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Hermann Fegelein

1906 - 1945

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Hans Otto Georg Hermann Fegelein (30 October 1906 – 28 April 1945) was a high-ranking commander in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany. He was a member of Adolf Hitler's entourage and brother-in-law to Eva Braun through his marriage to her sister Gretl. Fegelein joined a cavalry regiment of the Reichswehr in 1925 and transferred to the SS on 10 April 1933. He became a leader of an SS equestrian group, and was in charge of preparation for the equestrian events of the Berlin Olympic Games in 1936. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hermann Fegelein is the 155th most popular military personnel (up from 159th in 2019), the 409th most popular biography from Germany (down from 386th in 2019) and the 34th most popular German Military Personnel.

Hermann Fegelein was a Nazi officer and adjutant to Adolf Hitler. He was also the commander of the SS Cavalry Brigade. He was a member of the Nazi Party and the SS. He was married to Eva Braun's sister, Gretl. He was executed for desertion on April 29, 1945.

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Among military personnels, Hermann Fegelein ranks 155 out of 2,058. Before him are Erich von Falkenhayn, Helmuth Weidling, Perdiccas, John Hawkins, Pyotr Bagration, and Zhang Fei. After him are Michael Wittmann, Pancho Villa, Matilda of Tuscany, Joseph Joffre, Dragut, and Dong Zhuo.

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Among people born in 1906, Hermann Fegelein ranks 35. Before him are Sayyid Qutb, Giuseppe Farina, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Ilse Koch, Sergei Korolev, and Hassan al-Banna. After him are Léon Degrelle, Ed Gein, Josef Kramer, Clyde Tombaugh, Marcelo Caetano, and Shin'ichirō Tomonaga. Among people deceased in 1945, Hermann Fegelein ranks 36. Before him are Hans Fischer, David Lloyd George, August von Mackensen, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Käthe Kollwitz, and Emil Hácha. After him are Hans Krebs, Stefan Banach, Ernst Busch, Friedrich Fromm, Roland Freisler, and Josef Kramer.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hermann Fegelein ranks 409 out of 7,253. Before him are Einhard (770), Ernst Thälmann (1886), Hans Georg Dehmelt (1922), Chlodio (393), Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486), and Maria of Yugoslavia (1900). After him are Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine (1652), Georg von Hertling (1843), Michael Wittmann (1914), Carl Ritter (1779), Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1904), and Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France (1731).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Hermann Fegelein ranks 34. Before him are Hermann Hoth (1885), Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881), Ludwig Beck (1880), August von Mackensen (1849), Franz Halder (1884), and Helmuth Weidling (1891). After him are Michael Wittmann (1914), Hans Krebs (1898), Maurice de Saxe (1696), Ernst Busch (1885), Joachim Peiper (1915), and Helmuth von Moltke the Younger (1848).

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