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Ernst Kaltenbrunner
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Ernst Kaltenbrunner was an Austrian Nazi SS official who played a major role in organizing and carrying out the Holocaust, the systematic murder of six million Jews and millions of others by Nazi Germany. He was convicted as a war criminal and executed in 1946, representing one of the highest-ranking Nazi leaders held accountable for these crimes after World War II.
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ernst
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Nazi Germany
- Place of birth
- Ried im Innkreis
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- Bundesrealgymnasium Linz Fadingerstraße
- Employer
- Gestapo
- Political party
- Nazi Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Award
- SS-Ehrenring
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Laws
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- Schutzstaffel
- Military rank
- Obergruppenführer
- Image
- Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1943).jpg
- Convicted of
- war crime
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- Ernst Kaltenbrunner
- date of birth
- 1903-10-04
- date of death
- 1946-10-16
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- Ernst Kaltenbrunner
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- cause of death
- hanging to death
- allegiance
- Nazi Germany
- name in native language
- Ernst Kaltenbrunner
- penalty
- capital punishment
- assessment
- intelligence test
- last words
- Allemagne, bonne chance !
- member of
- Schutzstaffel
- P8168
- Westfália
- place of burial
- Wenzbach
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Encyclopedic overview
Ernst Kaltenbrunner (4 October 1903 – 16 October 1946) was an Austrian high-ranking SS official during the Nazi era, major perpetrator of the Holocaust and convicted war criminal. After the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in 1942, and a brief period under Heinrich Himmler, Kaltenbrunner was named the third Chief of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA), which included the offices of Gestapo, Kripo and SD, serving from January 1943 until the end of World War II in Europe.
Kaltenbrunner joined the Nazi Party in 1930 and the SS in 1931, and by 1935 he was considered a leader of the Austrian SS. In 1938, he assisted in the Anschluss and was given command of the SS and police force in Austria. In January 1943, Kaltenbrunner was appointed chief of the RSHA, succeeding Reinhard Heydrich, who had been assassinated in June 1942.
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