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Hermann Priess

1901 - 1985

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Hermann August Fredrich Priess (24 May 1901 – 2 February 1985) was a German general in the Waffen-SS and a war criminal during World War II. He commanded the SS Division Totenkopf ("Death's Head") following the death of Theodor Eicke in February 1943. On 30 October 1944 he was appointed commander of the I SS Panzer Corps and led it during the Battle of the Bulge. After the war, Priess was convicted of war crimes for his involvement in the Malmedy massacre, and was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hermann Priess has received more than 128,331 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Hermann Priess is the 1,062nd most popular military personnel (down from 993rd in 2019), the 2,588th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,506th in 2019) and the 201st most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hermann Priess ranks 1,062 out of 2,058. Before him are Günther Lützow, Viktor Dankl von Krasnik, Al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra, Mehmed II Giray, Walton Walker, and Maria Bochkareva. After him are Lamachus, Walter Krüger, Alexey Maresyev, Harukichi Hyakutake, Tettius Julianus, and Callicratidas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Hermann Priess ranks 116. Before him are Princess Yolanda of Savoy, Hellmuth Stieff, Jean Prouvé, Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid, Robert J. Van de Graaff, and Manuel Urrutia Lleó. After him are Karl-August Fagerholm, Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt, Pavel Rotmistrov, Raúl Prebisch, György Orth, and Vladimir Sofronitsky. Among people deceased in 1985, Hermann Priess ranks 87. Before him are Eugene Ormandy, Vladimir Jankélévitch, Lovro von Matačić, André Hunebelle, Oreco, and Princess Eudoxia of Bulgaria. After him are Anton Karas, Géza Toldi, Stefan Bellof, Susanne Langer, Evgeny Lifshitz, and Paul Castellano.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hermann Priess ranks 2,588 out of 7,253. Before him are Helene Mayer (1910), George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1784), Hermann Muthesius (1861), Otto Warburg (1859), Joseph Weizenbaum (1923), and Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt (1573). After him are Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental (1652), William III, Duke of Bavaria (1375), Anna of Hesse (1529), Maximilian Maria, 7th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1862), Karl Lamprecht (1856), and Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg (1893).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Hermann Priess ranks 201. Before him are Ulrich Graf (1878), Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1737), Otto Baum (1911), Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow (1782), Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein (1870), and Günther Lützow (1912). After him are Walter Krüger (1892), Otto Weddigen (1882), Wilhelm Marschall (1886), Oskar von Hutier (1857), Heinrich Ehrler (1917), and Erwin Jaenecke (1890).

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