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Karl Silberbauer

1911 - 1972

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Karl Josef Silberbauer (21 June 1911 – 2 September 1972) was an Austrian police officer, Schutzstaffel (SS) member, and undercover investigator for the West German Bundesnachrichtendienst (federal intelligence service). He was stationed in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam during World War II, where he was promoted to the rank of Hauptscharführer (master sergeant). In 1963, Silberbauer, by then an inspector in the Vienna police, was exposed as the commander of the 1944 Gestapo raid on the Anne Frank House Secret Annex and the arrests of Anne Frank, her fellow fugitives, and two of their protectors, Victor Kugler and Johannes Kleiman. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Silberbauer is the 628th most popular military personnel (down from 551st in 2019), the 360th most popular biography from Austria (down from 311th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Austrian Military Personnel.

Karl Silberbauer is most famous for being the detective who arrested O.J. Simpson for the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Karl Silberbauer ranks 628 out of 2,058. Before him are Yoshijirō Umezu, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Adem Jashari, Kurt Franz, Gyula Cseszneky, and Eberhard von Mackensen. After him are Takeichi Nishi, Osman Pazvantoğlu, Johan Banér, Heraclius the Elder, Alexander Haig, and Walter Krüger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Karl Silberbauer ranks 79. Before him are André Claveau, Nicholas Ray, Eduardo Frei Montalva, Sergey Sokolov, Mahalia Jackson, and Hubert Humphrey. After him are Carl Keenan Seyfert, Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock, Lina Heydrich, Lucille Ball, Aly Khan, and Józef Cyrankiewicz. Among people deceased in 1972, Karl Silberbauer ranks 58. Before him are Lester B. Pearson, Harlow Shapley, Martiros Saryan, Ettore Bastico, Mahalia Jackson, and Hans Scharoun. After him are S. R. Ranganathan, Clara Campoamor, Hugo Steinhaus, Jules Romains, Henry de Montherlant, and Aspasia Manos.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Karl Silberbauer ranks 360 out of 1,424. Before him are Franz Jonas (1899), Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria (1870), Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1614), Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797), Herman VI, Margrave of Baden (1226), and Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria (1868). After him are Giovanni Battista Caproni (1886), Otto Hofmann (1896), Zoltán Tildy (1889), Senta Berger (1941), Raoul Hausmann (1886), and Ettore Sottsass (1917).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Austria

Among military personnels born in Austria, Karl Silberbauer ranks 19. Before him are Gustav Wagner (1911), Walter Nowotny (1920), Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria (1818), Matthäus Hetzenauer (1924), Franz Böhme (1885), and Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1614). After him are Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria (1872), Eduard Roschmann (1908), Gordon Gollob (1912), Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg (1638), Sylvester Stadler (1910), and Maximilian Grabner (1905).

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