During a memorial service for Rudel
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Figure timeline
Hans-Ulrich Rudel
Hans-Ulrich Rudel was a German ground-attack pilot during World War II and a post-war neo-Nazi activist.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
culture · German military officer (1916-1982) · aircraft pilot · writer · mountaineer · military officer · colonel · escape helper · also Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Rudel
Born 2 July 1916 · Died 18 December 1982 · Q57131
16 published statements · 0 followers
See & hear
Photos & media
5 photos
Media from Wikimedia Commons, hotlinked at the source under its own licence — see each file for author and terms.
Live now
In the news
Pulling headlines from trusted outlets — this usually takes a few seconds
Checking the wires…
Feed scan
These are live links, not archived citations — they only join the timeline once a collect run verifies and archives them.
Live pulse
Recent highlights
Most recent outstanding titles, awards, and quotes
- Award
- Award
1983· 1 entry
1982· 1 entry
Died 1982-12-18.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #death
1977· 1 entry
Became a spokesman for the German People's Union, a nationalist political party founded by Gerhard Frey
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1976· 1 entry
Rudel attended a conference in the United States with various members of the United States military and defense industry as part of the continuous development of the A-10 Thunderbolt II; Rudel's status as a highly decora
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1966· 1 entry
Merex, represented by Walter Drück, a former Generalmajor in the Wehrmacht and BND agent, helped by the contacts established by Rudel and Sassen, sold discarded equipment of the Bundeswehr (German Federal armed forces) t
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1957· 1 entry
Rudel and Mengele together travelled to Chile to meet with Walter Rauff, the inventor of the mobile gas chamber
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1955· 1 entry
A military and civilian uprising that ended the second presidential term of Perón, Rudel was forced to leave Argentina and move to Paraguay
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1953· 1 entry
And became a leading member of the Neo-Nazi nationalist political party, the German Reich Party (Deutsche Reichspartei or DRP)
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1951· 1 entry
Published a pamphlet Dolchstoß oder Legende
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1948· 1 entry
Emigrated to Argentina via the ratlines, travelling via the Austrian Zillertal to Italy
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1944· 2 entries
Awarded Wound Badge (1939) in Gold (1944).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Won Knight's Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds (1944).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #trophy
- #achievement
1941· 1 entry
Awarded German Cross in Gold (1941).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
1936· 2 entries
Won Golden Hitler Youth Badge (1936).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #trophy
- #achievement
Participated in the compulsory Reich Labour Service (RAD)
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1916· 1 entry
Born 1916-07-02.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #birth