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Hermann Fegelein

1906 - 1945

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Hans Otto Georg Hermann Fegelein (30 October 1906 – 28 April 1945) was a high-ranking commander in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany. He was a member of Adolf Hitler's entourage and brother-in-law to Eva Braun through his marriage to her sister Gretl. Fegelein joined a cavalry regiment of the Reichswehr in 1925 and transferred to the SS on 10 April 1933. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hermann Fegelein has received more than 2,599,781 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Hermann Fegelein is the 159th most popular military personnel (down from 137th in 2019), the 386th most popular biography from Germany (down from 322nd in 2019) and the 34th most popular German Military Personnel.

Hermann Fegelein was a Nazi officer and adjutant to Adolf Hitler. He was also the commander of the SS Cavalry Brigade. He was a member of the Nazi Party and the SS. He was married to Eva Braun's sister, Gretl. He was executed for desertion on April 29, 1945.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hermann Fegelein ranks 159 out of 2,058. Before him are Paul Tibbets, Pittacus of Mytilene, Józef Poniatowski, Alfred von Schlieffen, Semyon Timoshenko, and Abraha. After him are Alexander Selkirk, Joseph Joffre, Louis, Grand Condé, Joachim Peiper, Semyon Budyonny, and Anton Denikin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Hermann Fegelein ranks 30. Before him are Ernst Ruska, Emmanuel Levinas, Ilse Koch, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Soichiro Honda, and Ed Gein. After him are Alexey Stakhanov, Giuseppe Farina, Léopold Sédar Senghor, Léon Degrelle, Hans Asperger, and Josef Kramer. Among people deceased in 1945, Hermann Fegelein ranks 30. Before him are Johan Huizinga, David Lloyd George, Vidkun Quisling, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, August von Mackensen, and Princess Stéphanie of Belgium. After him are Clara Petacci, Käthe Kollwitz, Emil Hácha, Robert Ley, Hans Fischer, and Stefan Banach.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hermann Fegelein ranks 386 out of 7,253. Before him are Rudolf Carnap (1891), Albrecht Kossel (1853), Alfred von Schlieffen (1833), Alexandra Feodorovna (1798), Pina Bausch (1940), and Christopher of Bavaria (1416). After him are Adolf Windaus (1876), James Franck (1882), Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner (1780), Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1864), Leo von Caprivi (1831), and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1911).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Hermann Fegelein ranks 34. Before him are Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881), Franz Halder (1884), Ferdinand Schörner (1892), August von Mackensen (1849), Ludwig Beck (1880), and Alfred von Schlieffen (1833). After him are Joachim Peiper (1915), Paul Hausser (1880), Helmuth von Moltke the Younger (1848), Helmuth Weidling (1891), Georg von Küchler (1881), and Hans Krebs (1898).

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