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Ernst Kaltenbrunner

1903 - 1946

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Ernst Kaltenbrunner (4 October 1903 – 16 October 1946) was an Austrian 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 the third Chief of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA), which included the offices of Gestapo, Kripo and SD, from January 1943 until the end of World War II in Europe. Kaltenbrunner joined the Nazi Party in 1930 and the SS in 1931, and by 1935 he was considered a leader of the Austrian SS. In 1938, he assisted in the Anschluss and was given command of the SS and police force in Austria. In January 1943, Kaltenbrunner was appointed chief of the RSHA, succeeding Reinhard Heydrich, who was assassinated in May 1942. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernst Kaltenbrunner is the 782nd most popular politician (down from 632nd in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from Austria (down from 53rd in 2019) and the 27th most popular Austrian Politician.

Ernst Kaltenbrunner was the highest-ranking member of the SS to be convicted at the Nuremberg Trials. He was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and sentenced to death.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ernst Kaltenbrunner ranks 782 out of 19,576. Before him are Manuel I Komnenos, Zakir Husain, Philip the Good, Geronimo, Dilma Rousseff, and Abbas the Great. After him are Murad V, Henry I of France, Staurakios, Georges Clemenceau, Æthelbald, King of Wessex, and Gordian I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Ernst Kaltenbrunner ranks 9. Before him are John von Neumann, Konrad Lorenz, Aram Khachaturian, Georges Simenon, Theodor W. Adorno, and George Beadle. After him are C. F. Powell, Adolf Butenandt, Habib Bourguiba, Fernandel, Mark Rothko, and Jan Tinbergen. Among people deceased in 1946, Ernst Kaltenbrunner ranks 10. Before him are Wilhelm Keitel, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg, Alfred Jodl, Amon Göth, and Ion Antonescu. After him are Gerhart Hauptmann, Hans Frank, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Mikhail Kalinin, Alexander Alekhine, and John Logie Baird.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Ernst Kaltenbrunner ranks 68 out of 1,424. Before him are Otto Skorzeny (1908), Róbert Bárány (1876), Prince Louis of Battenberg (1854), Amon Göth (1908), Christian Doppler (1803), and Oskar Kokoschka (1886). After him are Victor Francis Hess (1883), Archduke Otto of Austria (1865), Martin Buber (1878), Richard Adolf Zsigmondy (1865), Kurt Waldheim (1918), and Anna Freud (1895).

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Among POLITICIANS In Austria

Among politicians born in Austria, Ernst Kaltenbrunner ranks 27. Before him are Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (1608), Maria Carolina of Austria (1752), Archduchess Sophie of Austria (1855), Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (1678), Archduke Franz Karl of Austria (1802), and Prince Louis of Battenberg (1854). After him are Archduke Otto of Austria (1865), Kurt Waldheim (1918), Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1906), Albert II of Germany (1397), Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (1861), and Charles II, Archduke of Austria (1540).

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