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German Army personnel of World War I

  • Max ErnstMax Ernst was born in the town of Brühl, south of Cologne, on the 2nd of April 1891. He grew up as the third child among nine siblings in a middle-class…
  • Martin HeideggerMartin Heidegger was born on the 26th of September 1889 in rural Meßkirch, Baden. His father worked as the sexton of the village church and raised him within…
  • Heinrich HimmlerHeinrich Luitpold Himmler was born in Munich on the 7th of October 1900 into a conservative middle-class Catholic family.
  • Adolf HitlerAdolf Hitler was born on the 20th of April 1889 in Braunau am Inn, a town in Austria-Hungary. He lived with his father Alois and mother Klara Pölzl.
  • Adolf HeusingerAdolf Heusinger entered the Prussian Army as a volunteer in 1915. This decision marked his entry into a military tradition that would define his entire life.
  • Franz MarcFranz Moritz Wilhelm Marc was born on the 8th of February 1880 in Munich. His father Wilhelm Marc worked as a professional landscape painter while his mother…
  • Hermann GöringHermann Wilhelm Göring was born on the 12th of January 1893 at the Marienbad Sanatorium in Rosenheim, Bavaria. His father Heinrich Ernst Göring had served as…
  • Joachim von RibbentropUlrich Friedrich-Wilhelm Joachim von Ribbentrop was born on the 30th of April 1893 in Wesel, Rhine Province. His father Richard Ulrich Friedrich Joachim…
  • Erwin RommelJohannes Erwin Eugen Rommel was born on the 15th of November 1891 in Heidenheim, from Ulm, within the Kingdom of Württemberg.
  • Hermann HothHermann Hoth was born on the 14th of April 1885 in Neuruppin, Prussia. He grew up in Demmin and attended the Cadet Corps at Potsdam from 1900 to 1904.
  • Paul HindemithPaul Hindemith was born in Hanau, near Frankfurt, on the 16th of November 1895. He grew up as the eldest child of Robert Hindemith and his wife Marie…
  • Hans SpeidelHans Speidel joined the German Army in 1914 at the outbreak of the First World War. He quickly rose to become a second lieutenant and served as a company…
  • Richard SorgeRichard Gustavovich Sorge was born on the 4th of October 1895 in the settlement of Sabunchi, a suburb of Baku. His father worked as a German mining engineer…