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Theodor Tolsdorff

1909 - 1978

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Theodor Tolsdorff (3 November 1909 – 25 May 1978) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was one of 27 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds. Charged with the killing of Franz Xaver Holzhey in the closing days of the war, Tolsdorff was convicted in 1954 but acquitted in 1960 in trials that drew substantial public interest and media coverage. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theodor Tolsdorff is the 1,640th most popular military personnel (up from 1,676th in 2019), the 874th most popular biography from Poland (up from 881st in 2019) and the 72nd most popular Polish Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Theodor Tolsdorff ranks 1,640 out of 2,058. Before him are William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, François de Créquy, Flora Sandes, Erick-Oskar Hansen, Hans-Diedrich von Tiesenhausen, and Kiyotake Kawaguchi. After him are Vasily Gordov, Euphemius, Wilhelm Hasse, Raúl Reyes, Henri Dentz, and John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Theodor Tolsdorff ranks 238. Before him are Leo Sexton, Léo Malet, Paco Bienzobas, Arvo Askola, Ștefan Dobay, and Arnold Badjou. After him are Karl Gruber, Manuel Olivares, Jerzy Różycki, Abdulrahman Fawzi, Riccardo Cassin, and Frank Wykoff. Among people deceased in 1978, Theodor Tolsdorff ranks 163. Before him are Artem Alikhanian, Kathleen Kenyon, Luo Ruiqing, Claude Dauphin, Alexander Wetmore, and Alfred Müller-Armack. After him are Adolf van der Voort van Zijp, Alexander Gerschenkron, Jorge Cafrune, Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, Duncan Grant, and Jack Oakie.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Theodor Tolsdorff ranks 874 out of 1,694. Before him are Broncia Koller-Pinell (1863), Leopold von Wiese (1876), Aleksander Skrzyński (1882), Paweł Adamowicz (1965), Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński (1921), and Hugo Erdmann (1862). After him are Henryk Arctowski (1871), Wilhelm Hasse (1894), Jan Klemens Branicki (1689), Princess Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1750), Jan A. P. Kaczmarek (1953), and Hans Baluschek (1870).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Poland

Among military personnels born in Poland, Theodor Tolsdorff ranks 72. Before him are Kurt Feldt (1897), Alfred Saalwächter (1883), Jacob Heinrich von Flemming (1667), Ryszard Kukliński (1930), Erich Abraham (1895), and Michał Gedeon Radziwiłł (1778). After him are Wilhelm Hasse (1894), Karl Decker (1897), Maria Wittek (1899), Hyman G. Rickover (1900), John Shalikashvili (1936), and Walter Krueger (1881).

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