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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 933,963 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Otto Günsche is the 230th most popular military personnel (up from 237th in 2019), the 528th most popular biography from Germany (up from 552nd in 2019) and the 54th 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 230 out of 1,468Before him are Kim Philby, Karl-Otto Koch, Pausanias, Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy, Craterus, and Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne. After him are Lysander, Henning von Tresckow, Hasso von Manteuffel, Erwin von Witzleben, Gaius Claudius Glaber, and Vasily Stalin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Otto Günsche ranks 21Before him are Christian de Duve, Sidney Sheldon, Dean Martin, Joan Clarke, Kenan Evren, and Nur Muhammad Taraki. After him are Louis Zamperini, Rochus Misch, Óscar Romero, Jean-Pierre Melville, Bourvil, and Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia. Among people deceased in 2003, Otto Günsche ranks 18Before him are Nina Simone, Edward Teller, Ilya Prigogine, Edward Said, Soong Mei-ling, and Robert Kardashian. After him are Gianni Agnelli, Leopoldo Galtieri, Maurice Blanchot, Elia Kazan, Richard Crenna, and Compay Segundo.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Otto Günsche ranks 528 out of 6,142Before him are Anneliese Michel (1952), Karl-Otto Koch (1897), Thomas Bach (1953), Pope Victor II (1018), Maria Sophie of Bavaria (1841), and Kurt Weill (1900). After him are Theodor Morell (1886), Helmut Newton (1920), Henning von Tresckow (1901), Hans Spemann (1869), Hasso von Manteuffel (1897), and Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor (1075).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Otto Günsche ranks 54Before him are Erhard Milch (1892), Maximilian von Weichs (1881), Wilhelm Mohnke (1911), Kurt Student (1890), Otto Carius (1922), and Karl-Otto Koch (1897). After him are Henning von Tresckow (1901), Hasso von Manteuffel (1897), Kurt Meyer (1910), Erich Hoepner (1886), Hans von Seeckt (1866), and Werner Mölders (1913).