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Wilhelm Burgdorf

1895 - 1945

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Wilhelm Emanuel Burgdorf (15 February 1895 – 2 May 1945) was a German general who rose to prominence during the final years of World War II. Burgdorf served as a commander of 529th Infantry Regiment from May 1940 to April 1942 (part of the 299th Infantry Division). In October 1944, Burgdorf assumed the role of the chief of the Army Personnel Office and chief adjutant to Adolf Hitler. In this capacity, he played a key role in the forced suicide of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. Burgdorf committed suicide inside the Führerbunker on 2 May 1945 at the conclusion of the Battle of Berlin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Burgdorf is the 268th most popular military personnel (down from 217th in 2019), the 677th most popular biography from Germany (down from 533rd in 2019) and the 56th most popular German Military Personnel.

Wilhelm Burgdorf was a colonel-general in the German army during World War II. He was one of the defendants at the Nuremberg Trials, and was found guilty of war crimes.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Wilhelm Burgdorf ranks 268 out of 2,058. Before him are Federico da Montefeltro, Eumenes, Pedro de Alvarado, Louis-Gabriel Suchet, Karl-Otto Koch, and Charles V, Duke of Lorraine. After him are Han Xin, Sejanus, Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Lothar Rendulic, Karl Wolff, and Oskar Dirlewanger.

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Among people born in 1895, Wilhelm Burgdorf ranks 45. Before him are Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Rudolph Valentino, Folke Bernadotte, Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia, Vladimir Propp, and László Moholy-Nagy. After him are Vasily Blokhin, Oskar Dirlewanger, Stanley Rous, Jürgen Stroop, Richard Barthelmess, and Babe Ruth. Among people deceased in 1945, Wilhelm Burgdorf ranks 56. Before him are Robert Ritter von Greim, Edgar Cayce, Theodore Dreiser, Franz Werfel, Robert H. Goddard, and Karl-Otto Koch. After him are Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Oskar Dirlewanger, Heinrich Wölfflin, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Ludwig Stumpfegger, and Vladimir Vernadsky.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Burgdorf ranks 677 out of 7,253. Before him are Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal (1862), Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1819), Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (1505), Klaus Fuchs (1911), Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern (1811), and Max Reger (1873). After him are Max Wolf (1863), Princess Caroline of Great Britain (1713), Erwin Neher (1944), Felix Hoffmann (1868), Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805), and Karl Wolff (1900).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Wilhelm Burgdorf ranks 56. Before him are Hans von Seeckt (1866), Maximilian von Weichs (1881), Wilhelm Mohnke (1911), Kurt Student (1890), Erhard Milch (1892), and Karl-Otto Koch (1897). After him are Karl Wolff (1900), Oskar Dirlewanger (1895), Otto Carius (1922), Otto Günsche (1917), Hasso von Manteuffel (1897), and Reinhard Gehlen (1902).

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