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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Theodor Eicke

1892 - 1943

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Theodor Eicke (17 October 1892 – 26 February 1943) was a senior SS functionary and Waffen SS divisional commander during the Nazi era. He was one of the key figures in the development of Nazi concentration camps. Eicke served as the second commandant of the Dachau concentration camp from June 1933 to July 1934, and together with his adjutant Michael Lippert, was one of the executioners of SA Chief Ernst Röhm during the Night of the Long Knives purge of 1934. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theodor Eicke has received more than 1,164,029 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Theodor Eicke is the 117th most popular military personnel (down from 103rd in 2019), the 375th most popular biography from France (down from 364th in 2019) and the 10th most popular French Military Personnel.

Theodor Eicke was a German military officer and Nazi concentration camp commander. He is most famous for being the commandant of Dachau, the first concentration camp in Nazi Germany.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Theodor Eicke ranks 117 out of 1,468Before him are Eli Cohen, Abu Muslim, Cimon, Semyon Timoshenko, Erich von Falkenhayn, and Narses. After him are Yi Sun-sin, Stilicho, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Ludwig Beck, Nero Claudius Drusus, and George S. Patton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Theodor Eicke ranks 17Before him are Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Martin Niemöller, Oliver Hardy, Alexander Alekhine, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, and Sepp Dietrich. After him are Amanullah Khan, Arthur Compton, J. Paul Getty, Gregor Strasser, Ferdinand Schörner, and Arthur Honegger. Among people deceased in 1943, Theodor Eicke ranks 11Before him are Isoroku Yamamoto, Pieter Zeeman, Camille Claudel, Simone Weil, Boris III of Bulgaria, and Henrik Pontoppidan. After him are Yakov Dzhugashvili, Sophie Scholl, Henri La Fontaine, Beatrix Potter, Nikolai Vavilov, and Alexandre Millerand.

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In France

Among people born in France, Theodor Eicke ranks 375 out of 6,011Before him are François Mauriac (1885), Raymond Kopa (1931), Georges Bataille (1897), Jérôme Bonaparte (1784), Alain Prost (1955), and Jules Rimet (1873). After him are André Malraux (1901), Pytheas (-380), Marc Bloch (1886), Pierre Beaumarchais (1732), Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark (1934), and Adolphe Thiers (1797).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Theodor Eicke ranks 10Before him are Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663), Alfred Dreyfus (1859), Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan (1611), Ferdinand Foch (1851), Eugène de Beauharnais (1781), and Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757). After him are Louis-Nicolas Davout (1770), Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse (1045), André Masséna (1758), Louis, Grand Condé (1621), Jean Lannes (1769), and Louis-Alexandre Berthier (1753).