ...

of the ''

Wehrmacht The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the ''Heer'' (army), the '' Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmacht''" replaced the previo ...

'' and Chief of its personnel office. *

Anton Burger Anton "Toni" Burger (19 November 1911 – 25 December 1991) was a (Captain) in the German Nazi SS, in Greece (1944) and of Theresienstadt concentration camp. Military career Anton Burger was born in Neunkirchen, Austria, the son of a station ...

– Commandant of

concentration camp Theresienstadt Theresienstadt Ghetto was established by the Schutzstaffel, SS during World War II in the fortress town of Terezín, in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (German occupation of Czechoslovakia, German-occupied Czechoslovakia). Theresienstad ...

between 1943 and 1944.

C

Werner Catel Werner Catel (27 June 1894 – 30 April 1981), Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Leipzig, was one of three doctors considered an expert on the programme of euthanasia for children and participated in the Action T4 " euthanasia" progr ...

– Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at the

University of Leipzig Leipzig University (german: Universität Leipzig), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 December ...

, considered an expert on the program of euthanasia for children and participated in the ''

'' program. *

Leonardo Conti Leonardo Conti (; 24 August 1900 – 6 October 1945) was the Reich Health Leader in Nazi Germany. The killing of many Germans who were of "unsound mind" is attributed to his leadership. Early life Conti was born to a Swiss Italian father, Sil ...

– Head of the Reich Physicians' Chamber (''Reichsärztekammer'') and leader of the

National Socialist German Doctors' League The National Socialist German Doctors' League (''Nationalsozialistischer Deutscher Ärztebund'', abbreviated as NSDÄB or NSD-Ärztebund) was a division of the Nazi Party with the mission of integrating the German medical profession within the f ...

(1939–1944). He was an SS-''Obergruppenführer'' and participated in the

euthenasia program.

D

Kurt Daluege Kurt Max Franz Daluege (15 September 1897 – 24 October 1946) was chief of the national uniformed ''Ordnungspolizei'' (Order Police) of Nazi Germany. Following Reinhard Heydrich's assassination in 1942, he served as Deputy Protector for th ...

– SS-'' Oberstgruppenführer und Generaloberst der Polizei'' as chief of the ''

Ordnungspolizei The ''Ordnungspolizei'' (), abbreviated ''Orpo'', meaning "Order Police", were the uniformed police force in Nazi Germany from 1936 to 1945. The Orpo organisation was absorbed into the Nazi monopoly on power after regional police jurisdiction ...

'' (uniformed police); from 1942 he ruled the

Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia; cs, Protektorát Čechy a Morava; its territory was called by the Nazis ("the rest of Czechia"). was a partially annexed territory of Nazi Germany established on 16 March 1939 following the German oc ...

as Acting Protector after

Reinhard Heydrich Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich ( ; ; 7 March 1904 – 4 June 1942) was a high-ranking German SS and police official during the Nazi era and a principal architect of the Holocaust. He was chief of the Reich Security Main Office (inclu ...

's assassination. *

Richard Walther Darré Richard Walther Darré (born Ricardo Walther Óscar Darré; 14 July 1895 – 5 September 1953) was one of the leading Nazi " blood and soil" () ideologists and served as Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture. As the National leader () fo ...

– ''Reichsleiter'', Reich Peasant Leader and Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture from 1933 to 1942. He was an SS-''Obergruppenführer'' and head of the

SS Race and Settlement Main Office The SS Race and Settlement Main Office (''Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt der SS'', RuSHA) was the organization responsible for "safeguarding the racial 'purity' of the SS" within Nazi Germany. One of its duties was to oversee the marriages of SS p ...

. *

Rudolf Diels Rudolf Diels (16 December 1900 – 18 November 1957) was a German civil servant and head of the Gestapo in 1933–34. He obtained the rank of SS-'' Oberführer'' and was a protégé of Hermann Göring. Early life Diels was born in Berghausen i ...

– Protégé of Hermann Göring. First Chief of the

from 26 April 1933 to 20 April 1934. An SS-''

Oberführer __NOTOC__ ''Oberführer'' (short: ''Oberf'', , ) was an early paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) dating back to 1921. An ''Oberführer'' was typically a NSDAP member in charge of a group of paramilitary units in a particular geographic ...

'', he was the '' Regierungspräsident'' (District President) of the Cologne district (1934–1936) and the Hanover district (1936–1942). * Josef "Sepp" Dietrich – SS-'' Oberstgruppenführer'' in the

; original commander of Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH); later commander of the 6th SS Panzer Army. *

Otto Dietrich Jacob Otto Dietrich (31 August 1897 – 22 November 1952) was a German SS officer during the Nazi era, who served as the Press Chief of the Nazi regime and was a confidant of Adolf Hitler. Biography Otto Dietrich was born in Essen, he served ...

– ''Reichsleiter'', Reich Press Chief, Vice-President of the Reich Press Chamber, State Secretary in the Ministry of Propaganda and an SS-''Obergruppenführer''. * Oskar Dirlewanger – A SS-''Oberführer'' and war criminal, he commanded the SS-''Sturmbrigade Dirlewanger'' consisting of amnestied Germans convicted of major crimes. *

Karl Dönitz Karl Dönitz (sometimes spelled Doenitz; ; 16 September 1891 24 December 1980) was a German admiral who briefly succeeded Adolf Hitler as head of state in May 1945, holding the position until the dissolution of the Flensburg Government fo ...

– '' Großadmiral'', ''Führer der Unterseeboote'' (Commander of Submarines) 1936–1943, Commander-in-Chief of the ''

Kriegsmarine The (, ) was the navy of Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the inter-war (1919–1935) of the Weimar Republic. The was one of three official branches, along with the a ...

'' 1943–1945 and the last head of state of Nazi Germany following Hitler's suicide. * Franz Xaver Dorsch – A participant in the

, he was

Fritz Todt Fritz Todt (; 4 September 1891 – 8 February 1942) was a German construction engineer and senior Nazi who rose from the position of Inspector General for German Roadways, in which he directed the construction of the German autobahns (''Reich ...

's deputy as Chief Engineer in the Organization Todt (OT). Dorsch played a leading role in the construction of the

Siegfried Line The Siegfried Line, known in German as the ''Westwall'', was a German defensive line built during the 1930s (started 1936) opposite the French Maginot Line. It stretched more than ; from Kleve on the border with the Netherlands, along the we ...

and the

Atlantic Wall The Atlantic Wall (german: link=no, Atlantikwall) was an extensive system of coastal defences and fortifications built by Nazi Germany between 1942 and 1944 along the coast of continental Europe and Scandinavia as a defence against an anticip ...

. After Todt's death, he remained OT deputy under

Albert Speer Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer (; ; 19 March 1905 – 1 September 1981) was a German architect who served as the Minister of Armaments and War Production in Nazi Germany during most of World War II. A close ally of Adolf Hitler, h ...

and succeeded him as head of the OT in April 1944. * Richard Drauz – Kreisleiter of

Heilbronn Heilbronn () is a city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, surrounded by Heilbronn District. With over 126,000 residents, it is the sixth-largest city in the state. From the late Middle Ages, it developed into an important trading centre. A ...

. *

Otto-Heinrich Drechsler Otto-Heinrich Drechsler (1 April 1895 – 5 May 1945) was the General Commissioner of Latvia for the Nazi Germany's occupation regime (Reichskommissariat Ostland) during World War II. In this capacity, he played a role in setting up the Riga ...

–''

Bürgermeister Burgomaster (alternatively spelled burgermeister, literally "master of the town, master of the borough, master of the fortress, master of the citizens") is the English form of various terms in or derived from Germanic languages for the chie ...

'' of

Lübeck Lübeck (; Low German also ), officially the Hanseatic City of Lübeck (german: Hansestadt Lübeck), is a city in Northern Germany. With around 217,000 inhabitants, Lübeck is the second-largest city on the German Baltic coast and in the state ...

(1933–1945) he was an SS-''

Brigadeführer ''Brigadeführer'' (, ) was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) that was used between the years of 1932 to 1945. It was mainly known for its use as an SS rank. As an SA rank, it was used after briefly being known as ''Untergruppenf ...

'' and ''Generalkommissar'' of occupied Latvia from 1941 to 1945. *

Anton Drexler Anton Drexler (13 June 1884 – 24 February 1942) was a German far-right political agitator for the Völkisch movement in the 1920s. He founded the pan-German and anti-Semitic German Workers' Party (DAP), the antecedent of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) ...

– A founder and Chairman of the

German Workers' Party The German Workers' Party (german: Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, DAP) was a short-lived far-right political party established in Weimar Germany after World War I. It was the precursor of the Nazi Party, which was officially known as the National Soc ...

, the precursor to the Nazi Party. He was a co-author of the National Socialist Program and Chairman of the Nazi Party from February 1920 to July 1921 when he was succeeded by

Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Germany from 1933 until his death in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor in 1933 and the ...

E

Irmfried Eberl Irmfried Eberl (8 September 1910 – 16 February 1948) was an Austrian psychiatrist and medical director of the euthanasia institutes in Brandenburg and Bernburg, who helped set up and was the first commandant of the Treblinka extermination camp ...

– Commandant of

Treblinka extermination camp Treblinka () was an extermination camp, built and operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II. It was in a forest north-east of Warsaw, south of the village of Treblinka in what is now the Masovian Voivodeship. The camp ...

, July to September 1942. *

Dietrich Eckart Dietrich Eckart (; 23 March 1868 – 26 December 1923) was a German '' völkisch'' poet, playwright, journalist, publicist, and political activist who was one of the founders of the German Workers' Party, the precursor of the Nazi Party. Eckart ...

– A founder of the

, a precursor to the Nazi Party, he was the first editor of '' Völkischer Beobachter'' and a participant in the

. *

Joachim Albrecht Eggeling Joachim Albrecht Leo Eggeling (30 November 1884 – 15 April 1945) was the German Nazi ''Gauleiter'' of Halle-Merseburg and the ''Oberpräsident'' (High President) of the Province of Halle-Merseburg. He was also an SS-''Obergruppenführer''. ...

– ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt (1935–1937) and Gau Halle-Merseburg (1937–1945); ''Oberpräsident'' of the Prussian Province of Halle-Merseburg from 1944; and an SS-''Obergruppenführer''. *

Adolf Eichmann Otto Adolf Eichmann ( ,"Eichmann"
'' RSHA The Reich Security Main Office (german: Reichssicherheitshauptamt or RSHA) was an organization under Heinrich Himmler in his dual capacity as ''Chef der Deutschen Polizei'' (Chief of German Police) and '' Reichsführer-SS'', the head of the Naz ...

''Referat IV B4, Juden'' (RSHA Sub-Department IV-B4, Jews); responsible for facilitation and transportation of Jews to ghettos and extermination camps. Fled to Argentina; captured there by

Mossad Mossad ( , ), ; ar, الموساد, al-Mōsād, ; , short for ( he, המוסד למודיעין ולתפקידים מיוחדים, links=no), meaning 'Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations'. is the national intelligence agency ...

operatives in 1960, tried in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

and executed on 1 June 1962. *

Theodor Eicke Theodor Eicke (17 October 1892 – 26 February 1943) was a senior SS functionary and Waffen SS divisional commander during the Nazi era. He was one of the key figures in the development of Nazi concentration camps. Eicke served as the sec ...

– An SS-''Obergruppenführer'' and one of the executioners of

Ernst Röhm Ernst Julius Günther Röhm (; 28 November 1887 – 1 July 1934) was a German military officer and an early member of the Nazi Party. As one of the members of its predecessor, the German Workers' Party, he was a close friend and early ally ...

. A leading figure in the establishment of the concentration camps system, he was Commandant of

Dachau Dachau () was the first concentration camp built by Nazi Germany, opening on 22 March 1933. The camp was initially intended to intern Hitler's political opponents which consisted of: communists, social democrats, and other dissidents. It is lo ...

, Concentration Camps Inspector from 1934 to 1939 and then commander of the 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf. *

August Eigruber August Eigruber (16 April 1907 – 28 May 1947) was an Austrian-born Nazi Gauleiter and ''Reichsstatthalter'' of Reichsgau Oberdonau (Upper Danube) and Landeshauptmann of Upper Austria. He was convicted of war crimes at Mauthausen-Gusen con ...

– ''Gauleiter'' and ''Reichsstatthalter'' of Reichsgau Upper Danube; ''

Landeshauptmann Landeshauptmann (if male) or Landeshauptfrau (if female) (, "state captain", plural ''Landeshauptleute'') is the chairman of a state government and the supreme official of an Austrian state and the Italian autonomous provinces of South Tyrol and T ...

'' of

Upper Austria Upper Austria (german: Oberösterreich ; bar, Obaöstareich) is one of the nine states or of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, an ...

; ''Obergruppenführer'' in both the SA and the SS. *

Franz Ritter von Epp Franz Ritter von Epp (born Franz Epp; from 1918 as Ritter von Epp; 16 October 1868 – 31 January 1947)Lilla, Joachim: Epp, Franz Ritter v.'. In: Staatsminister, leitende Verwaltungsbeamte und (NS-)Funktionsträger in Bayern 1918 bis 19 ...

– ''Reichsleiter'', ''Reichsstatthalter'' of

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total l ...

, head of the

NSDAP Office of Colonial Policy The NSDAP Office of Colonial Policy (German: ''Kolonialpolitisches Amt der NSDAP'', ''K.P.A.'' or ''KPA'') was a Nazi Party office formed in 1934. Its stated objective was to formulate plans for the re-taking of the former German colonies. The of ...

and ''

General of Infantry General of the Infantry is a military rank of a General officer in the infantry and refers to: * General of the Infantry (Austria) * General of the Infantry (Bulgaria) * General of the Infantry (Germany) ('), a rank of a general in the German Im ...

''. *

Hermann Esser Hermann Esser (29 July 1900 – 7 February 1981) was an early member of the Nazi Party (NSDAP). A journalist, Esser was the editor of the Nazi paper, '' Völkischer Beobachter'', a Propaganda Leader, and a Vice President of the Reichstag. In t ...

– Early member of the Nazi Party; propagandist; editor of Nazi newspaper '' Völkischer Beobachter''; Second Vice-President of the '' Reichstag''; State Secretary in the Reich Ministry of Propaganda (1938–1945). * Richard Euringer – Writer who selected 18,000 "unsuitable" books, which did not conform to Nazi ideology and were publicly burned.

F

* Gottfried Feder – An economic theorist, he was a founder of the

, a precursor to the Nazi Party. He was Hitler's mentor on economic issues, was co-author of the National Socialist Program and a participant in the

. *

Hermann Fegelein Hans Otto Georg Hermann Fegelein (30 October 1906 – 28 April 1945) was a high-ranking commander in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany. He was a member of Adolf Hitler's entourage and brother-in-law to Eva Braun through his marriage to her si ...

– An SS-''Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS'', he was married to

Eva Braun Eva Anna Paula Hitler (; 6 February 1912 – 30 April 1945) was a German photographer who was the longtime companion and briefly the wife of Adolf Hitler. Braun met Hitler in Munich when she was a 17-year-old assistant and model for his ...

’s sister,

Gretl gretl is an open-source statistical package, mainly for econometrics. The name is an acronym for ''G''nu ''R''egression, ''E''conometrics and ''T''ime-series ''L''ibrary. It has both a graphical user interface (GUI) and a command-line inter ...

. The SS Liaison Officer to Hitler’s headquarters, he was shot for desertion in April 1945. *

Karl Fiehler Karl Fiehler (31 August 1895 – 8 December 1969) was a German Nazi Party (NSDAP) official and Mayor of Munich from 1933 until 1945. He was an early member of the Nazi Party having joined in 1920. In 1933, he became a ''Reichsleiter'' in the pa ...

– ''Reichsleiter'' for Municipal Politics and '' Oberburgomeister'' of

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and ...

from 1933 to 1945. He was also an SS-''Obergruppenführer''. *

Friedrich Karl Florian Friedrich Karl Florian (4 February 1894 – 24 October 1975) was the ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Düsseldorf throughout its existence in Nazi Germany. Early life The son of a Prussian railway master, Florian moved in his youth to East Prussia. After g ...

– ''Gauleiter'' of

Gau Düsseldorf The Gau Düsseldorf was an administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945 in the Düsseldorf region of the Prussian Rhine Province. Before that, from 1930 to 1933, it was the regional subdivision of the Nazi Party in that area. Histor ...

and an SA-''Obergruppenführer''. *

Albert Forster Albert Maria Forster (26 July 1902 – 28 February 1952) was a Nazi German politician, member of the SS and war criminal. Under his administration as the ''Gauleiter'' and ''Reichsstatthalter'' of Danzig-West Prussia (the other German-anne ...

– ''Reichsstatthalter'' and ''Gauleiter'' of

from 1939 to 1945, he was an SS-''Obergruppenführer''. *

Hans Frank Hans Michael Frank (23 May 1900 – 16 October 1946) was a German politician and lawyer who served as head of the General Government in Nazi-occupied Poland during the Second World War. Frank was an early member of the German Workers' Par ...

– A lawyer, he was Hitler's legal advisor, an Uschla judge, ''Reichsleiter'' for Legal Issues, Bavarian Minister of Justice, President of the

Academy for German Law The Academy for German Law (german: Akademie für deutsches Recht) was an institute for legal research and reform founded on 26 June 1933 in Nazi Germany. After suspending its operations during the Second World War in August 1944, it was abolished ...

(1933–1942) Reich Minister without portfolio and Governor-General of

occupied Poland ' ( Norwegian: ') is a Norwegian political thriller TV series that premiered on TV2 on 5 October 2015. Based on an original idea by Jo Nesbø, the series is co-created with Karianne Lund and Erik Skjoldbjærg. Season 2 premiered on 10 Octobe ...

. He was also an SA-''Obergruppenführer''. Involved in perpetration of the

Holocaust The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; ...

, he was convicted of war crimes and hanged by the Nuremberg Tribunal. *

Karl Hermann Frank Karl Hermann Frank (24 January 1898 – 22 May 1946) was a prominent Sudeten German Nazi official in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia prior to and during World War II. Attaining the rank of '' Obergruppenführer'', he was in command of th ...

– Prominent Sudeten-German Nazi official and SS-''

'' who served as

Minister of State Minister of State is a title borne by politicians in certain countries governed under a parliamentary system. In some countries a Minister of State is a Junior Minister of government, who is assigned to assist a specific Cabinet Minister. I ...

and Higher SS and Police Leader in the

. * Roland Freisler – State Secretary of Adolf Hitler's

Reich Ministry of Justice ''Reich'' (; ) is a German noun whose meaning is analogous to the meaning of the English word " realm"; this is not to be confused with the German adjective "reich" which means "rich". The terms ' (literally the "realm of an emperor") and ' (l ...

; President of the '' Volksgerichtshof'' (People's Court) from 1942 to 1945; sentenced hundreds of people to death, including

Sophie Scholl Sophia Magdalena Scholl (9 May 1921 – 22 February 1943) was a German student and anti-Nazi political activist, active within the White Rose non-violent resistance group in Nazi Germany. She was convicted of high treason after having bee ...

Hans Scholl Hans Fritz Scholl (; 22 September 1918 – 22 February 1943) was, along with Alexander Schmorell, one of the two founding members of the White Rose resistance movement in Nazi Germany. The principal author of the resistance movement's ...

and various members of the

July 20 Plot On 20 July 1944, Claus von Stauffenberg and other conspirators attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler, Führer of Nazi Germany, inside his Wolf's Lair field headquarters near Rastenburg, East Prussia, now Kętrzyn, in present-day Poland. The ...

; killed while returning to the courthouse to collect some files during an air raid on Berlin. *

Wilhelm Frick Wilhelm Frick (12 March 1877 – 16 October 1946) was a prominent German politician of the Nazi Party (NSDAP), who served as Reich Minister of the Interior in Adolf Hitler's cabinet from 1933 to 1943 and as the last governor of the Protectorate ...

– ''Reichsleiter'', Reich Minister of Interior (1933–1943); Protector of Bohemia and Moravia (1943–1945). Convicted of war crimes and hanged by the Nuremberg Tribunal. *

Hans-Georg von Friedeburg Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (15 July 1895 – 23 May 1945) was a German admiral, the deputy commander of the U-boat Forces of Nazi Germany and the second-to-last Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine. He was the only representative of the armed ...

– General Admiral in the

, he succeeded Karl Dönitz as Commander of U-boats in 1943 and as Navy Commander-in-Chief in 1945. *

Werner von Fritsch Thomas Ludwig Werner Freiherr von Fritsch (4 August 1880 – 22 September 1939) was a member of the German High Command. He was Commander-in-Chief of the German Army from February 1934 until February 1938, when he was forced to resign after he ...

– ''

Generaloberst A ("colonel general") was the second-highest general officer rank in the German ''Reichswehr'' and ''Wehrmacht'', the Austro-Hungarian Common Army, the East German National People's Army and in their respective police services. The rank was ...

'', Commander-in-Chief of the Army from 1935 to 1938. Forced out in the Blomberg-Fritsch Affair. *

Hans Fritzsche August Franz Anton Hans Fritzsche (21 April 1900 – 27 September 1953) was the ''Ministerialdirektor'' at the Propagandaministerium (Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda) of Nazi Germany. He was the preeminent German broadcast ...

– Head of the Press Division and then the Radio Division at the Reich Ministry for Propaganda. * Walther Funk – State Secretary in the Reich Ministry of Propaganda (1933–1937) Reich Minister for Economics (1938–1945) and President of the ''

Reichsbank The ''Reichsbank'' (; 'Bank of the Reich, Bank of the Realm') was the central bank of the German Reich from 1876 until 1945. History until 1933 The Reichsbank was founded on 1 January 1876, shortly after the establishment of the German Empi ...

'' (1939–1945).

G

Karl Gebhardt Karl Franz Gebhardt (23 November 1897 – 2 June 1948) was a German medical doctor and a war criminal during World War II. He served as Medical Superintendent of the Hohenlychen Sanatorium, Consulting Surgeon of the ''Waffen-SS'', Chief Surgeon ...

– Personal physician of

Heinrich Himmler Heinrich Luitpold Himmler (; 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945) was of the (Protection Squadron; SS), and a leading member of the Nazi Party of Germany. Himmler was one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany and a main architect of th ...

; one of the main perpetrators of surgical experiments performed on concentration camp inmates at Ravensbrück and

. *

Achim Gercke Achim Gercke (3 August 1902 – 27 October 1997) was a German politician. Born in Greifswald, Gercke became a department head of the NSDAP in Munich on 1 January 1932. In April 1933 he was appointed to the Ministry of the Interior, where he ...

– Expert on racial matters at the

Ministry of the Interior An interior ministry (sometimes called a ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home affairs) is a government department that is responsible for internal affairs. Lists of current ministries of internal affairs Named "ministry" * Ministr ...

. Devised the system of racial prophylaxis, forbidding intermarriage between

Jews Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

and

Aryans Aryan or Arya (, Indo-Iranian *''arya'') is a term originally used as an ethnocultural self-designation by Indo-Iranians in ancient times, in contrast to the nearby outsiders known as 'non-Aryan' (*''an-arya''). In Ancient India, the term ...

. *

Karl Gerland Karl Gerland (14 July 1905 – 21 April 1945) was a Nazism, Nazi ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Electoral Hesse, Gau Kurhessen and ''Oberpräsident'' of the Prussian Province of Kurhessen. On 21 April 1945, Gerland was killed in action against the Soviet R ...

– ''Gauleiter'' of

Gau Electoral Hesse The Gau Electoral Hesse (German: ''Gau Kurhessen'') was an administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, initially known under the name Gau Hesse-Nassau-North (German: ''Gau Hessen-Nassau-Nord''), comprising the northern part of the Pr ...

from 1943 and ''Oberpräsident'' of the Prussian Province of Kurhessen from 1944, he was an SS-''Gruppenführer''. *

Paul Giesler Paul Giesler (15 June 1895 – 8 May 1945) was a German Nazi Party functionary responsible for acts of brutality which included killing opponents of the regime in southern Germany. He first joined the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in 1922; he reenrolled on ...

– ''Gauleiter'' of

Gau Westphalia-South The Gau Westphalia-South (German: ''Gau Westfalen-Süd'') was an administrative division of Nazi Germany encompassing the Arnsberg Region in the southern part of the Prussian province of Westphalia between 1933 and 1945. From 1931 to 1933, it was ...

(1941–1943) and Gau Munich-Upper Bavaria (1942–1945). He was also

Minister President A minister-president or minister president is the head of government in a number of European countries or subnational governments with a parliamentary or semi-presidential system of government where they preside over the council of ministers. I ...

of Bavaria from 1942, an SA-''Obergruppenfuhrer'' and was named Minister of the Interior in Hitler's will. * Herbert Otto Gille – SS-''Obergruppenfuhrer''; Waffen-SS General. Awarded the Knight's Cross with Oakleaves, Swords and Diamonds and the German Cross in Gold, became the most highly decorated Waffen-SS member during World War II. *

Odilo Globocnik Odilo Lothar Ludwig Globocnik (21 April 1904 – 31 May 1945) was an Austrian Nazi and a perpetrator of the Holocaust. He was an official of the Nazi Party and later a high-ranking leader of the SS. Globocnik had a leading role in Operation Re ...

– A prominent Austrian Nazi, as an SS-''Obergruppenführer'' he was an SS and Police Leader in the

General Government The General Government (german: Generalgouvernement, pl, Generalne Gubernatorstwo, uk, Генеральна губернія), also referred to as the General Governorate for the Occupied Polish Region (german: Generalgouvernement für die be ...

and in the

Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral The Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral (german: Operationszone Adriatisches Küstenland, OZAK; or colloquially: ''Operationszone Adria''; it, Zona d'operazioni del Litorale adriatico; hr, Operativna zona Jadransko primorje; sl, Operacijs ...

. As head of

Operation Reinhard or ''Einsatz Reinhard'' , location = Occupied Poland , date = October 1941 – November 1943 , incident_type = Mass deportations to extermination camps , perpetrators = Odilo Globočnik, Hermann Höfle, Richard Thomalla, Erwin L ...

he was one of those responsible for the murder of millions of people during the Holocaust. *

Richard Glücks Richard Glücks (; 22 April 1889 – 10 May 1945) was a high-ranking German Nazi official in the SS. From November 1939 until the end of World War II, he was Concentration Camps Inspector (CCI), which became ''Amt D: Konzentrationslagerwesen' ...

– SS-''Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of the Waffen-SS'', he was Concentration Camps Inspector (CCI) after Eicke, from 1939 to 1945, and committed suicide in May 1945. * (Paul)

Joseph Goebbels Paul Joseph Goebbels (; 29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German Nazi politician who was the '' Gauleiter'' (district leader) of Berlin, chief propagandist for the Nazi Party, and then Reich Minister of Propaganda from 1933 to ...

– One of Adolf Hitler's closest associates and most devout followers, known for zealous oratory and antisemitism. ''Reichsleiter'', ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Berlin, and Reich Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda throughout Nazi Germany, he became

Reich Plenipotentiary for Total War The Reich Plenipotentiary for the Total War Effort (''Reichsbevollmächtigter für den totalen Kriegseinsatz'') was a position created by Adolf Hitler, the ''Führer'' ("leader") of Nazi Germany, on 23 July 1944 for Joseph Goebbels, who was als ...

and ''Stadtpräsident'' of Berlin in 1944. Named

Reich Chancellor The chancellor of Germany, officially the federal chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany,; often shortened to ''Bundeskanzler''/''Bundeskanzlerin'', / is the head of the federal government of Germany and the commander in chief of the G ...

in Hitler's will, he held this position for only one day before his own suicide. *

Hermann Göring Hermann Wilhelm Göring (or Goering; ; 12 January 1893 – 15 October 1946) was a German politician, military leader and convicted war criminal. He was one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party, which ruled Germany from 1933 to 1 ...

– Hitler's designated successor (until expelled from office by Hitler in late April 1945); President of the Reichstag;

and Interior Minister of

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an e ...

; Reich Aviation Minister; ''

Luftwaffe The ''Luftwaffe'' () was the aerial-warfare branch of the German '' Wehrmacht'' before and during World War II. Germany's military air arms during World War I, the '' Luftstreitkräfte'' of the Imperial Army and the '' Marine-Fliegerabt ...

'' Commander-in-Chief; Delegate for the

Four Year Plan The Four Year Plan was a series of economic measures initiated by Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany in 1936. Hitler placed Hermann Göring in charge of these measures, making him a Reich Plenipotentiary (Reichsbevollmächtigter) whose jurisdiction cut a ...

; and Chairman of the Council of Ministers for the Defense of the Reich. As ''

Reichsmarschall (german: Reichsmarschall des Großdeutschen Reiches; ) was a rank and the highest military office in the '' Wehrmacht'' specially created for Hermann Göring during World War II. It was senior to the rank of , which was previously the hig ...

'', the highest-ranking military officer in the Third Reich; sole holder of the

Grand Cross of the Iron Cross The Grand Cross of the Iron Cross (german: Großkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) was a decoration intended for victorious generals of the Prussian Army and its allies. It was the second highest class of the Iron Cross, following the Star of the Gran ...

; sentenced to death by the Nuremberg Tribunal but committed suicide hours before his scheduled hanging; World War I veteran as ace fighter pilot; participated in the

; founder of the

. * Amon Goeth – SS-''

''. Nazi concentration camp commandant at

Płaszów Płaszów is a suburb of Kraków, Poland, now part of Podgórze district. Formerly a separate village, it became a part of the Greater Kraków in 1911 under the Austrian Partition of Poland as the 21st cadastral district of the city. During World ...

, General Government, German-occupied

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

. * Ulrich Graf – Member of the Stoßtrupp-Hitler, he was wounded in the Beer Hall Putsch. He was an Uschla judge,

City Councillor and SS-''

''. *

Robert Ritter von Greim Robert ''Ritter'' von Greim (born Robert Greim; 22 June 1892 – 24 May 1945) was a German field marshal and First World War flying ace. In April 1945, in the last days of World War II, Adolf Hitler appointed Greim commander-in-chief of the ''L ...

– ''Luftwaffe'' ''Generalfeldmarschall'' and last ''Luftwaffe'' Commander-in-Chief succeeding the deposed Hermann Göring in the last days of World War II. *

Arthur Greiser Arthur Karl Greiser (22 January 1897 – 21 July 1946) was a Nazi German politician, SS-''Obergruppenführer'', ''Gauleiter'' and ''Reichsstatthalter'' (Reich Governor) of the German-occupied territory of ''Wartheland''. He was one of the perso ...

– ''Reichsstatthalter'' and ''Gauleiter'' of Reichsgau Wartheland from 1939 to 1945, he was an ''Obergruppenfuhrer'' in both the SS and the National Socialist Motor Corps (NSKK). *

Wilhelm Grimm Wilhelm Carl Grimm (also Karl; 24 February 178616 December 1859) was a German author and anthropologist, and the younger brother of Jacob Grimm, of the literary duo the Brothers Grimm. Life and work Wilhelm was born in February 1786 in Hanau, i ...

– ''Reichsleiter''; Chairman of the Second Chamber of the Supreme Party Court 1932–1939 and an SS-''Gruppenführer''. Died in a car accident in 1944. * Josef Grohé – ''Gauleiter'' of

Gau Cologne-Aachen The Gau Cologne-Aachen (German: ''Gau Köln-Aachen'') was an administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945 in the north-central part of the Prussian Rhine Province. Before that, from 1931 to 1933, it was the regional subdivision of the ...

and ''

Reichskommissar (, rendered as "Commissioner of the Empire", "Reich Commissioner" or "Imperial Commissioner"), in German history, was an official gubernatorial title used for various public offices during the period of the German Empire and Nazi Germany. Ger ...

'' for

Reichskommissariat of Belgium and Northern France The Reichskommissariat of Belgium and Northern France (german: Reichskommissariat Belgien-Nordfrankreich) was a Nazi German civil administration (''Zivilverwaltung'') which governed most of occupied Belgium and northern parts of occupied Fran ...

, he was an ''Obergruppenführer'' in the National Socialist Motor Corps (NSKK). * Walter Groß – Chief of the Nazi Party (NSDAP)'s Racial Policy Office. Implicated in the

. *

Kurt Gruber Kurt Gruber (21 October 1904 in Syrau, Vogtland – 24 December 1943 in Dresden) was a Nazi politician and from 1926 to 1931 the first chairman of the Hitler Youth (''Hitler-Jugend'' or HJ). Career After the failed Beerhall Putsch in 1923, man ...

– First chairman of the

(1926–1931). * Hans Friedrich Karl Günther – Academic, teaching racial theory and

eugenics Eugenics ( ; ) is a fringe set of beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality of a human population. Historically, eugenicists have attempted to alter human gene pools by excluding people and groups judged to be inferior o ...

. *

Franz Gürtner Franz Gürtner (26 August 1881 – 29 January 1941) was a German Minister of Justice in the governments of Franz von Papen, Kurt von Schleicher and Adolf Hitler. Gürtner was responsible for coordinating jurisprudence in Nazi Germany and provided ...

– Minister of Justice in Bavaria (1922–1932) he became Reich Minister of Justice from 1932 to his death in 1941.

H

Eugen Hadamovsky Eugen Paul Hadamovsky (14 December 1904 – 1 March 1945) was a politician and radio production director in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1942. Early years Hadamovsky was born and raised in Berlin; he already joined the paramilitary '' Black Rei ...

– National programming director for German radio; chief of staff in the Nazi Party's Central Propaganda Office (Reichspropagandaleitung) in Berlin from 1942 to 1944. * Heinrich Hager – SA-Oberführer. Elected at Reichstag 1932 to his death in 1941. Leader of SA Brigade 77. * Karl Hanke – A State Secretary in the Ministry of Propaganda (1937–1941); ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Lower Silesia and ''Oberpräsident'' of the Prussian

Province of Lower Silesia The Province of Lower Silesia (german: Provinz Niederschlesien; Silesian German: ''Provinz Niederschläsing''; pl, Prowincja Dolny Śląsk; szl, Prowincyjŏ Dolny Ślōnsk) was a province of the Free State of Prussia from 1919 to 1945. Betwe ...

from 1941 to 1945; the last ''

'' (after Himmler was expelled from office by Hitler) from late April to early May 1945. * Fritz Hartjenstein – SS-''Obersturmbannführer''. Concentration camp commandant at

Auschwitz-Birkenau Auschwitz concentration camp ( (); also or ) was a complex of over 40 Nazi concentration camps, concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany, occupied Poland (in a portion annexed int ...

Natzweiler Natzwiller () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France. History Built in spring 1941 on the territory of the commune, Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp opened for prisoners in May 1941. It was the only N ...

and Flossenbürg. *

Paul Hausser Paul Hausser also known as Paul Falk after taking his maiden name post war (7 October 1880 – 21 December 1972) was a German general and then a high-ranking commander in the Waffen-SS who played a key role in the post-war efforts by former mem ...

– SS-'' Oberstgruppenführer''; ''Generaloberst der Waffen-SS''. First commander of the military ''SS-Verfügungstruppe'' (SS-VT) that grew into the Waffen-SS, in which he was a prominent field commander. * Franz Hayler – State Secretary and Deputy to the Reich Economics Minister during the latter part of World War II. *

Martin Heidegger Martin Heidegger (; ; 26 September 188926 May 1976) was a German philosopher who is best known for contributions to phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism. He is among the most important and influential philosophers of the 20th centu ...

– Eminent philosopher; NSDAP member who supported Hitler after he became Chancellor in 1933. * Erhard Heiden – Founding member of the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS); its third ''Reichsführer'' from 1927 to 1929. * Edmund Heines – An early Party member, he participated in the Beer Hall Putsch. Deputy ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Silesia, Police President of Breslau and an SA-''Obergruppenführer'', he was the Deputy to Stabschef

from 1931 and was executed during the

Night of the Long Knives The Night of the Long Knives (German: ), or the Röhm purge (German: ''Röhm-Putsch''), also called Operation Hummingbird (German: ''Unternehmen Kolibri''), was a purge that took place in Nazi Germany from 30 June to 2 July 1934. Chancellor Ad ...

. * August Heißmeyer – An SS-''Obergruppenführer'', he led the

(1935–1939) and was the Higher SS and Police Leader for Berlin and Brandenburg (1939–1945). *

Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff Wolf-Heinrich Julius Otto Bernhard Fritz Hermann Ferdinand Graf von Helldorff (14 October 1896 – 15 August 1944) was an SA-''Obergruppenführer'', German police official and politician. He served as a member of the Landtag of Prussia during th ...

– An SA-''Obergruppenführer'' and ''General der Polizei'', he was Police President of Potsdam (1933–1935) and Berlin (1935–1944) where he led anti-Jewish riots. Involved in the

20 July Plot On 20 July 1944, Claus von Stauffenberg and other conspirators attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler, Führer of Nazi Germany, inside his Wolf's Lair field headquarters near Rastenburg, East Prussia, now Kętrzyn, in present-day Poland. The ...

, he was executed in 1944. *

Otto Hellmuth Otto Hellmuth (22 July 1896 – 20 April 1968) was a member of the Nazi Party and the ''Gauleiter'' in Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') from 1928 to 1945. Early life Born at Markt Einersheim, during World War I he entered service as a Kri ...

– ''Gauleiter'' of

Gau Mainfranken The Gau Main Franconia (German: ''Gau Mainfranken''), formed as Gau Lower Franconia (German: ''Gau Unterfranken'') on 1 March 1929 and renamed Gau Main Franconia on July 30, 1935, rl=https://www.historisches-lexikon-bayerns.de/Lexikon/Mainfranken/ ...

and an ''Obergruppenführer'' in the National Socialist Motor Corps (NSKK). *

Konrad Henlein Konrad Ernst Eduard Henlein (6 May 1898 – 10 May 1945) was a leading Sudeten German politician in Czechoslovakia. Upon the German occupation in October 1938 he joined the Nazi Party as well as the '' SS'' and was appointed ''Gauleiter'' of t ...

– A Sudeten German, he founded the

Sudeten German Party The Sudeten German Party (german: Sudetendeutsche Partei, SdP, cs, Sudetoněmecká strana) was created by Konrad Henlein under the name ''Sudetendeutsche Heimatfront'' ("Front of the Sudeten German Homeland") on 1 October 1933, some months afte ...

and was the ''Gauleiter'' and ''Reichsstatthalter'' of

Reichsgau Sudetenland The Reichsgau Sudetenland was an administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1939 to 1945. It comprised the northern part of the '' Sudetenland'' territory, which was annexed from Czechoslovakia according to the 30 September 1938 Munich Agreement ...

and an SS-''Obergruppenführer''. *

Rudolf Hess Rudolf Walter Richard Hess (Heß in German; 26 April 1894 – 17 August 1987) was a German politician and a leading member of the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany. Appointed Deputy Führer to Adolf Hitler in 1933, Hess held that position unt ...

(not to be confused with Rudolf Höß) – ''Reichsleiter'', SS-''Obergruppenführer'' and Deputy ''Führer'' to Hitler until his flight to

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to ...

on the eve of the German invasion of the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...

in June 1941. *

Walther Hewel Walther Hewel (25 March 1904 – 2 May 1945) was a German diplomat before and during World War II, an early and active member of the Nazi Party, and one of German dictator Adolf Hitler's personal friends. Early life Hewel was born in 190 ...

– An early Party member and a participant in the Beer Hall Putsch. He was a protégé of Foreign Minister

Joachim von Ribbentrop Ulrich Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim von Ribbentrop (; 30 April 1893 – 16 October 1946) was a German politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nazi Germany from 1938 to 1945. Ribbentrop first came to Adolf Hitler's not ...

, a "Special Ambassador" and the Foreign Office liaison to Hitler. He was a personal friend of Hitler and an SS-''Brigadeführer''. *

Werner Heyde Werner Heyde (aka Fritz Sawade) (25 April 1902 – 13 February 1964) was a German psychiatrist. He was one of the main organizers of Nazi Germany's T-4 Euthanasia Program. Early life Heyde was born in Forst (Lausitz), on May 25, in 1902, and com ...

– Psychiatrist; one of the main organizers of the T-4 Euthanasia Program. *

– SS-''Obergruppenführer''; ''General der Polizei'', Chief of the RSHA or '' Reichssicherheitshauptamt'' (Reich Security Main Office: including the

, SD and

Kripo ''Kriminalpolizei'' (, "criminal police") is the standard term for the criminal investigation agency within the police forces of Germany, Austria, and the German-speaking cantons of Switzerland. In Nazi Germany, the Kripo was the criminal poli ...

police The police are a Law enforcement organization, constituted body of Law enforcement officer, persons empowered by a State (polity), state, with the aim to law enforcement, enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citize ...

agencies); ''Stellvertretender Reichsprotektor'' (Deputy Reich-Protector) of Bohemia and Moravia. He was Himmler's "right-hand man", and considered a principal architect of the

and the

. Assassinated in Prague in 1942 by British-trained Czech commandos. *

Konstantin Hierl Konstantin Hierl (24 February 1875 – 23 September 1955) was a major figure in the administration of Nazi Germany. He was the head of the Reich Labour Service (''Reichsarbeitsdienst''; RAD) a ''Reichsleiter'' of the Nazi Party and an associa ...

– ''Reichsleiter'' and head of the ''

Reichsarbeitsdienst The Reich Labour Service (''Reichsarbeitsdienst''; RAD) was a major organisation established in Nazi Germany as an agency to help mitigate the effects of unemployment on the German economy, militarise the workforce and indoctrinate it with Nazi ...

''; associate of Adolf Hitler before he came to power. * Friedrich Hildebrandt – ''Gauleiter'' and ''Reichsstatthalter'' of Gau Mecklenburg. He was also an SS-''Obergruppenführer''. * Erich Hilgenfeldt – Head of the National Socialist People's Welfare and an SS-''Gruppenführer''. *

– ''

''. As head of the SS, Chief of the German Police and later Reich Minister of the Interior, one of the most powerful men in the Third Reich. ''Reichsleiter'', Commander-in-Chief of the

Replacement Army The Replacement Army () was part of the Imperial German Army during World War I and part of the Wehrmacht during World War II. It was based within Germany proper and included command and administrative units as well as training and guard troops. It ...

and Reich Commissioner for the Consolidation of German Nationhood. Expelled from offices by Hitler in late April 1945. * Hans Hinkel – Journalist; Commissioner at the Reich Ministry for the People's Enlightenment and Propaganda. * August Hirt – Chairman at the Reich University in Strasbourg; instigated a plan to build a study-collection of specialized human anatomical specimens from over 100 murdered Jews. Allied discovery of corpses, paperwork and statements of laboratory assistants led to war crimes trial preparation, which he avoided through suicide. *

– Politician; leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (German: ''Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei'', abbreviated NSDAP), commonly known as the Nazi Party. Absolute dictator of Germany from 1934 to 1945, with titles of Chancellor from 1933 to 1945 and head of state (Führer und Reichskanzler) from 1934 to 1945. * Franz Hofer – ''Gauleiter'' and ''Reichsstatthalter'' of

Reichsgau Tirol-Vorarlberg The Reichsgau Tyrol-Vorarlberg (German: ''Reichsgau Tirol-Vorarlberg'') was an administrative division of Nazi Germany consisting of Vorarlberg and North Tyrol (both in Austria). It existed from 1938 to 1945. It did not include East Tyrol (Lienz), ...

; ''Landeshauptmann'' of

Tyrol Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...

; Supreme Commissioner of the

Operation Zone of the Alpine Foothills The Operational Zone of the Alpine Foothills (german: Operationszone Alpenvorland (OZAV); it, Zona d'operazione delle Prealpi) was a Nazi German occupation zone in the sub-Alpine area in Italy during World War II. Origin and geography OZAV wa ...

. He was an advocate for creating an Alpine Fortress as a last stand redoubt for Nazi forces. He was an NSKK-''Obergruppenführer''. * Albert Hoffmann – The ''Gauleiter'' of

from 1943 to 1945, at the same time he was Deputy to Goebbels in his capacity as Reich Inspector for Civil Air Warfare Measures and an SS-''Gruppenführer''. * Hermann Höfle – Deputy to

in the Aktion Reinhard program. Played a key role in the "Harvest Festival" massacre of Jewish inmates of various labor camps in the Lublin district of Nazi-occupied Poland in early November 1943. * Peter Högl – A policeman in the '' Kriminalpolizei '', he became an SS-''Obersturmbannführer'' and Deputy to Johann Rattenhuber in the '' Reichssicherheitsdienst'' (Reich Security Service) that provided personal protection for Hitler and other Nazi leaders. * Rudolf Höß – (not to be confused with Rudolf Hess) – SS-''Obersturmbannführer''; Commandant of

Auschwitz concentration camp Auschwitz concentration camp ( (); also or ) was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) during World War II and the Holocaust. I ...

. *

Adolf Hühnlein Adolf Hühnlein (12 September 1881 – 18 June 1942) was a German soldier and Nazi Party (NSDAP) official. He was the '' Korpsführer'' (Corps Leader) of the National Socialist Motor Corps (NSKK) from 1933 until his death in 1942. Early years H� ...

– ''Reichsleiter''; ''Korpsführer'' (Corps Leader) of the

(NSKK) from 1934 until his death in 1942. * Karl Holz – protégé of rabid

antisemitic Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who holds such positions is called an antisemite. Antisemitism is considered to be a form of racism. Ant ...

journalist

Julius Streicher Julius Streicher (12 February 1885 – 16 October 1946) was a member of the Nazi Party, the '' Gauleiter'' (regional leader) of Franconia and a member of the '' Reichstag'', the national legislature. He was the founder and publisher of the vir ...

, he was editor-in-chief at ''

Der Stürmer ''Der Stürmer'' (, literally "The Stormer / Attacker / Striker") was a weekly German tabloid-format newspaper published from 1923 to the end of the Second World War by Julius Streicher, the '' Gauleiter'' of Franconia, with brief suspensions ...

'' and Deputy ''Gauleiter'' of

Gau Franconia Gau Franconia (German: ''Gau Franken'') was an administrative division of Nazi Germany in Middle Franconia, Bavaria, from 1933 to 1945. Before that, from 1929 to 1933, it was the regional subdivision of the Nazi Party in that area. Originally fo ...

for many years, becoming ''Gauleiter'' in 1942. He was also an SA-''Gruppenführer''. * Franz Josef Huber – former Munich political police department inspector with

Heinrich Müller Heinrich Müller may refer to: * Heinrich Müller (cyclist) (born 1926), Swiss cyclist * Heinrich Müller (footballer, born 1888) (1888–1957), Swiss football player and manager * Heinrich Müller (footballer, born 1909) (1909–2000), Austrian ...

; in 1938 appointed chief of the Security Police (

SiPo The ''Sicherheitspolizei'' ( en, Security Police), often abbreviated as SiPo, was a term used in Germany for security police. In the Nazi era, it referred to the state political and criminal investigation security agencies. It was made up by the ...

) and

for Vienna and the "Lower Danube", and "Upper Danube" regions of Austria.

J

Karl Jäger Karl Jäger (; 20 September 1888 – 22 June 1959) was a German mid-ranking official in the '' SS'' of Nazi Germany and ''Einsatzkommando'' leader who perpetrated acts of genocide during the Holocaust. Early life and career Jäger was born in Sch ...

– SS officer; ''

Einsatzkommando During World War II, the Nazi German ' were a sub-group of the ' (mobile killing squads) – up to 3,000 men total – usually composed of 500–1,000 functionaries of the SS and Gestapo, whose mission was to exterminate Jews, Polish intellect ...

'' leader; author of the "

Jäger Report The so-called Jäger Report, also Jaeger Report (full title: ''Complete tabulation of executions carried out in the Einsatzkommando 3 zone up to December 1, 1941'') was written on 1 December 1941 by Karl Jäger, commander of ''Einsatzkommando'' ...

" giving details of mass murders in Lithuania between July and December 1941. * Friedrich Jeckeln – An SS-''Obergruppenführer'' and ''General der Polizei und Waffen-SS'', he was the Higher SS and Police Leader in

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inva ...

and, later, in

Ostland The Reichskommissariat Ostland (RKO) was established by Nazi Germany in 1941 during World War II. It became the civilian occupation regime in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and the western part of Byelorussian SSR. German planning documents i ...

. He was in charge of one of the largest collection of ''

Einsatzgruppen (, ; also ' task forces') were (SS) paramilitary death squads of Nazi Germany that were responsible for mass murder, primarily by shooting, during World War II (1939–1945) in German-occupied Europe. The had an integral role in the im ...

'' and personally responsible for ordering the deaths of over 100,000 Jews, Slavs and Roma. *

Alfred Jodl Alfred Josef Ferdinand Jodl (; 10 May 1890 – 16 October 1946) was a German '' Generaloberst'' who served as the chief of the Operations Staff of the '' Oberkommando der Wehrmacht'' – the German Armed Forces High Command – throughout Worl ...

– ''Generaloberst''; Chief of the Operations Staff of the Armed Forces High Command ( Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, or OKW) during World War II, acting as deputy to Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel. Convicted of war crimes and hanged by the Nuremberg Tribunal. *

Hanns Johst Hanns Johst (8 July 1890 – 23 November 1978) was a German poet and playwright, directly aligned with Nazi philosophy, as a member of the officially approved writers’ organisations in the Third Reich. The statement “When I hear the word cul ...

– Playwright and Nazi Party

poet laureate A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems for special events and occasions. Albertino Mussato of Padua and Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch ...

. * Rudolf Jordan – ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Halle-Merseburg (1931–1937) and Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt (1937–1945); ''Reichsstatthalter'' of Brunswick and

Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making i ...

; Minister President of Anhalt; ''Oberpräsident'' of the Prussian Province of Magdeburg from 1944; and an SA-''Obergruppenführer''. *

Hugo Jury Hugo Jury (13 July 1887 – 8 May 1945) was an Austrian Nazi. He held the offices of ''Gauleiter'' of ''Reichsgau Niederdonau'' and ''Reichsstatthalter'' (Reich Governor) for Lower Austria. He committed suicide at the end of the World War II. ...

– ''Gauleiter'' and ''Reichsstatthalter'' of Reichsgau Lower Danube; Landeshauptmann of

Lower Austria Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Since 1986, the capital of Lower Austria has been Sankt P ...

; SS-''Obergruppenführer''. *

Hans Jüttner {{Infobox military person , name = Hans Jüttner , birth_date = {{birth-date, 2 March 1894 , death_date = {{death-date and age, 24 May 1965, 2 March 1894 , image = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-J28010, Hans Jüttner.jpg , image_upright= 0.9 , image_ ...

– SS-''

''; head of the '' SS-Führungshauptamt'' (SS Leadership Main Office) or SS-FHA. * Rudolf Jung – An instrumental force and agitator of German-Czech National Socialism and, later on, a member of the German Nazi Party.

K

Ernst Kaltenbrunner Ernst Kaltenbrunner (4 October 190316 October 1946) was a high-ranking Austrian SS official during the Nazi era and a major perpetrator of the Holocaust. After the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in 1942, and a brief period under Heinrich Hi ...

– SS-''Obergruppenführer''; ''General der Polizei und Waffen-SS''. Chief of the

RSHA The Reich Security Main Office (german: Reichssicherheitshauptamt or RSHA) was an organization under Heinrich Himmler in his dual capacity as ''Chef der Deutschen Polizei'' (Chief of German Police) and '' Reichsführer-SS'', the head of the Naz ...

(Reich Security Main Office), a main office of the SS, from January 1943 to Germany's surrender in May 1945. Convicted of war crimes and hanged by the Nuremberg Tribunal. *

Hans Kammler Hans Kammler (26 August 1901 – 1945 ssumed was an SS-Obergruppenführer responsible for Nazi civil engineering projects and its top secret weapons programmes. He oversaw the construction of various Nazi concentration camps before being put ...

– SS-''Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS'', he was the SS Construction Projects and

V-2 The V-2 (german: Vergeltungswaffe 2, lit=Retaliation Weapon 2), with the technical name ''Aggregat 4'' (A-4), was the world’s first long-range guided ballistic missile. The missile, powered by a liquid-propellant rocket engine, was develope ...

program director. *

Siegfried Kasche Siegfried Kasche (18 June 1903 – 7 June 1947) was an ambassador of the German Reich to the Independent State of Croatia and ''Obergruppenführer'' of the ''Sturmabteilung'' (SA), a paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party. Kasche was the proposed ru ...

– German Plenipotentiary Minister to the allied

Independent State of Croatia The Independent State of Croatia ( sh, Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, NDH; german: Unabhängiger Staat Kroatien; it, Stato indipendente di Croazia) was a World War II-era puppet state of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy (1922–1943), Fascist It ...

. * Emil Kaschub – Physician who conducted experiments on Nazi concentration camp prisoners. * Karl Kaufmann – Nazi Party founding member; ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Hamburg; ''Reichsstatthalter'' of

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...

; ''Reichskommissar for Overseas Shipping and an ''Obergruppenführer'' in both the SS and the

(NSKK). * Wilhelm Keitel – ''Generalfeldmarschall'' and head of the '' Oberkommando der Wehrmacht'' (High Command of the Armed Forces) during World War II. Convicted of war crimes and hanged by the Nuremberg Tribunal. *

Hanns Kerrl Hanns Kerrl (11 December 1887 – 14 December 1941) was a German Nazi politician. His most prominent position, from July 1935, was that of Reichsminister of Church Affairs. He was also President of the Prussian Landtag (1932–1933) and head of ...

– Reich Minister of Church Affairs and First Deputy President of the ''Reichstag'' until his death in 1941. *

Dietrich Klagges Dietrich Klagges () (1 February 1891 – 12 November 1971) was a Nazi Party politician and from 1933 to 1945 the appointed premier ('' Ministerpräsident'') of the now abolished Free State of Brunswick. He also went by the pseudonym Rudolf Berg. ...

–

of the

Free State of Brunswick The Free State of Brunswick () was a state of the German Reich in the time of the Weimar Republic. It was formed after the abolition of the Duchy of Brunswick in the course of the German Revolution of 1918–19. Its capital was Braunschweig (Bru ...

between 1933 and 1945. * Matthias Kleinheisterkamp – SS-''Obergruppenführer''; divisional leader of SS divisions ''Das Reich'' and ''Nord''. *

Hans Ulrich Klintzsch Johann "Hans" Ulrich Klintzsch (4 November 1898 in Lübbenau – 17 August 1959 in Hamburg) was a naval lieutenant from the Erhardt Brigade who later served as ''Oberster SA-Führer'', the supreme commander of the '' Sturmabteilung'' (SA), from ...

– Second head of the SA, from 1921 to 1923. *

Helmut Knochen Helmut Herbert Christian Heinrich Knochen (March 14, 1910 – April 4, 2003) was the senior commander of the Sicherheitspolizei (Security Police) and Sicherheitsdienst in Paris during the Nazi occupation of France during World War II. He was s ...

– Senior commander of the ''

Sicherheitspolizei The ''Sicherheitspolizei'' ( en, Security Police), often abbreviated as SiPo, was a term used in Germany for security police. In the Nazi era, it referred to the state political and criminal investigation security agencies. It was made up by the ...

'' (Security Police) in Paris in Nazi-occupied France. * Erich Koch – ''Gauleiter'' of Gau East Prussia from 1928 to 1945, ''Oberpräsident'' of the Prussian Province of East Prussia from 1933 and ''Reichskomissar'' in the

Reichskommissariat Ukraine During World War II, (abbreviated as RKU) was the civilian occupation regime () of much of Nazi German-occupied Ukraine (which included adjacent areas of modern-day Belarus and pre-war Second Polish Republic). It was governed by the Reic ...

from 1941 to 1944, he was an SA-''Obergruppenführer''. * Karl Otto Koch – Concentration camp commandant at

Buchenwald Buchenwald (; literally 'beech forest') was a Nazi concentration camp established on hill near Weimar, Germany, in July 1937. It was one of the first and the largest of the concentration camps within Germany's 1937 borders. Many actual or sus ...

from 1937 to 1941, and later at Lublin ( Majdanek). * Max Koegel – SS-''Obersturmbannführer''. Concentration camp commandant at Majdanek and Flossenbürg. * Karl Koller –

and Chief of the ''Luftwaffe'' General Staff from November 1944 to May 1945. * Paul Körner – State Secretary to the Prussian State Ministry and to the

, Chairman of the

Supervisory Board In corporate governance, a governance board also known as council of delegates are chosen by the stockholders of a company to promote their interests through the governance of the company and to hire and fire the board of directors. In civil s ...

of the Reichswerke Hermann Göring, a member of the Central Planning Board and an SS-''Obergruppenführer''. *

Günther Korten Günther Korten (26 July 1898 – 22 July 1944) was a German Colonel General and Chief of the General Staff of the Luftwaffe in World War II. He died from injuries suffered in the assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler on 20 July 1944. Biography ...

–

and Chief of the ''Luftwaffe'' General Staff from August 1943 until killed in the 20 July 1944 assassination attempt on Hitler. Posthumously promoted to

. *

Josef Kramer Josef Kramer (10 November 1906 – 13 December 1945) was Hauptsturmführer and the Commandant of Auschwitz-Birkenau (from 8 May 1944 to 25 November 1944) and of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp (from December 1944 to its liberation on 15 A ...

– Concentration camp commandant at

Bergen-Belsen Bergen-Belsen , or Belsen, was a Nazi concentration camp in what is today Lower Saxony in northern Germany, southwest of the town of Bergen near Celle. Originally established as a prisoner of war camp, in 1943, parts of it became a concentrati ...

. * Hans Krebs –

of the ''Wehrmacht''; last

OKH The (; abbreviated OKH) was the high command of the Army of Nazi Germany. It was founded in 1935 as part of Adolf Hitler's rearmament of Germany. OKH was ''de facto'' the most important unit within the German war planning until the defeat at ...

Chief of Staff from April to 2 May 1945 when he committed suicide in the

Führerbunker The ''Führerbunker'' () was an air raid shelter located near the Reich Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. It was part of a subterranean bunker complex constructed in two phases in 1936 and 1944. It was the last of the Führer Headquarters ...

. * Bernhard Krüger – Leader of the VI F 4a Unit in the ''Reichssicherheitshauptamt'' responsible for, among other things, falsifying passports and documents. *

Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger (8 May 1894 – 10 May 1945) was a German war criminal and paramilitary commander acting as a high-ranking member of the SA and the SS. Between 1939 and 1943 he was the Higher SS and Police Leader in the General Govern ...

– ''Obergruppenführer'' in the SA and SS. The Higher SS and Police Leader in the

from 1939-1943, he was responsible for multiple acts of genocide. *

Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Gustav Georg Friedrich Maria Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (born Gustav von Bohlen und Halbach; 7 August 1870 – 16 January 1950) was a German foreign service official who became chairman of the board of Friedrich Krupp AG, a heavy industry con ...

– Ran the Friedrich Krupp AG heavy industry conglomerate from 1909 until 1941; Nazi party financier, Succeeded by his son Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach. * Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach – member of ''

Freundeskreis der Wirtschaft The Freundeskreis der Wirtschaft, or ''Circle of Friends of the Economy'' (which became known as "Freundeskreis Reichsführer SS", "Freundeskreis Himmler" or " Keppler Circle") was a group of German industrialists whose aim was to strengthen the t ...

''; Colonel, NSDAP Flying Corps; ran the Friedrich Kiesow AG heavy industry conglomerate from 1943 to 1945, and subsequently from 1951 to 1967. * Wilhelm Kube – ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Ostmark (1928–1933) and

Kurmark The German term ''Kurmark'' (archaic ''Churmark'', "Electoral March") referred to the Imperial State held by the margraves of Brandenburg, who had been awarded the electoral (''Kur'') dignity by the Golden Bull of 1356. In early modern times, ...

(1933–1936), he was also ''Oberpräsident'' of the Prussian provinces of

Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an area of 29,480 squ ...

and

Posen-West Prussia The Frontier March of Posen-West Prussia (german: Grenzmark Posen-Westpreußen, pl, Marchia Graniczna Poznańsko-Zachodniopruska) was a province of Prussia from 1922 to 1938. Posen-West Prussia was established in 1922 as a province of the Fre ...

from 1933 to 1936. He was the ''Generalkommissar'' for ''Weißruthenien'' (White Ruthenia) in the ''

Reichskommissariat Ostland The Reichskommissariat Ostland (RKO) was established by Nazi Germany in 1941 during World War II. It became the civilian occupation regime in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and the western part of Byelorussian SSR. German planning documents initi ...

'' from 1941 until assassinated by partisans in 1943. He was an SS-''Gruppenführer''. * Franz Kutschera – ''Gauleiter'' of Reichsgau Carinthia (1939–1941); an ''SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Polizei'', he was an SS and police leader in the

until he was assassinated in 1944.

L

Hans Lammers Hans Heinrich Lammers (27 May 1879 – 4 January 1962) was a German jurist and prominent Nazi politician. From 1933 until 1945 he served as Chief of the Reich Chancellery under Adolf Hitler. During the 1948–1949 Ministries Trial, Lammers was ...

– Head of the

Reich Chancellery The Reich Chancellery (german: Reichskanzlei) was the traditional name of the office of the Chancellor of Germany (then called ''Reichskanzler'') in the period of the German Reich from 1878 to 1945. The Chancellery's seat, selected and prepared ...

and Reich Minister without portfolio. He was also an SS-''Obergruppenführer''. * Herbert Lange – SS-'' Sturmbannführer''; Chełmno extermination camp commandant, implicated in thousands of gassings there; supervised the execution of 1,558 mental patients at Soldau concentration camp. *

Hartmann Lauterbacher Hartmann Lauterbacher (24 May 1909 – 12 April 1988) was a senior regional leader (''Obergebietsführer'') of the ''Hitler Jugend'', as well as ''Gauleiter'' of Gau South Hanover–Brunswick (Südhannover-Braunschweig) and an SS-''Obergruppenf� ...

– As ''Stabsführer'' of the

from 1934 to 1940, he was deputy to

Baldur von Schirach Baldur Benedikt von Schirach (9 May 1907 – 8 August 1974) was a German politician who is best known for his role as the Nazi Party national youth leader and head of the Hitler Youth from 1931 to 1940. He later served as ''Gauleiter'' and ''Re ...

. ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Southern Hanover-Brunswick (1940–1945) and ''Oberpräsident'' of the Prussian

Province of Hannover The Province of Hanover (german: Provinz Hannover) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1868 to 1946. During the Austro-Prussian War, the Kingdom of Hanover had attempted to maintain a neutral position, a ...

from 1941, he was also an SS-''Obergruppenführer''. *

Robert Ley Robert Ley (; 15 February 1890 – 25 October 1945) was a German politician and labour union leader during the Nazi era; Ley headed the German Labour Front from 1933 to 1945. He also held many other high positions in the Party, including ''Gaul ...

– ''Reichsleiter'' and Head of the

German Labor Front The German Labour Front (german: Deutsche Arbeitsfront, ; DAF) was the labour organisation under the Nazi Party which replaced the various independent trade unions in Germany during Adolf Hitler's rise to power. History As early as March 1933, ...

from 1933 to 1945. * Arthur Liebehenschel – Commandant of

and Majdanek death camps during World War II. * Julius Lippert – Nazi activist and propaganda official who supervised the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-s ...

in Germany. *

Karl-Siegmund Litzmann Karl-Siegmund Litzmann (1 August 1893, in Minden, Westphalia – August 1945, in Kappeln, Schleswig-Holstein) was the German General Commissioner for Generalbezirk Estland ( Estonia) in the Reichskommissariat Ostland during the German occupati ...

– Head of the National Socialist Equestrian Corps and an SA-''Obergruppenführer'', he was the ''Generalkommissar'' of occupied Estonia from 1941 to 1944. * Wilhelm Loeper – ''Gauleiter'' in Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt, ''Reichsstatthalter'' of Brunswick and

until his death in 1935. He was an SS-''Gruppenführer''. * Hinrich Lohse – ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Schleswig-Holstein and ''Oberpräsident'' of the Prussian

Province of Schleswig-Holstein The Province of Schleswig-Holstein (german: Provinz Schleswig-Holstein ) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia (subsequently the Free State of Prussia after 1918) from 1868 to 1946. History It was created from the Duchies of Schleswig and H ...

; ''

'' for the ''

''. He was an SA-''Obergruppenführer''. * Werner Lorenz – Waffen-SS general; leader of the ''Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle'', an organization charged with settling ethnic Germans in the Reich from other parts of Europe. *

Hanns Ludin Hanns Elard Ludin (10 June 1905, in Freiburg – 9 December 1947, in Bratislava) was a German diplomat. Born in Freiburg to Friedrich and Johanna Ludin, Ludin began his Nazi affiliation in 1930 by joining the party, and was arrested for his ...

– Diplomat; ambassador to

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the ...

. *

Martin Luther Martin Luther (; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, and professor, and Augustinian friar. He is the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation and the namesake of Lutherani ...

– advisor to Reich Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop; participant in the Wannsee Conference. *

Viktor Lutze Viktor Lutze (28 December 1890 – 2 May 1943) was a German Nazi Party functionary and the commander of the '' Sturmabteilung'' ("SA") who succeeded Ernst Röhm as '' Stabschef'' and '' Reichsleiter''. He died from injuries received in a c ...

– SA officer; participant in the

; succeeded

as '' Stabschef'' of the SA and ''Reichsleiter''. He was ''Oberpräsident'' of the Prussian

from 1933 to 1941 and died in a car crash in 1943.

M

Willy Marschler Willy Marschler (12 August 1893 – 8 November 1952) was a German Nazi Party politician who served as one of the first two Nazis to hold ministerial office in a German State. He went on to be the Minister-President of Thuringia through most of th ...

– One of the first two Nazis to hold

ministerial office Ministry or department (also less commonly used secretariat, office, or directorate) are designations used by first-level executive bodies in the machinery of governments that manage a specific sector of public administration." Энцикло� ...

in a German State (1930–31).

Thuringia Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million. Erfurt is the capital and lar ...

(1933–1945). He was also an SA-Obergruppenführer. * Emil Maurice – Personal friend of Hitler, first head of the SA and one of the founding members of the SS. But referred to in 1960 paperback ''Eichmann: the Man and His Crimes'' as Hitler's chauffeur, speculating whether Hitler knew he was a French Jew. *

Otto Meissner Otto Lebrecht Eduard Daniel Meissner (13 March 1880, Bischwiller, Alsace – 27 May 1953, Munich) was head of the Office of the President of Germany from 1920 to 1945 during nearly the entire period of the Weimar Republic under Friedrich Ebert a ...

–

; Head of the Presidential Chancellery under Hitler (and

Friedrich Ebert Friedrich Ebert (; 4 February 187128 February 1925) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the first president of Germany from 1919 until his death in office in 1925. Ebert was elected leader of the SPD on t ...

and

Paul von Hindenburg Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg (; abbreviated ; 2 October 1847 – 2 August 1934) was a German field marshal and statesman who led the Imperial German Army during World War I and later became President of Germany fr ...

, the last Reich Presidents of the

Weimar Republic The Weimar Republic (german: link=no, Weimarer Republik ), officially named the German Reich, was the government of Germany from 1918 to 1933, during which it was a Constitutional republic, constitutional federal republic for the first time in ...

). *

Josef Mengele , allegiance = , branch = Schutzstaffel , serviceyears = 1938–1945 , rank = '' SS''-'' Hauptsturmführer'' (Captain) , servicenumber = , battles = , unit = , awards = , commands = , ...

– SS-''Hauptsturmführer''; physician at

concentration camp, who conducted medical experiments on inmates; especially children. *

Christian Mergenthaler Julius Christian Mergenthaler (8 November 1884 – 11 September 1980), was a Nazi German politician, member of the Reichstag and Württemberg Landtag, Ministerpräsident of Württemberg and Culture Minister. Early life Christian Mergenthaler w ...

– Minister President and Minister of Culture of

Württemberg Württemberg ( ; ) is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia. The main town of the region is Stuttgart. Together with Baden and Hohenzollern, two other historical territories, Württ ...

(1933–1945). He was also an SA-''Obergruppenführer''. *

Willy Messerschmitt Wilhelm Emil "Willy" Messerschmitt (; 26 June 1898 – 15 September 1978) was a German aircraft designer and manufacturer. In 1934, in collaboration with Walter Rethel, he designed the Messerschmitt Bf 109, which became the most important ...

– Aeronautical engineer; head of the '' Bayerische Flugzeugwerke'' (BFW, later Messerschmitt AG); designer of several famous aircraft including the Bf.109. *

Alfred Meyer Gustav Alfred Julius Meyer (5 October 1891 – 11 April 1945) was a Nazi Party official and politician. He joined the Nazi Party in 1928 and was the '' Gauleiter'' of North Westphalia from 1931 to 1945, the '' Oberpräsident'' of the Pro ...

– ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Westphalia-North; ''Reichsstatthalter'' of

Lippe Lippe () is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Herford, Minden-Lübbecke, Höxter, Paderborn, Gütersloh, and district-free Bielefeld, which forms the region Ostwestfalen-Lippe. ...

and Schaumburg Lippe; ''Oberpräsident'' of the Prussian

Province of Westphalia The Province of Westphalia () was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1815 to 1946. In turn, Prussia was the largest component state of the German Empire from 1871 to 1918, of the Weimar Republic and from 191 ...

from 1938; Deputy Reich Minister in the

Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories The Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories (german: Reichsministerium für die besetzten Ostgebiete (RMfdbO) or ''Ostministerium'', ) was created by Adolf Hitler on 17 July 1941 and headed by the Nazi theoretical expert, the Baltic ...

(1941–1945), he represented the Ministry at the Wannsee Conference. He was also an SA-''Obergruppenführer''. * Kurt Meyer – SS-''Brigadeführer''; ''Generalmajor der Waffen-SS''; commanded 1st SS Reconnaissance Battalion (LSSAH); later commanded

12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend The SS Division Hitlerjugend or 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend" (german: 12. SS-Panzerdivision "Hitlerjugend") was a German armoured division of the Waffen-SS during World War II. The majority of its junior enlisted men were drawn from ...

. * Karl Freiherr Michel von Tüßling – SS-''Sturmbannführer'' in Hitler's Chancellery; adjutant of Philipp Bouhler; staff officer, ''Reichsführer-SS'' and SS Main Office. *

Erhard Milch Erhard Milch (30 March 1892 – 25 January 1972) was a German general field marshal ('' Generalfeldmarschall'') of Jewish heritage who oversaw the development of the German air force (''Luftwaffe'') as part of the re-armament of Nazi Germany fo ...

– A ''Generalfeldmarschall'' of the ''Luftwaffe'', he was State Secretary of the

Reich Aviation Ministry The Ministry of Aviation (german: Reichsluftfahrtministerium, abbreviated RLM) was a government department during the period of Nazi Germany (1933–45). It is also the original name of the Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus building on the Wilhelmstrass ...

from its inception in 1933, Inspector-General of the ''Luftwaffe'' from 1939 and its Chief of Procurement, Armaments & Supply from 1941. * Leopold von Mildenstein – Pro-

Zionism Zionism ( he, צִיּוֹנוּת ''Tsiyyonut'' after '' Zion'') is a nationalist movement that espouses the establishment of, and support for a homeland for the Jewish people centered in the area roughly corresponding to what is known in Je ...

expert in the headquarters of the ''Sicherheitsdienst'' (SD) under

until 1936, when the planned mass immigration of Jews to Palestine fell out of favor; convinced

Adolf Eichmann Otto Adolf Eichmann ( ,"Eichmann"
'' Walter Model Otto Moritz Walter Model (; 24 January 1891 – 21 April 1945) was a German field marshal during World War II. Although he was a hard-driving, aggressive panzer commander early in the war, Model became best known as a practitioner of def ...

– ''Generalfeldmarschall'' and one of Hitler's favorite commanders, he held Army Group commands on the Eastern Front and briefly as Commander-in-Chief in the West. He committed suicide in the Ruhr pocket in April 1945. * Wilhelm Mohnke – SS-''Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS''; one of original 120 members of SS-Staff Guard (''Stabswache'') "Berlin" formed in March 1933; later commanded 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH); appointed by Hitler in April 1945 as commander of the Berlin government district, nicknamed ''Die Zitadelle'' (The Citadel), including the

, ''

'' and '' Reichstag''. * Robert Mohr –

interrogation specialist; headed special commission responsible for search and arrest of

White Rose The White Rose (german: Weiße Rose, ) was a Nonviolence, non-violent, intellectual German resistance to Nazism, resistance group in Nazi Germany which was led by five students (and one professor) at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, ...

, part of the anti-Nazi German Resistance. *

Hermann Muhs Hermann Muhs (16 May 1894, Barlissen – 13 April 1962, Göttingen) was a German lawyer and Nazi Party politician who served as State Secretary and leader of the Reich Ministry for Church Affairs (''Reichsministerium für die Kirchlichen Ang ...

– State Secretary in the Ministry of Church Affairs. *

– SS-''Gruppenführer''; ''Generalleutnant der Polizei''; headed

(Secret State Police) under

the SiPo and later RSHA chief. * Ludwig Müller – Appointed “Reich Bishop” he was the leader of the

German Christians Christianity is the largest religion in Germany. It was introduced to the area of modern Germany by 300 AD, while parts of that area belonged to the Roman Empire, and later, when Franks and other Germanic tribes converted to Christianity from t ...

and sought to unify all 28 Protestant regional churches into a unified “Reich Church” under authoritarian and anti-Semitic Nazi principles. * Eugen Munder – Early party organizer in

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the Sw ...

; ''Gauleiter'' of

Gau Württemberg-Hohenzollern The Gau Württemberg-Hohenzollern, formed on 8 July 1925, was an administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945 in the German state of Württemberg and the Prussian province of Hohenzollern. Before that, from 1925 to 1933, it was the r ...

from 1925 to 1928. * Wilhelm Murr – ''Gauleiter'' of

and ''Reichsstatthalter'' of

, he was also an SS-''Obergruppenführer''. * Martin Mutschmann – He was ''Gauleiter'', ''Reichsstatthalter'' and Minister President of Gau Saxony. Also an SA-''Obergruppenführer'', he was executed in the

in 1947.

N

Alfred Naujocks Alfred Helmut Naujocks (20 September 1911 – 4 April 1966), alias ''Hans Müller'', ''Alfred Bonsen'', and ''Rudolf Möbert'', was a German SS functionary during the Third Reich. He took part in the staged Gleiwitz incident, a false flag inten ...

– An SS-'' Sturmbannführer'', he led the attack on Gleiwitz radio station starting World War II on 1 September 1939. * Werner Naumann – Private Secretary to

, he was made State Secretary in the Reich Ministry of Propaganda and was named Goebbels’ successor as Reich Minister of Propaganda in Hitler’s will. * Arthur Nebe – SS-''Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Polizei''; Berlin Police Commissioner in the 1920s; early member of both ''Sturmabteilung'' (SA) and ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS); Interpol President from June 1942 to 1943; appointed head of ''

Kriminalpolizei ''Kriminalpolizei'' (, "criminal police") is the standard term for the criminal investigation agency within the police forces of Germany, Austria, and the German-speaking cantons of Switzerland. In Nazi Germany, the Kripo was the criminal polic ...

'' (Criminal Police) or Kripo under Heydrich. Executed in 1945 for alleged involvement in the

. *

Konstantin von Neurath Konstantin Hermann Karl Freiherr von Neurath (2 February 1873 – 14 August 1956) was a German diplomat and Nazi war criminal who served as Foreign Minister of Germany between 1932 and 1938. Born to a Swabian noble family, Neurath began his di ...

–

Foreign Minister A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between co ...

of Germany (1932–1938) and ''Reichsprotektor'' (Governor) of

(1939–1943). He was also President of the Secret Cabinet Council and an SS-''Obergruppenführer''. * Hans Nieland – First Leader of the

; Police President (1933), Treasurer and Senator (1933–1938) in Hamburg; ''Oberbürgermeister'' of Dresden (1940–1945) and an SS-''

''.

O

Herta Oberheuser Herta Oberheuser (15 May 1911 – 24 January 1978) was a German Nazi physician and convicted war criminal who performed medical atrocities on prisoners at the Ravensbrück women's concentration camp. She was sentenced to 20 years in prison a ...

–

Ravensbrück concentration camp Ravensbrück () was a German concentration camp exclusively for women from 1939 to 1945, located in northern Germany, north of Berlin at a site near the village of Ravensbrück (part of Fürstenberg/Havel). The camp memorial's estimated figure ...

physician from 1940 to 1943; the only female defendant in the

Nuremberg Medical Trial Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ci ...

. *

Otto Ohlendorf Otto Ohlendorf (; 4 February 1907 – 7 June 1951) was a German SS functionary and Holocaust perpetrator during the Nazi era. An economist by education, he was head of the (SD) Inland, responsible for intelligence and security within Germ ...

– An SS-''Gruppenführer'', he headed SD, domestic branch, the RSHA department responsible for intelligence and security within Nazi Germany. He also led

Einsatzgruppe D (, ; also 'task forces') were (SS) paramilitary death squads of Nazi Germany that were responsible for mass murder, primarily by shooting, during World War II (1939–1945) in German-occupied Europe. The had an integral role in the imple ...

and was executed for war crimes. *

Wilhelm Ohnesorge ''This article is based on a translation of the corresponding article in the German Wikipedia. Wilhelm Ohnesorge (8 June 1872 – 1 February 1962) was a German politician in the Third Reich who sat in the Hitler Cabinet. From 1937 to 1945, he ...

– State Secretary from 1933 and Reich Minister (1937–1945) in the Reich Postal Ministry. He was an ''Obergruppenführer'' in the National Socialist Motor Korps (NSKK).

P

Franz von Papen Franz Joseph Hermann Michael Maria von Papen, Erbsälzer zu Werl und Neuwerk (; 29 October 18792 May 1969) was a German conservative politician, diplomat, Prussian nobleman and General Staff officer. He served as the chancellor of Germany ...

– A prominent politician and intriguer in the

, he engineered Hitler's appointment as Chancellor with himself as Vice Chancellor. Outmaneuvered by Hitler, he was ousted in 1934 but continued to serve the Third Reich as Ambassador to

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

(1934–1938) and Turkey (1939–1944). He was acquitted of war crimes by the Nuremberg Tribunal. *

Joachim Peiper Joachim Peiper (30 January 1915 – 14 July 1976) was a German ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) officer and a Nazi war criminal convicted for the Malmedy massacre of U.S. Army prisoners of war (POWs). During the Second World War in Europe, Peiper served ...

– SS-''Obersturmbannführer''. He served as

’s

adjutant Adjutant is a military appointment given to an officer who assists the commanding officer with unit administration, mostly the management of human resources in an army unit. The term is used in French-speaking armed forces as a non-commission ...

and, as a member of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, in combat commands on both the Eastern and Western fronts. He was convicted of war crimes committed in the

Malmedy massacre The Malmedy massacre was a Nazi Germany, German war crime committed by soldiers of the on 17 December 1944, at the Baugnez crossroads near the city of Malmedy, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945). Sol ...

. *

Phillip of Hesse Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (13 November 1504 – 31 March 1567), nicknamed (in English: "the Magnanimous"), was a German nobleman and champion of the Protestant Reformation, notable for being one of the most important of the early Protesta ...

– A grandson of German Emperor Frederick III, he joined the Nazi Party, was an SA-''Obergruppenführer'' and ''Oberpräsident'' of the Prussian Province of Hesse-Nassau from 1933 to 1944. Married to the daughter of King

Victor Emmanuel III of Italy Victor Emmanuel III (Vittorio Emanuele Ferdinando Maria Gennaro di Savoia; 11 November 1869 – 28 December 1947) was King of Italy from 29 July 1900 until his abdication on 9 May 1946. He also reigned as Emperor of Ethiopia (1936–1941) and ...

, he was suspected of complicity in the overthrow of

Benito Mussolini Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (; 29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party. He was Prime Minister of Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 until his deposition in ...

, removed from office, arrested and put in a concentration camp. *

Artur Phleps Artur Gustav Martin Phleps (29 November 1881 – 21 September 1944) was an Austro-Hungarian, Romanian and German army officer who held the rank of '' SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS'' (lieutenant general) in the Waffen-SS ...

– SS-''Obergruppenführer''; saw action with 5. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Wiking; later commanded 7. SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division Prinz Eugen and the V SS Mountain Corps; killed in September 1944. *

Paul Pleiger Paul Pleiger (28 September 1899, in Buchholz, now part of Witten, Westphalia – 22 July 1985, in Hattingen) was a German state adviser and corporate general director. The miner's son underwent training as an engineer and soon afterwards establ ...

– State adviser; corporate general director. *

Oswald Pohl Oswald Ludwig Pohl (; 30 June 1892 – 7 June 1951) was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era. As the head of the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office and the head administrator of the Nazi concentration camps, he was a key figure in ...

– An SS-''Obergruppenführer'' and Head of the

SS Main Economic and Administrative Office The SS Main Economic and Administrative Office (german: SS-Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungshauptamt; SS-WVHA) was a Nazi organization responsible for managing the finances, supply systems and business projects of the (a main branch of the ; SS). It ...

that organized and administered the concentration camps, he was tried by the

Nuremberg Military Tribunal The subsequent Nuremberg trials were a series of 12 military tribunals for war crimes against members of the leadership of Nazi Germany between December 1946 and April 1949. They followed the first and best-known Nuremberg trial before the Int ...

and hanged for crimes against humanity. *

Franz Pfeffer von Salomon Franz Pfeffer von Salomon (19 February 1888 – 12 April 1968) during the Nazi regime known as Franz von Pfeffer, was the first Supreme Leader of the '' Sturmabteilung'' (SA) after its re-establishment in 1925. Pfeffer resigned from his SA comman ...

– Supreme SA Leader from its re-founding in 1925 until removed in 1930 when Hitler personally assumed the title. * Erich Priebke – An SS-''Hauptsturmführer'' in the

Security Police Security police officers are employed by or for a governmental agency or corporations to provide security service security services to those properties. Security police protect facilities, properties, personnel, users, visitors and enforce cer ...

, he participated in the

Ardeatine massacre The Ardeatine massacre, or Fosse Ardeatine massacre ( it, Eccidio delle Fosse Ardeatine), was a mass killing of 335 civilians and political prisoners carried out in Rome on 24 March 1944 by German occupation troops during the Second World War ...

in Rome on 24 March 1944. * Hans-Adolf Prützmann – An SS-''Obergruppenführer'', he was the Higher SS and Police Leader in Northern Russia and, later, Supreme SS and Police Leader in Ukraine.

R

Erich Raeder Erich Johann Albert Raeder (24 April 1876 – 6 November 1960) was a German admiral who played a major role in the naval history of World War II. Raeder attained the highest possible naval rank, that of grand admiral, in 1939, becoming the fir ...

– '' Großadmiral'', Commander-in-Chief of the ''

Reichsmarine The ''Reichsmarine'' ( en, Realm Navy) was the name of the German Navy during the Weimar Republic and first two years of Nazi Germany. It was the naval branch of the '' Reichswehr'', existing from 1919 to 1935. In 1935, it became known as the ...

'' (1928–1935) and the ''

'' (1935–1943). *

Rudolf Rahn Rudolf Rahn (16 March 1900 – 7 January 1975) was a German diplomat who served the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany. As a member of the Party, and as Plenipotentiary to the Italian Social Republic in the closing stages of the Second World War, h ...

– A diplomat, he was the General

to the Italian puppet state from September 1943 to April 1945. Considered for prosecution in the Ministries Trial, he was eventually exonerated. * Friedrich Rainer – Austrian Nazi politician, ''Gauleiter'' and ''Reichsstatthalter'' of

Reichsgau Salzburg The Reichsgau Salzburg was an administrative division of Nazi Germany in Salzburg, Austria. It existed between 1938 and 1945. History The Nazi Gau (plural Gaue) system was originally established in a party conference on 22 May 1926, in order to im ...

and later Reichsgau Carinthia. He was an SS-''Obergruppenführer''. *

Sigmund Rascher Sigmund Rascher (12 February 1909 – 26 April 1945) was a German ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) doctor. He conducted deadly experiments on humans pertaining to high altitude, freezing and blood coagulation under the patronage of ''Reichsführer-SS'' Hei ...

– SS doctor who carried out experiments on inmates at Dachau concentration camp. * Johann Rattenhuber – A policeman and SS-''Gruppenführer'', he headed the '' Reichssicherheitsdienst'' (Reich Security Service) that provided personal protection for Hitler and other Nazi leaders. * Walter Rauff – SS-''Standartenführer'' and aide to Reinhard Heydrich. He escaped captivity at the end of the war, subsequently working for the Syrian Intelligence. * Hermann Rauschning – A Nazi leader in the

Free City of Danzig The Free City of Danzig (german: Freie Stadt Danzig; pl, Wolne Miasto Gdańsk; csb, Wòlny Gard Gduńsk) was a city-state under the protection of the League of Nations between 1920 and 1939, consisting of the Baltic Sea port of Danzig (now Gda ...

. * Walter Reder – SS-''Sturmbannführer'' convicted of war crimes in Italy. * Wilhelm Rediess – Commanding General of SS forces in occupied Norway from 1940 to 1945. * Walter von Reichenau – ''Generalfeldmarschall'' and committed Nazi; he joined the Party in 1932 in violation of regulations and was one of the few ardent National Socialists among the Army's senior officers. * Hans-Joachim Riecke –

of the State of

(1933–1936). He was a department head and, from 1942, State Secretary in the Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture and was an architect of the

. He was also an SS-''Gruppenführer''. * Fritz Reinhardt – Head of the Nazi Party training School for Orators. An economics and tax specialist, he became State Secretary in the Reich Ministry of Finance 1933 to 1945 and was an SA-''Obergruppenführer''. * Adrian von Renteln – An early leader of the

and the National Socialist Schoolchildren's League, he became ''Generalkommissar'' of German occupation of Lithuania during World War II, occupied Lithuania from 1941 to 1944 and was hanged by the Soviets for war crimes. *

–

of Nazi Germany from 1938 until 1945 and an SS-''Obergruppenführer''. Convicted of war crimes and hanged by the Nuremberg Tribunal. * Leni Riefenstahl – German photographer, actress and film director who, in close collaboration with the Nazi Party, produced major films of Nazi propaganda, including Triumph of the Will and Olympia (1938 film), Olympia. *

– A co-founder of the ''Sturmabteilung'' (Storm Battalion) or SA, the Nazi Party militia. Later the SA-'' Stabschef'', a ''Reichleiter'' and Reich Minister without portfolio. In 1934, as part of the

, he was executed on Hitler's orders as a potential rival. * Alfred Rosenberg – An early Party member and Nazi philosopher, he was Editor-in-Chief of the '' Völkischer Beobachter'' from 1923 to 1938, head of the NSDAP Office of Foreign Affairs, ''Reichsleiter'', head of Amt Rosenberg and Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories, Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories. Convicted of war crimes and hanged by the Nuremberg Tribunal. * Erwin Rösener – SS-''Obergruppenführer'', Higher SS and Police Leader, Commander SS Upper Division Alpenland (1941–1945). * Karl Röver – He was ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Weser-Ems and ''Reichsstatthalter'' of both Free State of Oldenburg, Oldenburg and Free City of Bremen, Bremen until his death in 1942. He was also an ''Obergruppenführer'' in both the SA and the NSKK. * Ernst Rudin – Psychiatrist and eugenicist. His work directly influenced the racial policy of Nazi Germany. * Bernhard Rust – Reich Minister of Science, Education and National Culture from 1934 to 1945 and ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Southern Hanover-Brunswick (1928–1940). He was an SA-''Obergruppenführer''.

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* Fritz Sauckel – ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Thuringia, ''Reichsstatthalter'' of

, General

for Labour Deployment (1942–45) and an ''Obergruppenführer'' in both the SA and the SS. Convicted of war crimes and hanged by the Nuremberg Tribunal. * Karl-Otto Saur – Head of the Technical Department in the Reich Ministry of Armaments and War Production, he was Chief of Staff to both the Jägerstab, Fighter Staff and the Rüstungsstab, Armaments Staff from 1944. He was named ''Reichsminister'' of Munitions in Hitler’s will in place of

. * Hjalmar Schacht – An economist, banker and politician, who served as the Currency Commissioner and President of the ''

'' under the

. A fierce critic of post-World War I reparation obligations, he became a supporter of Hitler and served as President of the ''Reichsbank'' and Reich Minister of Economics. He played a key role in restoring the German economy but since he opposed the policy of German re-armament, Schacht was first sidelined and then forced out beginning in December 1937. Schacht became a fringe member of the German Resistance and was imprisoned after the 20 July plot in 1944. He was tried at Nuremberg and acquitted. * Paul Schäfer – Hitler Youth member and Wehrmacht corporal, subsequently convicted for multiple charges of child sex abuse in Chile. * Gustav Adolf Scheel – ''Reichsstatthalter'' and ''Gauleiter'' of

(1941–1945) and a Nazi "multifunctionary." As the ''Reichsstudentenführer'', he headed the National Socialist German Students' League and the German Student Union. He was also a Higher SS and Police Leader and an SS-''Obergruppenführer''. * Walther Schellenberg – SS-''Brigadeführer'' who rose through the SS as Heydrich's deputy. In March 1942, he became Chief of Department VI, SD-foreign branch, which, by then, was a department of the RSHA. Later, following the abolition of the Abwehr in 1944, he became head of all foreign intelligence. * Hans Schemm – A ''Gauleiter'' in Bavaria from 1928 and Head of the National Socialist Teachers League. Died in a plane crash in 1935. * Wilhelm Schepmann – SA-''Obergruppenführer'', and SA-'' Stabschef'' from 1943 to 1945. * Ludwig Maximilian Erwin von Scheubner-Richter, Max Scheubner-Richter – most senior Nazi killed during the Beer Hall Putsch, ideologue and mentor to Alfred Rosenberg. *

– ''Reichsleiter'' for Youth Education, leader of the

(1931–40) and ''Gauleiter'' & ''Reichsstatthalter'' of Vienna (1940–45). He was an SA-''Obergruppenführer''. * Franz Schlegelberger – Jurist and State Secretary in the Reich Ministry of Justice (1931–1941) he became Acting Reich Minister of Justice (1941–1942). * Fritz Schlessmann – Police President, Deputy ''Gauleiter'' and Acting ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Essen. He was also an SS-''Obergruppenführer''. * Carl Schmitt – Philosopher, jurist, and political theorist. * Kurt Schmitt – Economic leader and Reich Economomics Minister (1933–1934). * Paul Schmitthenner – Architect and city planner. * Gertrud Scholtz-Klink – Leader of the National Socialist Women's League (1934–1945). * :de:Wilhelm Freiherr von Schorlemer, Wilhelm Freiherr von Schorlemer – SA-''Obergruppenführer''. Member of the constituency of the National Socialist ''Reichstag''. Leader of SA Group "Danube". (1938-1945). * Ferdinand Schörner – A ''Generalfeldmarschall'', he was a committed Nazi loyalist known for brutality and harsh discipline. A holder of the Golden Party Badge, he was appointed the last Commander-in-Chief of the German Army in Hitler’s will. * Julius Schreck – Co-founder of the SA and '' Stoßtrupp-Hitler''. The first commander of the SS from April 1925 to April 1926. Later Hitler's personal chauffeur. * Franz Xaver Schwarz – ''Reichsleiter'', National Treasurer of the NSDAP 1925–1945 and head of the ''Reichszeugmeisterei'' or National Material Control Office. Promoted to SS-'' Oberstgruppenführer'' in 1944. * Heinrich Schwarz – Commandant of Auschwitz III-Monowitz concentration camp from 1943 to 1945. * Franz Schwede – The first Nazi elected as ''

'' of a German City (Coburg) he was later ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Pomerania, ''Oberpräsident'' of the Prussian Province of Pomerania (1815–1945), Province of Pomerania and an SA-''Obergruppenführer''. * Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk – Reich Minister of Finance (1932–1945) and "Leading Minister" of the last cabinet of the Third Reich under President of Germany (1919–1945), Reich President ''Großadmiral'' Karl Dönitz. * Siegfried Seidl – Commandant of the Theresienstadt (1941–1943) and Bergen-Belsen (1943–1944) concentration camps. * Franz Seldte – Leader of Der Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten, Der Stahlhelm under the

, he was Reich Minister for Labour from 1933 to 1945. * Arthur Seyss-Inquart – Austrian Nazi; upon being appointed Chancellor in 1938 he invited in German troops resulting in Austria's annexation. Later Deputy to

in the

of occupied

(1939–40), and ''Reichskommissar'' of the Reichskommissariat Niederlande, Netherlands (1940–44). He was also an SS-''Obergruppenführer''. Convicted of war crimes and hanged by the Nuremberg Tribunal. * Ludwig Siebert – Minister President and Minister of Finance in Bavaria until his death in 1942, he was also an SA-''Obergruppenführer''. * Gustav Simon – ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Moselland from 1931 and Chief of Civil Administration in Civil Administration Area of Luxembourg, Luxembourg from 1940 to 1944. He was an NSKK-''Obergruppenführer''. * Franz Six – Chief of Amt VII, Written Records of the '' Reichssicherheitshauptamt'' (RSHA) which dealt with ideological tasks. These included the creation of anti-semitic, anti-masonic propaganda, the sounding of public opinion and monitoring of Nazi indoctrination by the public. * Otto Skorzeny – An SS-''Obersturmbannführer'', he headed many commando operations including the rescue from captivity of Italian dictator

. *

– Architect for Nazis' offices and residences, Party rallies and State buildings (1932–42). In 1942 he succeeded

as Reich Minister of Armaments and War Production, Head of the Organisation Todt, Inspector General for German Roadways and Inspector General for Water and Energy. * Jakob Sprenger – The ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Hesse-Nassau as well as ''Reichsstatthalter'' and Minister President of People's State of Hesse, Hesse and ''Oberpräsident'' of the Prussian Province of Nassau from 1944, he was also an SA-''Obergruppenführer''. * Franz Stangl – Commandant of the Sobibor (1942) and Treblinka (1942–1943) extermination camps. * Johannes Stark – German physicist and Physics Nobel Prize laureate who was closely involved with the ''Deutsche Physik'' movement under the Nazi regime. * Otto Steinbrinck – Industrialist and bureaucrat. * Felix Steiner – SS-''Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS''. He was chosen by Himmler to oversee the creation of, and command the volunteer Waffen-SS Division, 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking. * Walter Stennes – the Berlin commandant of the'' Sturmabteilung'' (SA), who in the summer of 1930 and again in the spring of 1931 led a revolt against the NSDAP in Berlin as these SA members saw their organization as a revolutionary group, the vanguard of a socialist order that would overthrow the hated Republic. Both revolts were put down and Stennes was expelled from the Nazi Party. He left Germany in 1933 and worked as a military adviser to Chiang Kai-shek. * Willi Stöhr – From late 1944, he was ''Gauleiter'' and ''Reichsstatthalter'' of Gau Westmark. In addition, he was the Chief of Civil Administration in occupied

. * Gregor Strasser – early prominent German Nazi Party, Nazi official and politician. Murdered during the

in 1934. * Otto Strasser – early prominent German Nazi Party, Nazi official and politician. Otto Strasser, together with his brother Gregor Strasser, was a leading member of the party's Strasserism, left-wing faction, and broke from the party due to disputes with the dominant "Adolf Hitler, Hitlerite" faction. *

– founder and publisher of anti-semitic Nazi newspaper ''

'' (1923–1945), ''Gauleiter'' of Franconia (1929–40). Convicted of war crimes and hanged by the Nuremberg Tribunal. * Karl Strölin – Lord Mayor of Stuttgart (1933–1945) and Chairman of the ''Deutsches Ausland-Institut'' (DAI). * Jürgen Stroop – SS-''Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS und Polizei''. Stroop's most prominent role was the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, an action which cost the lives of over 50,000 people. * Wilhelm Stuckart – Jurist, State Secretary in the Interior Ministry and attendee at the Wannsee Conference. He was also an SS-''Obergruppenführer''. * Otto von Stülpnagel –

and Military Commander of occupied France from 1940 to 1942. * Emil Stürtz – He was ''Gauleiter'' of Gau March of Brandenburg and ''Oberpräsident'' of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg (1936–1945). He was also ''Oberpräsident'' of

from 1936 to its dissolution in 1938, and was an ''Obergruppenführer'' in the National Socialist Motor Corps. * Friedrich Syrup – Jurist and politician, who served as Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Reich Minister for Labour from 1932 to 1933.

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* Otto Telschow – An administrative police official, he was ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Eastern Hanover from 1925 to 1945. * Josef Terboven – ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Essen from 1928, ''Oberpräsident'' of the Prussian Rhine Province from 1935 and ''Reichskommissar'' of Reichskommissariat Norwegen, occupied Norway from 1940, he was an SA-''Obergruppenführer''. * Otto Georg Thierack – Jurist, Minister of Justice in Saxony, President of the National Socialist Association of Legal Professionals, President of the People's Court (Germany), People's Court (1936–1942) President of the

(1942–1945) and Reich Minister of Justice from 1942 to 1945. He was also an SA-''Obergruppenführer''. *

– civil engineer, Director of the Head Office for Engineering, Inspector General for German Roadways, General Commissioner for the Regulation of the Construction Industry, Inspector General for Water and Energy and founder and head of Organisation Todt. Reich Minister of Armaments and Munitions from 1940, he died in a plane crash in February 1942. He was also a ''Luftwaffe'' ''Generalmajor'', an SA-''Obergruppenführer'' and (posthumously) the first recipient of the German Order (decoration), German Order. * Hans von Tschammer und Osten – Commissioner for Gym and Sports of the Reich from 1933 to 1943.

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* Siegfried Uiberreither – An Austrian Nazi, he was ''Gauleiter'' and ''Reichsstatthalter'' of Reichsgau Styria and ''Landeshauptmann'' of Styria. He was also Chief of Civil Administration in Lower Styria and an SA-''Obergruppenführer''. * – An SA-''Obergruppenführer'' and Inspector General of the SA, he was ''Oberpräsident'' of the Prussian Province of Saxony from 1933 to 1944.

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*Karl Leopold von Möller Order of Leopold (Austria), AOL Oberst, O - Author and Gauleiter'' of the Banat.

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*Fritz Wächtler – ''Gauleiter'' of the eastern Bavarian administrative region of Gau Bayreuth. He was an ''Obergruppenführer'' in both the SA and the SS. *Otto Wächter – Austrian lawyer and high-ranking member of the SS. He was appointed to government positions in Poland and Italy. In 1940 68,000

s were expelled from Krakow, Poland and in 1941 the Kraków Ghetto was created for the remaining 15,000 Jews by his decrees. * Otto Wagener – Soldier and economist. Was successively '' Stabschef'' of the SA, head of the Party Economic Policy Section, and briefly, Reich Commissar for the Economy. Subsequently he resumed his army career, reaching the rank of ''Generalmajor''. * Adolf Wagner – A participant in the Beer Hall Putsch, he was ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Munich-Upper Bavaria as well as Deputy Minister President and Interior Minister of Bavaria. He was an SA-''Obergruppenführer''. * Gerhard Wagner (Nazi physician), Gerhard Wagner – Reich Health Leader (''Reichsärzteführer'') from 1934 to 1939. * Josef Wagner (Gauleiter), Josef Wagner – ''Gauleiter'' of

from 1931 and also of Gau Silesia from 1934. ''Oberpräsident'' of the Prussian provinces of both

and

from 1934 and, after their union, the Province of Silesia (1938–1941). He was also an ''Obergruppenführer'' of both the SA and NSKK. Relieved of his posts in November 1941 and expelled from the Nazi Party in October 1942, he was executed by the Gestapo in 1945. * Robert Heinrich Wagner – A participant in the Beer Hall Putsch, he was ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Baden from 1925 and ''Reichsstatthalter'' of Republic of Baden, Baden. He was also Chief of Civil Administration for occupied Alsace from 1940 to 1944 and an NSKK-''Obergruppenführer''. * Karl Wahl – An early Party member, he was ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Swabia and an SS-''Obergruppenführer''. * Paul Wegener (Gauleiter), Paul Wegener – A regional administrator in Reichskommissariat Norwegen, occupied Norway from 1940 to 1942, he succeeded Karl Röver as ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Weser-Ems and ''Reichsstatthalter'' of both Free State of Oldenburg, Oldenburg and Free City of Bremen, Bremen from 1942 to 1945. He was an SS-''Obergruppenführer''. President

named him a State Secretary as staff chief of the civilian cabinet in May 1945. * Karl Weinrich – He was ''Gauleiter'' of

from 1928 to 1943 and an ''Obergruppenführer'' in the National Socialist Motor Corp (NSKK). * Ernst von Weizsäcker – A career diplomat, he was State Secretary in the Foreign Office from 1938 to 1943 and Ambassador to the Holy See from 1943 to 1945. An SS-''Brigadeführer'', he was convicted of war crimes in the Ministries Trial. * Wilhelm Weiß – Editor-in-Chief of the Nazi Party's official newspaper, the '' Völkischer Beobachter'', from 1938 to 1945, President of the Reich Press Association and an SA-''Obergruppenführer''. * Horst Wessel – ''Sturmführer'' in the Berlin SA and author of the ''Horst-Wessel-Lied ("Die Fahne Hoch")'', the Party anthem. Elevated to martyr status by Nazi propaganda after his 1930 murder– by Communists or by a rival pimp, according to their opponents. * Max Winkler – Reich Commissioner for the German Film Industry. * Christian Wirth – SS-''Obersturmführer''. He was a senior German police and SS officer during the program to exterminate the Jewish people of occupied Poland during World War II, known as "Operation Reinhard". Wirth was a top aide of

, the overall director of "

" (Aktion Reinhard or Einsatz Reinhard). * Hermann Wirth – Dutch-German historian and scholar of ancient religions and symbols. He co-founded the SS-organization ''Ahnenerbe'', but was later pushed out by Heinrich Himmler. * Eduard Wirths – Chief camp physician at Auschwitz concentration camp from 1942 to 1945. * Karl Wolff – SS-''Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS''. He became Chief of Personal Staff to the ''Reichsführer-SS'' (Heinrich Himmler) and SS Liaison Officer to Hitler until his replacement in 1943. From 1943 to 1945, Wolff was the Supreme SS and Police Leader of the 'Italien' area. By 1945 Wolff was acting military commander of Italy, and in that capacity negotiated the surrender of all the forces in the Southwest Front. * Alfred Wünnenberg – SS-''Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei''. Commander of the 4th SS, SS-Polizei-Division, 1941–1943; Chief of the ''

'' (Orpo), 1943–1945 after

suffered a massive heart attack.

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* Adolf Ziegler – Hitler's favorite painter, tasked with the destruction of ''Entartete Kunst'' (Degenerate Art). * Franz Ziereis – Commandant of Mauthausen concentration camp. * Hans Zimmermann – Succeeded

as Acting ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Franken from 1940 to 1942. He was an SA-''Oberführer''.

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