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Otto Wöhler

1894 - 1987

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Otto Wöhler (12 July 1894 – 5 February 1987) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He rose to a corps and army level commander. Wöhler was implicated in Einsatzgruppen activities while serving as Chief of Staff of the 11th Army in early 1942. After the war, he was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the High Command trial and sentenced to 8 years. He was released in February 1951. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otto Wöhler is the 924th most popular military personnel (down from 894th in 2019), the 2,354th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,179th in 2019) and the 170th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Otto Wöhler ranks 924 out of 2,058. Before him are Won Gyun, Heinrich Eberbach, Joseph Stilwell, Georg von der Marwitz, Peter Lacy, and Sergey Biryuzov. After him are George B. McClellan, Esmail Ghaani, Fritz von Below, Karl Frenzel, Fritz Freitag, and Mario Roatta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Otto Wöhler ranks 88. Before him are Józef Beck, Meher Baba, Tivadar Soros, Thorleif Haug, Oskar Klein, and Nedo Nadi. After him are Julian Tuwim, Fritz Freitag, Friedrich Hossbach, Prince René of Bourbon-Parma, René Fonck, and Max Weinreich. Among people deceased in 1987, Otto Wöhler ranks 82. Before him are Konstantinos Tsatsos, Bengt Strömgren, Andrei Mironov, Morton Feldman, Charan Singh, and Gerhard Klopfer. After him are Herbert Blumer, Maxwell D. Taylor, Maria von Trapp, J. P. Guilford, Renato Guttuso, and Alfred Bester.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Otto Wöhler ranks 2,355 out of 7,253. Before him are Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723), Uli Jon Roth (1954), Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764), Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1667), Eduard Meyer (1855), and Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia (1155). After him are Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (1598), Horst-Dieter Höttges (1943), Floris III, Count of Holland (1141), Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony (1796), Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Crown Princess of Prussia (1746), and Fritz Müller (1822).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Otto Wöhler ranks 170. Before him are Karl Mauss (1898), Erich Rudorffer (1917), Prince Franz of Bavaria (1875), Ludwig Crüwell (1892), Michael Lippert (1897), and Heinrich Eberbach (1895). After him are Karl Frenzel (1911), Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke (1889), Friedrich Hossbach (1894), Reiner Stahel (1892), Dietrich Kraiss (1889), and Wilhelm Marschall (1886).

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