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Helmuth von Pannwitz

1898 - 1947

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Helmuth von Pannwitz (14 October 1898 – 16 January 1947) was a German general who was a cavalry officer during the First and the Second World Wars. Later he became a Lieutenant General of the Wehrmacht, a SS-Gruppenführer of the Waffen-SS, and Feldataman of the XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps. In 1947 he was tried for war crimes under Ukaz 43 by the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union, sentenced to death on 16 January 1947 and executed in Lefortovo Prison the same day. He was rehabilitated by a military prosecutor in Moscow in April 1996. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Helmuth von Pannwitz is the 791st most popular military personnel (up from 797th in 2019), the 397th most popular biography from Poland (up from 410th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Polish Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Helmuth von Pannwitz ranks 791 out of 2,058. Before him are Hua Xiong, Oswald Boelcke, Sergey Gorshkov, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Rudolf Schmundt, and David Farragut. After him are Nikolay Gumilyov, Hans Karl von Diebitsch, John Hanning Speke, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, Hans von Salmuth, and Emiliano Mercado del Toro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Helmuth von Pannwitz ranks 86. Before him are August Hirt, Eben Dönges, Gulzarilal Nanda, Vladimir Fock, Leo McCarey, and Emil Artin. After him are Salvatore Ferragamo, Fyodor Kuznetsov, Leon Štukelj, Hans Globke, Lotte Lenya, and Kang Sheng. Among people deceased in 1947, Helmuth von Pannwitz ranks 78. Before him are Lucjan Żeligowski, Archduchess Louise of Austria, W. I. Thomas, Karol Świerczewski, Charles Bally, and Lilly Reich. After him are Nicholas Murray Butler, Heinrich Schwarz, Hugh Lofting, Arthur Machen, William Moulton Marston, and Annie Londonderry.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Helmuth von Pannwitz ranks 397 out of 1,694. Before him are Krystian Zimerman (1956), Maria Cunitz (1610), Arthur Greiser (1897), Mieszko III the Old (1126), Gustav Flatow (1875), and Carl Tausig (1841). After him are Theodor Leschetizky (1830), Hans Karl von Diebitsch (1785), Alfred Korzybski (1879), I. L. Peretz (1852), Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile (1140), and Barbara Jagiellon (1478).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Poland

Among military personnels born in Poland, Helmuth von Pannwitz ranks 35. Before him are Heinz Reinefarth (1903), Maximilian von Prittwitz (1848), Walther Nehring (1892), Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz (1893), Karol Świerczewski (1897), and Casimir Pulaski (1745). After him are Hans Karl von Diebitsch (1785), Max von Gallwitz (1852), Hellmuth Stieff (1901), Hermann von Eichhorn (1848), Zygmunt Berling (1896), and Walther von Lüttwitz (1859).

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