MILITARY PERSONNEL

Otto Günsche

1917 - 2003

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Otto Günsche (24 September 1917 – 2 October 2003) was a mid-ranking officer in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a member of the SS Division Leibstandarte before he became Adolf Hitler's personal adjutant. Günsche was taken prisoner by soldiers of the Red Army in Berlin on 2 May 1945. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Otto Günsche has received more than 1,045,634 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Otto Günsche is the 256th most popular military personnel (down from 230th in 2019), the 618th most popular biography from Germany (down from 528th in 2019) and the 56th most popular German Military Personnel.

Otto Günsche was a member of the SS and Hitler's personal bodyguard. He was the first person to see Hitler's body after he committed suicide and was one of the people who helped cremate his body.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Otto Günsche ranks 256 out of 2,058. Before him are Matthew C. Perry, Qutayba ibn Muslim, Jean Victor Marie Moreau, Karl Wolff, Italo Balbo, and Ivan Bagramyan. After him are Otto Liman von Sanders, Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, Craterus, Hasdrubal Barca, Omar Bradley, and Baiju.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Otto Günsche ranks 20. Before him are Ernest Borgnine, Christian de Duve, Sidney Sheldon, Joan Clarke, Kenan Evren, and James Rainwater. After him are Joan Fontaine, Jean-Pierre Melville, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Robert Mitchum, Algirdas Julien Greimas, and Óscar Romero. Among people deceased in 2003, Otto Günsche ranks 23. Before him are Alan Bates, Elia Kazan, Leopoldo Galtieri, Robert Kardashian, Gianni Agnelli, and Zoran Đinđić. After him are Maurice Blanchot, Luciano Berio, Frederick Chapman Robbins, Bernard Katz, Helmut Rahn, and Isser Harel.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Otto Günsche ranks 618 out of 7,253. Before him are Wolfgang Schäuble (1942), Georg Jellinek (1851), Bert Trautmann (1923), Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1819), Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria (1801), and Otto Ohlendorf (1907). After him are Constanze Mozart (1762), Ernst Udet (1896), Hermann Müller (1876), Hermann von Salza (1170), Fritz Strassmann (1902), and Gustav Heinemann (1899).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Otto Günsche ranks 56. Before him are Kurt Student (1890), Walther von Reichenau (1884), Wilhelm Mohnke (1911), Hans von Seeckt (1866), Otto Carius (1922), and Karl Wolff (1900). After him are Erich Hoepner (1886), Hasso von Manteuffel (1897), Hans-Joachim Marseille (1919), Werner Mölders (1913), Maurice de Saxe (1696), and Karl-Otto Koch (1897).

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