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Born June 29, 1880 • Germany
Died July 20, 1944 (aged 64) • Berlin • Germany
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Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Erich Ludendorff
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Hermann Göring
Hermann Göring
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Adolf Eichmann
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Paul von Hindenburg
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Heinrich Himmler
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Franz Halder, 1938.
Franz Halder
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Reinhard Heydrich
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Friedrich Paulus
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Albert Kesselring
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Otto IV
Holy Roman emperor
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Sigismund
Holy Roman emperor
Karl Otto Koch
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Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg
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Helmuth von Moltke
Helmuth von Moltke
German military commander [1848–1916]
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Josef Dietrich
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