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Franz Böhme

1885 - 1947

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Franz Friedrich Böhme (15 April 1885 – 29 May 1947) was an Army officer who served in succession with the Austro-Hungarian Army, the Austrian Army and the German Wehrmacht. He rose to the rank of general during World War II, serving as Commander of the XVIII Mountain Corps, Hitler's Plenipotentiary Commanding General (Bevollmächtigter Kommandierender General) in the Balkans, and commander-in-chief in German-occupied Norway during World War II. After the war, Böhme was transferred to U.S. custody as a defendant in the Hostages Trial on charges of having massacred thousands of Serbian civilians. He committed suicide in prison. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Böhme is the 528th most popular military personnel (down from 514th in 2019), the 314th most popular biography from Austria (down from 303rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Austrian Military Personnel.

Franz Böhme was a German philosopher and mystic who is most famous for his book Aurora, or the Morning Redness in the East, which described his spiritual journey.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Franz Böhme ranks 528 out of 2,058. Before him are Theodor Busse, Oenomaus, Giorgio Basta, Otto Kumm, Reginald Dyer, and Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji. After him are Fyodor Ushakov, Viktor Lutze, Dmitry Pavlov, John Franklin, Jan Pieterszoon Coen, and Adolf Heusinger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Franz Böhme ranks 52. Before him are Jules Pascin, G. W. Pabst, Romano Guardini, Will Durant, Velimir Khlebnikov, and Christian Wirth. After him are Sacha Guitry, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, Seishirō Itagaki, André Lhote, Sisavang Vong, and Bess Truman. Among people deceased in 1947, Franz Böhme ranks 57. Before him are Manolete, Gusztáv Jány, Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke, Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Karel Čurda, and Black Dahlia. After him are Franz Seldte, Alfredo Casella, Franz Ritter von Epp, Dorothea Binz, Hermine Reuss of Greiz, and P. D. Ouspensky.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Franz Böhme ranks 314 out of 1,424. Before him are Archduchess Maria Annunciata of Austria (1876), Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759), Kunigunde of Austria (1465), Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia (1432), Martin Karplus (1930), and Claudia Felicitas of Austria (1653). After him are Franz König (1905), Peter Altenberg (1859), Guido von List (1848), Hans Krankl (1953), Carl Auer von Welsbach (1858), and Erik Jan Hanussen (1889).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Austria

Among military personnels born in Austria, Franz Böhme ranks 17. Before him are Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg (1865), Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (1817), Gustav Wagner (1911), Walter Nowotny (1920), Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria (1818), and Matthäus Hetzenauer (1924). After him are Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1614), Karl Silberbauer (1911), Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria (1872), Eduard Roschmann (1908), Gordon Gollob (1912), and Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg (1638).

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