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Sepp Dietrich

1892 - 1966

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Josef "Sepp" Dietrich (28 May 1892 – 21 April 1966) was a German politician, general and war criminal in the Schutzstaffel (SS) during the Nazi era. Despite having no formal staff officer training, Dietrich was, along with Paul Hausser, the highest-ranking officer in the Waffen-SS, the military branch of the SS. He joined the Nazi Party in 1928 and was elected to the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic in 1930. Prior to 1929, Dietrich was Adolf Hitler's chauffeur and bodyguard. Reaching the rank of SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer, he commanded units up to army level during World War II. As commanding officer of the 6th Panzer Army during the Battle of the Bulge, Dietrich bore responsibility for the Malmedy massacre, the murder of U.S. prisoners of war in December 1944. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sepp Dietrich is the 77th most popular companion, the 289th most popular biography from Germany (up from 305th in 2019) and the 7th most popular German Companion.

Sepp Dietrich was a German SS-Oberstgruppenführer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds.

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Among companions, Sepp Dietrich ranks 77 out of 784. Before him are Zainab bint Muhammad, Elisabeth of Valois, Zayd ibn Harithah, Julia Domna, Claude of France, and Anne of Kiev. After him are Abigail, Julia, Amalasuntha, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, Isabeau of Bavaria, and Charlotte, Princess Royal.

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Among people born in 1892, Sepp Dietrich ranks 17. Before him are Pearl S. Buck, Manfred von Richthofen, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Alexander Alekhine, and Amanullah Khan. After him are Arthur Compton, Arthur Honegger, Theodor Eicke, Ferdinand Schörner, Engelbert Dollfuss, and Oliver Hardy. Among people deceased in 1966, Sepp Dietrich ranks 9. Before him are Buster Keaton, Anna Akhmatova, Margaret Sanger, Peter Debye, Georges Lemaître, and Alberto Giacometti. After him are Jean Arp, Sayyid Qutb, Giuseppe Farina, Sergei Korolev, Frits Zernike, and George de Hevesy.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Sepp Dietrich ranks 289 out of 7,253. Before him are Karl Weierstrass (1815), Ferdinand Tönnies (1855), Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1629), Joachim Gauck (1940), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880), and Walther Bothe (1891). After him are Caroline Herschel (1750), Albrecht Kossel (1853), Albert, Duke of Prussia (1490), John of Austria (1547), Eduard Bernstein (1850), and Ernst Ruska (1906).

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Among COMPANIONS In Germany

Among companions born in Germany, Sepp Dietrich ranks 7. Before him are Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837), Eva Braun (1912), Queen Silvia of Sweden (1943), Caroline of Ansbach (1683), Magda Goebbels (1901), and Anne of Cleves (1515). After him are Isabeau of Bavaria (1370), Frederica of Hanover (1917), Katharina von Bora (1498), Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1691), Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (1868), and Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776).

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