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Rudolf Diels

1900 - 1957

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Rudolf Diels (16 December 1900 – 18 November 1957) was a German civil servant and first head of the Gestapo from 1933–34. He obtained the rank of SS-Oberführer and was a protégé of Hermann Göring. Diels was forced from the Gestapo by Heinrich Himmler. Aided by Göring, he later held several government posts; serving as assistant police commissioner of Berlin, and the administrative president of Cologne. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolf Diels is the 5,814th most popular politician (down from 4,837th in 2019), the 1,545th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,307th in 2019) and the 453rd most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rudolf Diels ranks 5,814 out of 19,576. Before him are Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Prussia, Casimir II the Just, Huang Chao, Aurelius of Asturias, Tokugawa Ietsuna, and Emperor Shang of Han. After him are Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel, Ertuğrul Osman, Henri de Baillet-Latour, Marie-Louise Meilleur, Agis III, and Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Rudolf Diels ranks 75. Before him are Helen Hayes, Gilbert Ryle, Ignazio Silone, Jean Arthur, Filipp Golikov, and Sālote Tupou III. After him are Ernst Krenek, Robert Siodmak, William Heinesen, Fritz London, Franz Walter Stahlecker, and Karin Boye. Among people deceased in 1957, Rudolf Diels ranks 61. Before him are Arnold van Gennep, Louis B. Mayer, Leo Perutz, Sacha Guitry, Qi Baishi, and Hermann Buhl. After him are Giovanni Battista Caproni, Harald Sverdrup, Kurt von Tippelskirch, Shoghi Effendi, Johann Rattenhuber, and Joseph Augustus Zarelli.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rudolf Diels ranks 1,545 out of 7,253. Before him are Walther Gerlach (1889), Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1591), Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal (1861), Alice Weidel (1979), Annemarie Schimmel (1922), and Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1831). After him are William I, Duke of Bavaria (1330), Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg (1875), Theodor Escherich (1857), Willi Herold (1925), Carl Heinrich Graun (1704), and Rudolf Caracciola (1901).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Rudolf Diels ranks 453. Before him are Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin (1673), Prince Ernst August of Hanover (1954), Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1654), Karl August von Hardenberg (1750), Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal (1861), and Alice Weidel (1979). After him are Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg (1875), Henry III, Margrave of Meissen (1218), Hans-Gert Pöttering (1945), Duke Pius August in Bavaria (1786), Karl August Wittfogel (1896), and Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden (1790).

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