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Erwin Rösener

1902 - 1946

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Erwin Friedrich Karl Rösener (2 February 1902 – 4 September 1946) was a German Schutzstaffel (SS) commander during the Nazi era. During World War II, he was responsible for mass executions of civilians in Slovenia. Rösener was put on trial for war crimes and sentenced to death on 30 August 1946, then executed by hanging on 4 September 1946. He was posthumously included in the indictment at the Nuremberg Trials for war crimes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erwin Rösener is the 1,390th most popular military personnel (up from 1,401st in 2019), the 3,477th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,381st in 2019) and the 256th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Erwin Rösener ranks 1,390 out of 2,058Before him are Avraham Adan, Hulusi Akar, Holland Smith, Serhiy Tkach, François Séverin Marceau, and Vicente Rojo Lluch. After him are Naomi Parker Fraley, Gisulf I of Friuli, Günther Pancke, Herzi Halevi, Ignacio Allende, and Paul Gorguloff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Erwin Rösener ranks 164Before him are John Houseman, Carlos Vidal, Josef Silný, Shen Congwen, Henri Saint Cyr, and Dutch Schultz. After him are Valerian Zorin, Viliam Široký, Ferenc Hirzer, Anthony Asquith, Vissarion Shebalin, and Andrés Mazali. Among people deceased in 1946, Erwin Rösener ranks 124Before him are John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Pantelis Karasevdas, Cesare Orsenigo, Ahmad Kasravi, Paul Lincke, and Alexey Sudayev. After him are François de La Rocque, Ernst Leonard Lindelöf, Camillo Caccia Dominioni, Carl Gustav Witt, Albert Sechehaye, and Ioannis Rallis.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Erwin Rösener ranks 3,479 out of 7,253Before him are Johann Jacob Bach (1682), Karl Kaufmann (1900), Engelbert II of Berg (1185), Ingo Schwichtenberg (1965), Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1893), and Konrad Ernst Ackermann (1712). After him are Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1896), Carl Ludwig Koch (1778), Johannes Lingelbach (1622), Paul Wallot (1841), Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1832), and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (1989).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Erwin Rösener ranks 256Before him are Otto Ciliax (1891), Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen (1815), Maximilian Fretter-Pico (1892), Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg (1661), Franz Bäke (1898), and Friedrich Christiansen (1879). After him are Hans Jordan (1892), Kurt von der Chevallerie (1891), Fritz Julius Kuhn (1896), Karl von Einem (1853), Josef Kammhuber (1896), and Friedrich Kirchner (1885).