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Ernst Kaltenbrunner
(4 October 1903 in
Ried im Innkreis
,
Austria
- 16 October 1946 in
Nuremberg
,
Bavaria
,
Germany
) was an High Ranking Senior Austrian-German
SS
Officer and
Nazi
Official During the
Nazi Era
and
World War II
he was an official of the
NSDAP
. He was the head of the
Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Reich Security Head Office)
and
Interpol
. Kaltenbrunner was the highest ranking senior
SS
and Police officer who was charged at the
Nuremberg Trials
. He was found guilty of war crimes and executed by being hanged. He was also the Nazi Officer who replaced
Reinhard Heydrich
when Heydrich was assassinated on 27 May 1942 and died on the 4th June 1942 Ernst Kaltenbrunner was the
Reich Protector Of Bohemia and Morovia
and
SS-Obergruppenfuhrer
from 1942-1945 when
Czechoslovakia
was liberated from
Nazi Germany
by the allied forces in 1945 . Ernst Kaltenbrunner was born on 4th October 1903 in
Ried im Innkreis
. He never volunteered military service in the Austro-Hungarian Army because he was too young . He joined the
Nazi Party
and the
Schutzstaffel
/
SS
in 1931 he also joined the
Gestapo
in the 1930’s . In June 1934 he was involved in the
Night of the Long Knives
to kill
Ernst Rohm
the head of the
SA
. He was also involved in
Kristallnacht
or
Night Of The Broken Glass
in 1938 . In 1942 during
World War 2
he replaced
Reinhard Heydrich
as head and Chief of the
Gestapo
of the German
SS
until 1945 when he was captured by the
Allies
.
SS Officer ranks of Ernst Kaltenbrunner
SS Officers Rank Equivalent
|
German Army Officer rank Equivalent
|
Date and Year
|
SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer
|
Captain
|
1932-1933
|
SS-Standartenfuhrer und Oberfuhrer
|
Colonel
|
1933-1934
|
SS-Obergruppenfuhrer
|
General
|
1935-1945
|