Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Ernst Kaltenbrunner Charged with Issuing Orders for Liquidation of Warsaw Ghetto
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Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Ernst Kaltenbrunner was an Austrian lawyer, high-ranking SS official during the Nazi era, major perpetrator of the Holocaust, and convicted war criminal. After the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in 1942, and a brief period under Heinrich Himmler, Kaltenbrunner was named the third director of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA), which included the offices of Gestapo, Kripo and SD, serving fro…
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politics · Austrian SS official (1903–1946) · politician · lawyer · military officer · Gestapo employee · Holocaust perpetrator · jurist · also Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Kaltenbrunner
Born 4 October 1903 · Died 16 October 1946 · Q78473
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2011· 1 entry
Transfermarkt: Ernst Kaltenbrunner
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2001· 1 entry
Ernst Kaltenbrunner's personal Nazi security seal was found in an Alpine lake in Styria, Austria, 56 years after he had thrown it away to hide his identity
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1946· 5 entries
Died 1946-10-16.
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“Opis: dowcip z czasów środkowej fazy II wojny światowej.”
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“All offices of the SD and the security police are to be informed that pogroms of the populace against English and American terror-fliers were not to be interfered with; on the contrary, this hostile mood is to be fostered.”
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“I do not feel guilty of any war crimes, I have only done my duty as an intelligence organ, and I refuse to serve as an ersatz for Himmler.”
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“The colonel in charge of the London prison that I was in has told me that I would be hanged in any case, no matter what the outcome would be. Since I am fully aware of that, all I want to do is to clear up on the fundamental things that are wrong here.”
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1944· 3 entries
Awarded Knight's Cross of the War Merit Cross in Gold without Swords (1944).
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Kaltenbrunner was summoned to Hitler's wartime headquarters at the Wolfsschanze (Wolf's Lair) in East Prussia to begin the investigation into who had planned the assassination attempt
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During an arranged meeting in Klessheim Castle near Salzburg, when Hitler was in the process of strong-arming Admiral Horthy into a closer integration between Hungary and Nazi Germany, Kaltenbrunner was present for the
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1943· 4 entries
Awarded War Merit Cross 1st Class with Swords (1943).
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Earned German Cross in Silver (1943).
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Career landmark: Chef der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD (1943–1945).
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Career landmark: President of Interpol (1943–1945).
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1942· 3 entries
Awarded War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords (1942).
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Awarded Blood Order (1942).
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And a brief period under Heinrich Himmler, Kaltenbrunner was named the third director of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA), which included the offices of Gestapo, Kripo and SD, serving from January 1943 until the end
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1939· 1 entry
Won Golden Party Badge (1939).
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1938· 2 entries
Assisted in the Anschluss and was given command of the SS and police force in Austria
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Was appointed Higher SS and Police Leader (Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer; HSSPF) for Oberabschnitt Donau, which was the primary SS command in Austria (he held that post until 30 January 1943)
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1935· 1 entry
Was jailed again on suspicion of high treason; more specifically, Kaltenbrunner was accused of spreading Nazi propaganda materials to the army
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1934· 2 entries
Awarded SS Zivilabzeichen (1934).
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Awarded Honour Chevron for the Old Guard (1934).
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1931· 1 entry
Was the Bezirksredner (district speaker) for the Nazi Party in Upper Austria
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1930· 1 entry
And the SS in 1931, and by 1935 he was considered a leader of the Austrian SS
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1929· 2 entries
And later held this same position for SS Abschnitt (Section) VIII, beginning in 1932
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In the summer of 1929, Kaltenbrunner joined the Heimwehr, which Black claims merged his "emotional need for membership in a community" with his political ideals.
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1921· 2 entries
After finishing gymnasium in 1921, Kaltenbrunner first studied chemistry at the University of Graz, where his father had matriculated, but switched to law in 1923.
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Kaltenbrunner first studied chemistry at the University of Graz, where his father had matriculated, but switched to law in 1923
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1903· 1 entry
Born 1903-10-04.
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