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Franz Hössler

1906 - 1945

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Franz Hößler, also Franz Hössler (German: [ˈfʁants ˈhœslɐ] ; 4 February 1906 – 13 December 1945) was a Nazi German SS-Obersturmführer and Schutzhaftlagerführer at the Auschwitz-Birkenau, Dora-Mittelbau and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps during World War II. Captured by the Allies at the end of the war, Hößler was charged with war crimes in the First Bergen-Belsen Trial, found guilty, and sentenced to death. He was executed by hanging at Hameln Prison in 1945. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Hössler is the 682nd most popular military personnel (down from 636th in 2019), the 1,717th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,570th in 2019) and the 119th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Franz Hössler ranks 682 out of 2,058Before him are Pierre Cambronne, Ashraf Marwan, Fritz Bayerlein, Kawakami Gensai, Callimachus, and Bardas Skleros. After him are Jean Maximilien Lamarque, Justinian, Markian Popov, Sadao Araki, Hugh S. Johnson, and Yue Jin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Franz Hössler ranks 94Before him are Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Primo Carnera, Nazim al-Qudsi, Muzafer Sherif, John Carradine, and Joaquín Balaguer. After him are Piero Taruffi, Heinz Harmel, Junio Valerio Borghese, Curtis LeMay, Eleanor Hibbert, and Louise Brooks. Among people deceased in 1945, Franz Hössler ranks 116Before him are Richard Glücks, Takeichi Nishi, Walter Krüger, Takijirō Ōnishi, Lord Alfred Douglas, and Constanze Manziarly. After him are Robert Brasillach, Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, Robert Desnos, August Hirt, Le Pétomane, and Rudolf Lange.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Franz Hössler ranks 1,717 out of 7,253Before him are Otto Rasch (1891), Fritz Bayerlein (1899), Elisabeth of Schönau (1129), Friedrich Kellner (1885), Amalia of Solms-Braunfels (1602), and Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758). After him are Hans Staden (1525), Salomon Mayer von Rothschild (1774), Georg Ebers (1837), Siegfried Marcus (1831), Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg (1785), and Franz Pfeffer von Salomon (1888).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Franz Hössler ranks 119Before him are Kurt Franz (1914), Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (1911), Hans Speidel (1897), Heinz Lammerding (1905), Kurt von Tippelskirch (1891), and Fritz Bayerlein (1899). After him are Georg Stumme (1886), Wilhelm Adam (1877), Matthias Kleinheisterkamp (1893), Walter Stennes (1895), Nicolaus von Below (1907), and August Hirt (1898).