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Adolf Diekmann

1914 - 1944

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Adolf Rudolf Reinhold Diekmann (18 December 1914 – 29 June 1944) was a Nazi officer in the Waffen SS during World War II who orchestrated the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre in France on 10 June 1944. Under Diekmann's command, troops from the SS Division Das Reich killed 643 inhabitants in the village, most of whom were women and children. He said he committed the war crime in retaliation for the killing of a fellow SS officer named Helmut Kämpfe by the French Resistance. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adolf Diekmann is the 1,186th most popular military personnel (up from 1,288th in 2019), the 2,990th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,122nd in 2019) and the 224th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Adolf Diekmann ranks 1,186 out of 2,058. Before him are Grigory Kotovsky, Aleksander Zawadzki, Mile Mrkšić, Nikolay Krylov, Richard Ruoff, and Hajo Herrmann. After him are Karl Koller, Ivan Tyulenev, Kit Carson, Jure Francetić, Hans Joachim von Zieten, and Pavel Grachev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Adolf Diekmann ranks 162. Before him are Kazimierz Świątek, Albrecht Brandi, Sun Ra, Domènec Balmanya, Budd Schulberg, and Magda Frank. After him are Maxim of Bulgaria, Giorgio Almirante, Tito Okello, Mihailo Lalić, Albert Soboul, and Alojs Andritzki. Among people deceased in 1944, Adolf Diekmann ranks 164. Before him are Kaj Munk, Mineichi Koga, Bruno Lüdke, Adaviye Efendiyeva, Gabriel Hanotaux, and Ramón Castillo. After him are Motobu Chōki, Adolf Wagner, Abdurreshid Ibrahim, Benjamin Fondane, Endre Kabos, and Hans Graf von Sponeck.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Adolf Diekmann ranks 2,992 out of 7,253. Before him are John, Count Palatine of Neumarkt (1383), Richard Ruoff (1883), Georg I, Count of Württemberg-Mömpelgard (1498), Duchess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony (1610), Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg (1447), and Hajo Herrmann (1913). After him are Karl Lehmann (1936), Karl Koller (1898), Rebecca Horn (1944), Princess Elisabeth Friederike Sophie of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1732), Jérôme Boateng (1988), and Fritz Fischer (1908).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Adolf Diekmann ranks 224. Before him are Bruno Lüdke (1908), Ulrich Graf (1878), Albrecht Brandi (1914), Otto Schniewind (1887), Richard Ruoff (1883), and Hajo Herrmann (1913). After him are Karl Koller (1898), Hans Joachim von Zieten (1699), Wilhelm Batz (1916), Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein (1870), Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg (1684), and Friedrich Sixt von Armin (1851).

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