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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 2,464,797 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Hermann Fegelein is the 137th most popular military personnel (up from 145th in 2019), the 322nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 353rd in 2019) and the 30th 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 137 out of 1,468. Before him are Werner von Blomberg, Perdiccas, Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, Antipater, André Masséna, and Axel von Fersen the Younger. After him are August von Mackensen, Pancho Villa, Hasdrubal Barca, Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Louis, Grand Condé, and Dong Zhuo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Hermann Fegelein ranks 26. Before him are Emmanuel Levinas, Sayyid Qutb, Ernst Ruska, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Henri Charrière. After him are Giuseppe Farina, Ed Gein, Léon Degrelle, Soichiro Honda, Hassan al-Banna, and Hans Asperger. Among people deceased in 1945, Hermann Fegelein ranks 29. Before him are Clara Petacci, Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, David Lloyd George, George S. Patton, Vidkun Quisling, and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. After him are August von Mackensen, Friedrich Fromm, Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, Pierre Laval, Emil Hácha, and Ernst Busch.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hermann Fegelein ranks 322 out of 6,142. Before him are Sophie Scholl (1921), Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744), Karen Horney (1885), Robert Bunsen (1811), Maria Alexandrovna (1824), and Simone Signoret (1921). After him are Baldur von Schirach (1907), Friedrich Carl von Savigny (1779), Maximilian II of Bavaria (1811), August von Mackensen (1849), August Ferdinand Möbius (1790), and Emil Kraepelin (1856).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Hermann Fegelein ranks 30. Before him are Klaus Barbie (1913), Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881), Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742), Ludwig Beck (1880), Michael Wittmann (1914), and Walther von Brauchitsch (1881). After him are August von Mackensen (1849), Franz Halder (1884), Friedrich Olbricht (1888), Paul Hausser (1880), Ferdinand Schörner (1892), and Georg von Küchler (1881).

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