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Hans Fritzsche: Facts & Related Content

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Born 1899 • Dresden • Germany
Died September 27, 1953 (aged 54) • Cologne • Germany
Political Affiliation Nazi Party
Role In World War II
Heinz Guderian
Heinz Guderian
German general
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany
Hermann Göring
Hermann Göring
German minister
Dietrich, Sepp
Josef Dietrich
German military officer
Martin Bormann
Martin Bormann
German Nazi leader
William Joyce
English-language propagandist
Joseph Goebbels
Joseph Goebbels
German propagandist
Adolf Eichmann listening to an Israeli court's verdict
Adolf Eichmann
German military official
Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Himmler
German Nazi leader
Walther Model
German military officer
Paul Hausser, German Waffen-SS commander, World War II.
Paul Hausser
German military officer
Otto Skorzeny
Otto Skorzeny
Nazi SS officer
Erwin Rommel
Erwin Rommel
German field marshal
Franz Halder, 1938.
Franz Halder
German general
Paulus, Friedrich
Friedrich Paulus
German military officer
Kesselring
Albert Kesselring
German field marshal
Gerd von Rundstedt.
Gerd von Rundstedt
German field marshal
Manstein, Erich von
Erich von Manstein
German general
Wilhelm Keitel
Wilhelm Keitel
German military officer
Salmuth, Hans von
Hans von Salmuth
German military officer

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