James A. Michener
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Austrian SS official, a major perpetrator of the Holocaust and convicted war criminal (1903-1946)
Ernst Kaltenbrunner was a high-ranking Austrian SS official during the Nazi era who played a pivotal role in orchestrating the Holocaust. He served as the third Chief of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA) from 1943 until the end of World War II, overseeing the coordination of security and law enforcement agencies involved in widespread extermination, suppression of resistance movements, and mass deportations and executions.
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About the Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Ernst Kaltenbrunnerwas 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 Officeat the Nuremberg trials, where he was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Kaltenbrunner was sentenced to death, and was executed by hanging on 16 October 1946.
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Ernst Kaltenbrunner was a high-ranking Austrian SS official during the Nazi era and a major perpetrator of the Holocaust. He served as the third Chief of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA) from 1943 until the end of World War II.
Kaltenbrunner played a pivotal role in orchestrating the Holocaust and Nazi genocide intensified under his leadership. He oversaw the coordination of security and law enforcement agencies involved in widespread extermination, the suppression of resistance movements, and mass deportations and executions.
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 1943, he was appointed chief of the RSHA, succeeding Reinhard Heydrich.
The RSHA was the main security organization of Nazi Germany, which included the offices of Gestapo, Kripo, and SD. Kaltenbrunner served as the third Chief of the RSHA from 1943 until the end of World War II in Europe.
Kaltenbrunner was the highest-ranking member of the SS to face trial at the Nuremberg trials, where he was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. He was sentenced to death and executed by hanging on 16 October 1946.
Ernst Kaltenbrunner was executed by hanging on 16 October 1946, following his conviction at the Nuremberg trials for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
2 Quotes by Ernst Kaltenbrunner
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I have loved my German people and my fatherland with a warm heart.
Ernst KaltenbrunnerAustrian SS official, a major perpetrator of the Holocaust and convicted war criminal (1903-1946)
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I have done my duty by the laws of my people and I am sorry my people were led this time by men who were not soldiers and that crimes were committed of which I had no knowledge.
Ernst KaltenbrunnerAustrian SS official, a major perpetrator of the Holocaust and convicted war criminal (1903-1946)