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Paul Hausser

1880 - 1972

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Paul Hausser, also known by his birth name Paul Falk post war (7 October 1880 – 21 December 1972), was a German general and, together with Sepp Dietrich, one of the two highest ranking commanders in the Waffen-SS. He played a key role in the post-war revisionist efforts by former members of the Waffen-SS to achieve historical and legal rehabilitation. Hausser served as an officer in the Prussian Army during World War I and attained the rank of general in the inter-war Reichsheer. After retirement, he joined the SS and was instrumental in forming the Waffen-SS. During World War II, he rose to the level of army group commander. He led Waffen-SS troops in the Third Battle of Kharkov, the Battle of Kursk and the Normandy Campaign. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Hausser is the 191st most popular military personnel (down from 167th in 2019), the 495th most popular biography from Germany (down from 409th in 2019) and the 41st most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Paul Hausser ranks 191 out of 2,058. Before him are Joachim Peiper, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, Felix Steiner, Aleksandr Vasilevsky, and Desmond Doss. After him are Maxime Weygand, Abraha, Gertrude Bell, Georg von Küchler, Captain Tom, and Mikhail Frunze.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Paul Hausser ranks 17. Before him are Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Franz Marc, Gideon Sundback, André Derain, Ludwig Beck, and Manuel Azaña. After him are Wilhelm List, Werner von Fritsch, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Premchand, Otto Weininger, and Max Wertheimer. Among people deceased in 1972, Paul Hausser ranks 18. Before him are Paul-Henri Spaak, Igor Sikorsky, Franz Halder, Athenagoras I of Constantinople, Asta Nielsen, and J. Edgar Hoover. After him are Cristóbal Balenciaga, Georg von Békésy, Max Theiler, Talal of Jordan, Andrei Tupolev, and Dino Buzzati.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Paul Hausser ranks 495 out of 7,253. Before him are Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1673), Heinrich Hoffmann (1885), Josef Kramer (1906), Franz Stuck (1863), Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1463), and Roman Herzog (1934). After him are Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886), Oliver Kahn (1969), John William Friso, Prince of Orange (1687), Rudolf Dassler (1898), Gerhard Richter (1932), and Dieter Bohlen (1954).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Paul Hausser ranks 41. Before 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). After him are Georg von Küchler (1881), Alfred von Schlieffen (1833), Henning von Tresckow (1901), Dietrich von Choltitz (1894), Kurt Meyer (1910), and Friedrich Olbricht (1888).

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