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Wilhelm Mohnke

1911 - 2001

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Wilhelm Mohnke (15 March 1911 – 6 August 2001) was a German military officer who was one of the original members of the Schutzstaffel SS-Stabswache Berlin (Staff Guard Berlin) formed in March 1933. Mohnke, who had joined the Nazi Party in September 1931, rose through the ranks to become one of Adolf Hitler's last remaining general officers at the end of World War II in Europe. Mohnke participated in the fighting in France, Poland and the Balkans as part of the 1. SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Mohnke is the 250th most popular military personnel (down from 230th in 2019), the 636th most popular biography from Germany (down from 561st in 2019) and the 52nd most popular German Military Personnel.

Wilhelm Mohnke was a German SS-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel) and was in charge of the Nazi SS and Gestapo in Paris during the occupation of France. He was also a close friend of Heinrich Himmler. Mohnke was most famous for being the commander of the SS garrison in the Warsaw Ghetto.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Wilhelm Mohnke ranks 250 out of 2,058. Before him are Wu Sangui, Slobodan Praljak, Bai Qi, Jack Phillips, Pedro de Valdivia, and Juan Pujol García. After him are Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, Kurt Student, Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, Craterus, Bertrand du Guesclin, and Amr ibn al-As.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Wilhelm Mohnke ranks 34. Before him are Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Tennessee Williams, William Alfred Fowler, Niels Kaj Jerne, Feodor Lynen, and Robert Johnson. After him are Gian Carlo Menotti, Max Frisch, Klaus Fuchs, Trygve Haavelmo, Odysseas Elytis, and Lê Đức Thọ. Among people deceased in 2001, Wilhelm Mohnke ranks 23. Before him are Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, Claude Shannon, Laurent-Désiré Kabila, Iannis Xenakis, Alberto Korda, and Gilbert Bécaud. After him are Fred Hoyle, Ernst Gombrich, Nikolay Basov, Morris, William Hanna, and Marie José of Belgium.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Mohnke ranks 636 out of 7,253. Before him are Kurt Weill (1900), Walter Baade (1893), Adolf Galland (1912), Klaus Mann (1906), Helmut Newton (1920), and Hans Jonas (1903). After him are Anneliese Michel (1952), Gabriele Münter (1877), Kurt Student (1890), Rudolf von Jhering (1818), Hans von Bülow (1830), and Walther Rathenau (1867).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Wilhelm Mohnke ranks 52. Before him are Kurt Meyer (1910), Friedrich Olbricht (1888), Wilhelm List (1880), Erich Hoepner (1886), Hans von Seeckt (1866), and Maximilian von Weichs (1881). After him are Kurt Student (1890), Erhard Milch (1892), Karl-Otto Koch (1897), Wilhelm Burgdorf (1895), Karl Wolff (1900), and Oskar Dirlewanger (1895).

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