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Heinz Lammerding

1905 - 1971

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Heinz Lammerding (27 August 1905 – 13 January 1971) was a German SS officer convicted of war crimes during the Nazi era. During World War II, he commanded the SS Panzer Division Das Reich that perpetrated the Tulle and the Oradour-sur-Glane massacres in occupied France. After the war, Lammerding was convicted in absentia for having ordered the murder of approximately 750 French civilians, but remained protected by Germany after serving a prison sentence there. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heinz Lammerding is the 656th most popular military personnel (down from 542nd in 2019), the 1,660th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,314th in 2019) and the 116th most popular German Military Personnel.

Heinz Lammerding was a German general who commanded the SS Panzer Corps during World War II. He is most famous for being the commanding officer of the SS Panzer Corps that invaded France and killed over 17,000 people in Oradour-sur-Glane, France.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Heinz Lammerding ranks 656 out of 2,058. Before him are Chris Kyle, Pang De, Pavel Batitsky, Stanisław Sosabowski, Saitō Hajime, and Alexander Pokryshkin. After him are Marie-Pierre Kœnig, Peucestas, Elyesa Bazna, Kurt von Tippelskirch, Raymond A. Spruance, and John Pope.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Heinz Lammerding ranks 76. Before him are André Jolivet, Nikolai Tikhonov, Gareth Jones, Jigme Wangchuck, Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, and Federica Montseny. After him are Banine, Wolfram Sievers, Pierre Levegh, Takeo Fukuda, Pierre Gemayel, and Chen Yun. Among people deceased in 1971, Heinz Lammerding ranks 49. Before him are Paul Lévy, Mathilde Kschessinska, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Diane Arbus, Raoul Hausmann, and Van Heflin. After him are Richard Russell Jr., Helene Weigel, Dean Acheson, Carlos P. Garcia, Edie Sedgwick, and Ub Iwerks.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinz Lammerding ranks 1,660 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller (1806), Jürgen Kohler (1965), Marianne Weber (1870), Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange (1751), Christian I, Elector of Saxony (1560), and Anne Wiazemsky (1947). After him are Gottfried Silbermann (1683), Uta Hagen (1919), Jürgen Moltmann (1926), Horst Hrubesch (1951), Philipp Mainländer (1841), and Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Heinz Lammerding ranks 116. Before him are Alexander von Kluck (1846), Anton Dostler (1891), Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach (1888), Kurt Franz (1914), Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (1911), and Hans Speidel (1897). After him are Kurt von Tippelskirch (1891), Fritz Bayerlein (1899), Franz Hössler (1906), Georg Stumme (1886), Wilhelm Adam (1877), and Matthias Kleinheisterkamp (1893).

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