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Rudolf Diels
Sign in to saveGerman lawyer and civil servant, first Gestapo chief and protege of Gestapo founder Hermann Göring (1900-1957)
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Vinony files it under 1900 births, 1957 deaths and Accidental deaths in Germany.
Its subject is documented across 27 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Appointed by
- Hermann Göring
- President
- Paul von Hindenburg
- Chancellor
- Adolf Hitler
- Preceded by
- None ( office established )
- Succeeded by
- Reinhard Heydrich
- Born
- ( 1900-12-16 ) 16 December 1900, Berghausen , Hesse-Nassau , Prussia , German Empire
- Died
- 18 November 1957 (1957-11-18) (aged 56), Katzenelnbogen , Rhineland-Palatinate , West Germany
- Cause of death
- Accidental gunshot wound
- Party
- Nazi Party
- Spouse s
- Hildegard Mannesmann, Ilse Göring
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rudolf
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Berghausen
- Place of death
- Katzenelnbogen
- Child
- Corinna Genest
- Employer
- Free State of Prussia
- Political party
- Nazi Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Participant in
- International Military Tribunal
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 183-K0108-0501-003, Rudolf Diels.jpg
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- Commons category
- Rudolf Diels
- date of birth
- 1900-12-16
- date of death
- 1957-11-18
- member of
- Schutzstaffel
- manner of death
- accidental death
- name in native language
- Rudolf Diels
- allegiance
- Nazi Germany
- significant person
- Martha Dodd
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
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Encyclopedic overview
Rudolf Diels (16 December 1900 – 18 November 1957) was a German civil servant and first head of the Gestapo from 1933 to 1934. He obtained the rank of SS-Oberführer and was a protégé of Hermann Göring.
Diels was forced from the Gestapo by Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler. Aided by Göring, he later held several government posts: serving as assistant police commissioner of Berlin and the administrative president of Cologne. In the 1940s, Diels refused to participate in anti-Jewish initiatives.
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