Karl Hanke

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Karl Hanke was a high-ranking Nazi official who served as the last Reichsführer-SS, leading the Schutzstaffel (SS) in the final days of World War II.

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Karl Hanke canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi official
human
military officer
politician
appointedAs Reichsführer-SS
appointedBy Adolf Hitler
causeOfDeath killed by Czech partisans
closeAssociateOf Joseph Goebbels
commanded fortress city of Breslau
countryOfCitizenship Germany
dateOfAppointment 1945-04-29
dateOfBirth 1903-08-24
dateOfDeath 1945-06-08
ethnicGroup German
fullName Karl August Hanke
ideology Nazism
mannerOfDeath extrajudicial killing
memberOf Nazi Party
surface form: NSDAP

Nazi Party
surface form: National Socialist German Workers' Party

SS
Schutzstaffel (SS)
surface form: Schutzstaffel
militaryRank General of the Waffen-SS
SS-Obergruppenführer
nativeLanguage German
notableEvent oversaw brutal defense of Breslau in 1945
notableFor being the last Reichsführer-SS
occupation party official
propagandist
participatedIn administration of Nazi concentration camps
placeOfBirth German Empire
Lauban
Province of Silesia
placeOfDeath Czechoslovakia
near Neudorf
politicalParty Nazi Party
surface form: NSDAP

Nazi Party
surface form: National Socialist German Workers' Party
positionHeld Gauleiter of Lower Silesia
Reich Defense Commissioner for Military District VIII
Reichsführer-SS
Reichsstatthalter of Lower Silesia
State Secretary in the Reich Ministry of Propaganda
predecessor HeinrichHimmler
surface form: Heinrich Himmler
regionRepresented Lower Silesia
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
responsibleFor repression in Lower Silesia
servedIn World War II
workedFor Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda

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Schutzstaffel (SS) notableLeader Karl Hanke
subject surface form: Schutzstaffel