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Herberts Cukurs

1900 - 1965

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Herberts Albert Cukurs (17 May 1900 – 23 February 1965) was a Latvian aviator and Nazi collaborator. He served as the deputy commander of the Arajs Kommando, a collaborationist unit that carried out the largest mass murders of Latvian Jews during the Holocaust. Although Cukurs never stood trial, the accounts of multiple Holocaust survivors, including Zelma Shepshelovitz, credibly link him to personally supervising and committing war crimes and crimes against humanity for the duration of the German occupation of Latvia. His crimes included shooting Jewish children and babies in captivity, burning Jews alive, and sexually assaulting Jewish women. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Herberts Cukurs is the 472nd most popular military personnel (up from 735th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Latvia (up from 32nd in 2019) and the most popular Latvian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Herberts Cukurs ranks 472 out of 2,058. Before him are Levin August von Bennigsen, Jan Kubiš, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, Tamon Yamaguchi, Maher al-Assad, and Theodoros Kolokotronis. After him are Gusztáv Jány, Emilio De Bono, Artur Phleps, Ernst von Mansfeld, Josef Harpe, and Gan Ning.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Herberts Cukurs ranks 61. Before him are Jean Negulesco, Raphael Lemkin, Mária Telkes, Charley Paddock, Maurice Thorez, and W. Edwards Deming. After him are Yves Tanguy, Aaron Copland, Kiyoo Kanda, Katina Paxinou, Werner Haase, and Mahavatar Babaji. Among people deceased in 1965, Herberts Cukurs ranks 32. Before him are Helena Rubinstein, Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, Paul Tillich, Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland, Louis Hjelmslev, and Fan Noli. After him are Sonny Boy Williamson II, David O. Selznick, Frederick Fleet, Clara Bow, William M. Branham, and Henry A. Wallace.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Herberts Cukurs ranks 16 out of 323. Before him are Nicolai Hartmann (1882), Ernst Gideon von Laudon (1717), Aron Nimzowitsch (1886), Gidon Kremer (1947), Jacob Kettler (1610), and Andris Bērziņš (1944). After him are Vera Mukhina (1889), Peter von Biron (1724), Mischa Maisky (1948), Ernst Johann von Biron (1690), Egils Levits (1955), and Valdis Zatlers (1955).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Latvia

Among military personnels born in Latvia, Herberts Cukurs ranks 1. After him are Wolfgang Lüth (1913), Jukums Vācietis (1873), Jānis Balodis (1881), Yevgeny Miller (1867), and Hans-Diedrich von Tiesenhausen (1913).

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