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Erich Kempka

1910 - 1975

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Erich Kempka (16 September 1910 – 24 January 1975) was a member of the SS in Nazi Germany who served as Adolf Hitler's primary chauffeur from 1936 to April 1945. He was present in the area of the Reich Chancellery on 30 April 1945, when Hitler shot himself in the Führerbunker. Kempka delivered petrol to the garden behind the Chancellery, where the remains of Hitler and Eva Braun were burned. After Kempka's capture by United States forces, he served as an eyewitness as to Hitler's demise, albeit his self-admitted unreliability. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erich Kempka is the 408th most popular military personnel (up from 442nd in 2019), the 1,009th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,049th in 2019) and the 77th most popular German Military Personnel.

Erich Kempka was a Nazi officer who served as Adolf Hitler's chauffeur. He is most famous for driving the Führer to his bunker at the end of World War II, and for being the last person to see Hitler alive.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Erich Kempka ranks 408 out of 2,058. Before him are Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, Jean II Le Maingre, Francisco de Miranda, Xanthippus of Carthage, Honda Tadakatsu, and Kirill Meretskov. After him are Vladimir Gelfand, Otto Kretschmer, Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, Vasily Sokolovsky, and Jean-Charles Pichegru.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Erich Kempka ranks 47. Before him are Nathuram Godse, Tjalling Koopmans, Luise Rainer, António de Spínola, Pierre Schaeffer, and Ne Win. After him are Edvard Kardelj, Momofuku Ando, Robert van Gulik, Francisco Varallo, Tancredo Neves, and Meša Selimović. Among people deceased in 1975, Erich Kempka ranks 33. Before him are József Mindszenty, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Dong Biwu, Chivu Stoica, François Tombalbaye, and Shojiro Sugimura. After him are Pavel Sukhoi, Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia, G. I. Taylor, Éamon de Valera, Gottlob Berger, and Julian Huxley.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Erich Kempka ranks 1,009 out of 7,253. Before him are Dorothea of Brandenburg (1430), Hennig Brand (1630), Felix Wankel (1902), Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739), Georg Ratzinger (1924), and Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden (1728). After him are Eva Hesse (1936), Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France (1174), Friedrich Sertürner (1783), Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1497), Johann Christoph Bach (1671), and Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (920).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Erich Kempka ranks 77. Before him are Hans-Joachim Marseille (1919), Götz von Berlichingen (1480), Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck (1870), Erich Priebke (1913), Gerhard von Scharnhorst (1755), and Hans-Valentin Hube (1890). After him are Günther Lütjens (1889), Günther Prien (1908), Reinhard Scheer (1863), Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel (1886), August Neidhardt von Gneisenau (1760), and Karl Mack von Leiberich (1752).

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