WW2

Adolf (death) Eichmann

After escaping from a US prison camp, and settling in Argentian in 1958, was tracked down and sentenced to hang after a trial lasting over 8 months. His last words were "Long live Germany. Long live Austria. Long live Argentina. These are the countries with which I have been most closely associated and I shall not forget them. I had to obey the rules of war and my flag. I am ready."

Adolf Eichmann

SS chief executioner of the Jews.

Adolf Hitler

Ernst Hanfstaengl commented when he first heard Hitler speaking: "What Hitler was able to do to a crowd in 2? hours will never be repeated in 10,000 years. Because of his miraculous throat construction, he was able to create a rhapsody of hysteria..."

Albert Speer

Minister for war production and for armaments. Hitler's personal architect. Served 20 years after confessing his guilt at the Nurnberg trials. Then became a writer. Died 1 Sep 1981.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

World War 2 Supreme Commander of the allied forces; 5-star general.

Ernst F. Hanfstaengel

The only person known to have worked directly for both Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Adolf Hitler.

Ernst Rohm

Chief of the Storm Troopers. Murdered by Hitler (June 30, 1934), who feared him as a rival.

Erwin Rommel

Nazi field marshall named the 'Desert Fox' due to his audacity in making surprise attacks. Above all, a professional soldier. Aware of the plot to assassinate Hitler.Took the poison offeredby Hitler.

George Patton

Leading U.S. Army general in World War II. Commanded major units of North Africa, Sicily, and the European Theater of Operations.

Heinrich Himmler

Head of the police and the Gestapo. The 2nd most powerful man in the Third Reich. Suicided on May 23, 1945 by taking poison.

Hermann Goering

Head of the Luftwaffe. Self-indulgent nature. Sentenced to be hanged on Oct 16 1946. Took a secret poison capsule.

Joachim von Ribbentrop

Nazi foreign minister under Hitler. A malevolent Moon, and symmetrical pole of Jupiter.

Paul Joseph (death) Goebbels

With his wife, took the lives of their six children, then their own.

Paul Joseph Goebbels

Minister of propoganda for the Third Reich. His clubfoot led his enemies to draw a parallel with the devil's cloven hoof. Almost gave up career and family for a love affair with a film star.

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