Ernst Kaltenbrunner - Wikipedia
WebErnst Kaltenbrunner (4 October 1903 – 16 October 1946) was a high-ranking Austrian SS official during the Nazi era and a major perpetrator of the Holocaust.
Ernst Kaltenbrunner: The Highest-Ranking SS Officer Tried At …
WebSep 28, 2019 · Ernst Kaltenbrunner: The Highest-Ranking Nazi To Face Justice At Nuremberg. By Natasha Ishak | Edited By John Kuroski. Published September 28, 2019. Updated February 27, 2024. Ernst Kaltenbrunner was instrumental in executing the Holocaust and so fanatical that he was even feared by other Nazis.
Ernst Kaltenbrunner | Nazi official, SS leader | Britannica
WebMar 18, 2024 · Ernst Kaltenbrunner was an Austrian Nazi, leader of the Austrian SS and subsequently head of all police forces in Nazi Germany. Kaltenbrunner attended public schools at Linz and studied at the University of Prague. He joined the Austrian Nazi Party in 1932 and became leader of the SS (elite guards)
Ernst Kaltenbrunner | Holocaust Encyclopedia
WebErnst Kaltenbrunner (1903–1946) was Chief of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA) and later Chief of the Security Police. In this second position, Kaltenbrunner controlled the Gestapo (German Secret State Police), Criminal Police, and Security Service (SD).
Ernst Kaltenbrunner - Holocaust Historical Society
WebErnst Kaltenbrunner was a giant of a man, nearly seven feet tall, with massive broad shoulders, huge arms, a thick square chin and deep scars from his student duelling days. He excelled in brutal repression and providing human fodder for the concentration camps.
Ernst Kaltenbrunner - Jewish Virtual Library
WebErnst Kaltenbrunner was born in in Ried im Innkreis near Braunau in Austria. He was the son of a lawyer and childhood friend of Adolf Eichmann. Educated at the State Realgymnasium in Linz and Graz University. He obtained a law degree in 1926. He worked as a lawyer briefly in Linz and Salzburg and from 1928 in Linz.
Ernst Kaltenbrunner - Alpha History
WebOn his release, Kaltenbrunner became the leader of the Austrian SS and served as a link between Berlin and the Austrian Nazi movement. Kaltenbrunner was an important figure in the successful 1938 Anschluss; as a reward, Hitler engineered his selection as a member of the German Reichstag.
Ernst Kaltenbrunner - Wikiwand
WebJun 21, 2019 · Ernst Kaltenbrunner was a high-ranking Austrian SS official during the Nazi era and a major perpetrator of the Holocaust. After the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in 1942, and a brief period under Heinrich Himmler, Kaltenbrunner was the third Chief of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA), which included the offices of Gestapo, Kripo and …
Kaltenbrunner, Ernst | Holocaust Encyclopedia
WebErnst Kaltenbrunner (4 Oct. 1903 – 16 Oct. 1946) was Higher SS and Police Leader in Austria from 1938 until early 1943. On 30 January 1943, after Reinhardt Heydrich had been assassinated the previous summer, Kaltenbrunner replaced him as chief of Germany’s Department for Homeland Security ( Reichssicherheitshauptamt , RSHA).
Kaltenbrunner (1903-1946), Ernst - Sciences Po
WebMar 2, 2009 · During the liquidation of the Warsaw ghetto (1944), he refused to liberate some Jews and organized the deportation of 50,000 to 70,000 of them. He is responsible for the deportation of many Jews to Theresienstadt. His power grew at the end of war when Hitler was threatened by bomb attacks.
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