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16 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Robert Emil Eichhorn Robert Emil Eichhorn German Social Democratic and Independent Social Democratic politician who headed Berlin police in 1918 Security, intelligence and policing · Germany state institutions 1863–1925
Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch Commander of the Waffen-SS IX Mountain Corps who led the German forces in the siege of Budapest and refused to surrender Military command · Nazi party and regime 1888–1971
Wilhelm Zaisser Wilhelm Zaisser First East German Minister for State Security, purged in 1953 after trying to replace Ulbricht Security, intelligence and policing · East Germany 1893–1958
Richard Gustavovich Sorge Рихард Густавович Зорге The spy who stole the war’s timetable in Tokyo Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1895–1944
Friedrich Jeckeln Friedrich Jeckeln Higher SS and Police Leader who directed the mass shootings at Kamianets-Podilskyi, Babi Yar and Rumbula Security, intelligence and policing · Nazi party and regime 1895–1946
Ernst Wollweber Ernst Wollweber Communist who ran an anti-fascist sabotage network before the war and headed the Stasi from 1953 to 1957 Security, intelligence and policing · East Germany 1898–1967
Walter Stahlecker Walter Stahlecker SS officer who led Einsatzgruppe A in 1941, instigating the Kaunas pogrom and directing the murder of Baltic Jews Security, intelligence and policing · Nazi party and regime 1900–1942
Heinrich Himmler Heinrich Himmler A principal architect of the Nazi racial state Security, intelligence and policing · Nazi party and regime 1900–1945
Karl Friedrich Otto Wolff Karl Friedrich Otto Wolff A senior Nazi SS coordinator who became a late-war negotiating envoy Security, intelligence and policing · Nazi party and regime 1900–1984
Rudolf Herrnstadt Rudolf Herrnstadt Editor of Neues Deutschland who helped draft the 1953 New Course, moved against Ulbricht and was purged as a “faction” Ideology and propaganda · Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) 1903–1966
Reinhard Heydrich Reinhard Heydrich Nazi official who led SS intelligence and police agencies in implementing the Holocaust. Security, intelligence and policing · Germany state institutions 1904–1942
Anton Ackermann Anton Ackermann German communist who drafted the KPD’s 1945 appeal and argued for a “special German road to socialism” Ideology and propaganda · Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) 1905–1973
Adolf Eichmann Adolf Eichmann SS officer who ran the deportation of Europe’s Jews to the death camps and in 1944 oversaw that of Hungary’s Jews to Auschwitz Security, intelligence and policing · Nazi party and regime 1906–1962
Erich Fritz Emil Mielke Erich Mielke East Germany's 'Master of Fear': the Stasi chief who ruled state security for 32 years Security, intelligence and policing · East Germany 1907–2000
Klaus Barbie Klaus Barbie The Nazi Gestapo chief who made Lyon a center of terror Security, intelligence and policing · Nazi party and regime 1913–1991
Markus Wolf Markus Wolf A long-serving architect of Cold War intelligence Security, intelligence and policing · East Germany 1923–2006