MILITARY PERSONNEL

Matthias Kleinheisterkamp

1893 - 1945

Photo of Matthias Kleinheisterkamp

Icon of person Matthias Kleinheisterkamp

Matthias Kleinheisterkamp (22 June 1893 – 29 April 1945) was a high-ranking German SS commander during the Nazi era. Reaching the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer, he commanded the SS Division Totenkopf, SS Division Nord, SS Division Das Reich, III SS Panzer Corps, VII SS Panzer Corps, IV SS Panzer Corps, XII SS Army Corps and the XI SS Army Corps in World War II. Kleinheisterkamp died by suicide in the Battle of Halbe after being captured by the Soviets. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Matthias Kleinheisterkamp is the 699th most popular military personnel (down from 640th in 2019), the 1,779th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,577th in 2019) and the 122nd most popular German Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Matthias Kleinheisterkamp by language

Loading...

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Matthias Kleinheisterkamp ranks 699 out of 2,058. Before him are Shibata Katsuie, Zhou Tai, Georg Stumme, Mikhail Skobelev, Wilhelm Adam, and Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria. After him are Tatya Tope, Walter Stennes, Nicolaus von Below, Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz, Israel Tal, and Husband E. Kimmel.

Most Popular Military Personnels in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Matthias Kleinheisterkamp ranks 64. After him are Bai Chongxi, Kurt Huber, Mário de Andrade, Bill Tilden, Roman Ingarden, Federico Mompou, Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen, Marianne Brandt, Wilhelm Zaisser, Leonarda Cianciulli, Jean Absil, and Carl Værnet. Among people deceased in 1945, Matthias Kleinheisterkamp ranks 118. Before him are Walter Krüger, Takijirō Ōnishi, Lord Alfred Douglas, Constanze Manziarly, Franz Hössler, and Robert Brasillach. After him are Robert Desnos, August Hirt, Le Pétomane, Rudolf Lange, Hajime Sugiyama, and Seiichi Itō.

Others Born in 1893

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1945

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Matthias Kleinheisterkamp ranks 1,779 out of 7,253. Before him are Carl Sigismund Kunth (1788), Ralph H. Baer (1922), Prince Oskar of Prussia (1888), Wenceslaus I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (1337), Princess Josephine of Baden (1813), and Wilhelm Adam (1877). After him are Friedrich Parrot (1791), Michael Stifel (1487), Peter Thiel (1967), Friedrich Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1562), Hillel Furstenberg (1935), and Charles the Child (847).

Others born in Germany

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Matthias Kleinheisterkamp ranks 122. Before him are Heinz Lammerding (1905), Kurt von Tippelskirch (1891), Fritz Bayerlein (1899), Franz Hössler (1906), Georg Stumme (1886), and Wilhelm Adam (1877). After him are Walter Stennes (1895), Nicolaus von Below (1907), August Hirt (1898), Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld (1651), Wilhelm Schepmann (1894), and Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg (1886).

German born Military Personnels

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous