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Sepp Dietrich

1892 - 1966

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Josef "Sepp" Dietrich (28 May 1892 – 21 April 1966) was a German politician and a general in the Schutzstaffel (SS) during the Nazi era. He joined the Nazi Party in 1928 and was elected to the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic in 1930. Prior to 1929, Dietrich was Adolf Hitler's chauffeur and bodyguard. Despite having no formal staff officer training, Dietrich was, along with Paul Hausser, the highest-ranking officer in the Waffen-SS, the military branch of the SS. Reaching the rank of SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer, he commanded units up to army level during World War II. As commanding officer of the 6th Panzer Army during the Battle of the Bulge, Dietrich bore responsibility for the Malmedy massacre, the murder of U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sepp Dietrich has received more than 1,904,464 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Sepp Dietrich is the 77th most popular companion (down from 63rd in 2019), the 305th most popular biography from Germany (down from 286th in 2019) and the 10th most popular German Companion.

Sepp Dietrich was a German SS-Oberstgruppenführer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds.

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Among companions, Sepp Dietrich ranks 77 out of 784. Before him are Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, Maria Feodorovna, Sawda bint Zamʿa, Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, Hecuba, and Sita. After him are Blanche of Castile, Rabia Bala Hatun, Julia the Elder, Athaliah, Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain, and Isabella of France.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Sepp Dietrich ranks 16. Before him are Alexander Alekhine, Pearl S. Buck, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Louis de Broglie, Theodor Eicke, and Oliver Hardy. After him are Engelbert Dollfuss, Edward Victor Appleton, Ferdinand Schörner, Martin Niemöller, Arthur Honegger, and J. Paul Getty. Among people deceased in 1966, Sepp Dietrich ranks 10. Before him are Alberto Giacometti, Anna Akhmatova, Georges Lemaître, Sayyid Qutb, Sergei Korolev, and Ken Miles. After him are Chester W. Nimitz, Jean Arp, Peter Debye, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Giuseppe Farina, and Frits Zernike.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Sepp Dietrich ranks 305 out of 7,253. Before him are Robert Bunsen (1811), Maximilian II of Bavaria (1811), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1955), Hermann Hoth (1885), Michael Wittmann (1914), and Moses Mendelssohn (1729). After him are Baldur von Schirach (1907), Henry the Lion (1129), Christian III of Denmark (1503), Hans von Aachen (1552), Karen Horney (1885), and Carl Bosch (1874).

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Among COMPANIONS In Germany

Among companions born in Germany, Sepp Dietrich ranks 10. Before him are Caroline of Ansbach (1683), Anne of Cleves (1515), Magda Goebbels (1901), Isabeau of Bavaria (1370), Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1691), and Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (1868). After him are Katharina von Bora (1498), Alexandra Feodorovna (1798), Frederica of Hanover (1917), Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776), Maria Amalia of Saxony (1724), and Maria Anna of Neuburg (1667).

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