MILITARY PERSONNEL

Eduard Roschmann

1908 - 1977

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Eduard Roschmann (25 November 1908 – 8 August 1977) was an Austrian Nazi SS-Obersturmführer and commandant of the Riga Ghetto during 1943. He was responsible for numerous murders and other atrocities. As a result of a fictionalized portrayal in the novel The Odessa File by Frederick Forsyth and its subsequent film adaptation, Roschmann came to be known as the "Butcher of Riga". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eduard Roschmann is the 720th most popular military personnel (up from 828th in 2019), the 392nd most popular biography from Austria (up from 450th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Austrian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Eduard Roschmann ranks 720 out of 2,058. Before him are Sigismund Korybut, Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld, Wilhelm Schepmann, Billy Mitchell, Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg, and Lothar von Trotha. After him are Domnica, Heinz Harmel, Taira no Masakado, Arnold Jackson, Hans Langsdorff, and Stepa Stepanović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Eduard Roschmann ranks 85. Before him are Henri, Count of Paris, Van Heflin, Rómulo Betancourt, Jim Brown, Viktor Abakumov, and Edward Dmytryk. After him are Sicco Mansholt, Koča Popović, Tex Avery, Sarit Thanarat, Pablo Dorado, and Michael Redgrave. Among people deceased in 1977, Eduard Roschmann ranks 63. Before him are Hamida Djandoubi, Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani, Princess Margaretha of Sweden, Félix Gouin, Juan Velasco Alvarado, and Marc Bolan. After him are Marien Ngouabi, Tom Pryce, Takeo Kurita, Carlos Pace, Edmund Veesenmayer, and Paul Desmond.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Eduard Roschmann ranks 392 out of 1,424. Before him are Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria (1872), Alois Riegl (1858), Leopold IV, Duke of Austria (1371), Edwin Ernest Salpeter (1924), Emilie Louise Flöge (1874), and Theodor Körner (1873). After him are Leopold Fitzinger (1802), Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy (1714), Christine Kaufmann (1945), Gordon Gollob (1912), Wirich Philipp von Daun (1669), and Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg (1902).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Austria

Among military personnels born in Austria, Eduard Roschmann ranks 21. Before him are Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria (1818), Matthäus Hetzenauer (1924), Franz Böhme (1885), Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1614), Karl Silberbauer (1911), and Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria (1872). After him are Gordon Gollob (1912), Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg (1638), Sylvester Stadler (1910), Maximilian Grabner (1905), Augustín Malár (1894), and Georg von Derfflinger (1606).

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