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Walter Rauff

1906 - 1984

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Hermann Julius Walther Rauff, also Walther Rauff (19 June 1906 – 14 May 1984) was a mid-ranking SS commander in Nazi Germany. From January 1938, he was an aide of Reinhard Heydrich firstly in the Security Service (Sicherheitsdienst or SD), later in the Reich Security Main Office. He worked for the Federal Intelligence Service of West Germany (Bundesnachrichtendienst) between 1958 and 1962, and was subsequently employed by the Israeli secret service. He sailed to South America in December 1949 and landed in Ecuador, initially living in Quito. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Rauff is the 590th most popular military personnel (down from 536th in 2019), the 1,512th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,303rd in 2019) and the 107th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Walter Rauff ranks 590 out of 2,058. Before him are Otto von Kotzebue, Ernst Lindemann, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Pál Maléter, Kenji Doihara, and Jisaburō Ozawa. After him are James Paul Moody, Gongsun Zan, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, Günther Blumentritt, Herta Bothe, and Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Walter Rauff ranks 85. Before him are Zhou Youguang, Fredric Brown, Brigitte Helm, Shigemaru Takenokoshi, Janet Gaynor, and Jacques Becker. After him are Carlo Scarpa, Lillian Asplund, Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Primo Carnera, Nazim al-Qudsi, and Muzafer Sherif. Among people deceased in 1984, Walter Rauff ranks 55. Before him are Moshé Feldenkrais, Yılmaz Güney, Jerzy Popiełuszko, Janet Gaynor, Kim Il, and Jackie Coogan. After him are Josyf Slipyj, Yigael Yadin, Hans Speidel, Pavel Batitsky, Pierre Gemayel, and Chaïm Perelman.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walter Rauff ranks 1,512 out of 7,253. Before him are Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (1921), Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1781), Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen (1671), Ernst von Weizsäcker (1882), Princess Anna of Prussia (1836), and John George II, Elector of Saxony (1613). After him are Karl-Otto Apel (1922), Joachim Fest (1926), Hermann Weingärtner (1864), Rudolf Arnheim (1904), Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1741), and Hermine Reuss of Greiz (1887).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Walter Rauff ranks 107. Before him are Adolf Heusinger (1897), Max Hoffmann (1869), Hans Baur (1897), Günther Korten (1898), Franz von Hipper (1863), and Ernst Lindemann (1894). After him are Günther Blumentritt (1892), Herta Bothe (1921), Alexander von Kluck (1846), Anton Dostler (1891), Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach (1888), and Kurt Franz (1914).

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