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Also Known As Bestie von Belsen • Beast of Belsen
Born 1906
Died December 13, 1945 (aged 39) • Hameln • Germany
Political Affiliation Nazi Party
Role In Holocaust
Rudolf Franz Höss
German Nazi commandant
Josef Mengele
Josef Mengele
German physician
Adolf Eichmann listening to an Israeli court's verdict
Adolf Eichmann
German military official
Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Himmler
German Nazi leader
Reinhard Heydrich
Reinhard Heydrich
German Nazi official
Karl Otto Koch
German Nazi commandant
Pister, Hermann
Hermann Pister
German SS officer
Kaltenbrunner, Ernst
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Austrian Nazi
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany
Hermann Göring
Hermann Göring
German minister
Klaus Barbie
Nazi leader
Dietrich, Sepp
Josef Dietrich
German military officer
Paul Hausser, German Waffen-SS commander, World War II.
Paul Hausser
German military officer
Otto Skorzeny
Otto Skorzeny
Nazi SS officer
Erich Ludendorff
Erich Ludendorff
German general
Walther Model
German military officer
Martin Bormann
Martin Bormann
German Nazi leader
Hans Fritzsche
German journalist
Daluege, Himmler, and Röhm
Ernst Röhm
German army officer
Reinhard Gehlen
German general