Hermann Reinecke
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Hermann Reinecke was a German general and Nazi official who oversaw prisoner-of-war affairs in the Wehrmacht and was later convicted for war crimes committed under his authority.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hermann Reinecke canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8039991 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hermann Reinecke Context triple: [High Command Trial, defendant, Hermann Reinecke]
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A.
Johann August Ernesti
Johann August Ernesti was an 18th-century German theologian and classical philologist known for pioneering a critical, grammatical-historical approach to biblical interpretation.
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B.
Alfred Koerner
Alfred Koerner was an architect known for his work on the Berlin Botanical Garden.
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C.
Adolf Busch
Adolf Busch was a renowned German violinist and chamber musician of the early 20th century, celebrated for his interpretations of the classical repertoire and his principled opposition to the Nazi regime.
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D.
Walter Schumann
Walter Schumann was an American composer and conductor best known for creating the iconic theme music for the television series Dragnet.
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E.
Christian Friedrich Henrici
Christian Friedrich Henrici, better known by his pen name Picander, was an 18th-century German poet chiefly remembered for his close collaboration with Johann Sebastian Bach on numerous cantata and oratorio texts.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hermann Reinecke Target entity description: Hermann Reinecke was a German general and Nazi official who oversaw prisoner-of-war affairs in the Wehrmacht and was later convicted for war crimes committed under his authority.
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A.
Johann August Ernesti
Johann August Ernesti was an 18th-century German theologian and classical philologist known for pioneering a critical, grammatical-historical approach to biblical interpretation.
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B.
Alfred Koerner
Alfred Koerner was an architect known for his work on the Berlin Botanical Garden.
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C.
Adolf Busch
Adolf Busch was a renowned German violinist and chamber musician of the early 20th century, celebrated for his interpretations of the classical repertoire and his principled opposition to the Nazi regime.
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D.
Walter Schumann
Walter Schumann was an American composer and conductor best known for creating the iconic theme music for the television series Dragnet.
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E.
Christian Friedrich Henrici
Christian Friedrich Henrici, better known by his pen name Picander, was an 18th-century German poet chiefly remembered for his close collaboration with Johann Sebastian Bach on numerous cantata and oratorio texts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German general
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Nazi official ⓘ human ⓘ |
| allegiance |
German Empire
ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ Weimar Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| charge |
crimes against humanity
ⓘ
war crimes against prisoners of war ⓘ |
| convictedBy | Nuremberg Military Tribunals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| convictedIn | High Command Trial NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| convictedOf | war crimes ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
German Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | West Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1888-02-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1973-10-10 ⓘ |
| familyName | Reinecke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Hermann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | German ⓘ |
| ideology | Nazism ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Nazi Party
ⓘ
Sturmabteilung NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
German Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| militaryRank | General der Infanterie ⓘ |
| notableFor |
involvement in Nazi war crimes against prisoners of war
ⓘ
oversight of prisoner-of-war affairs in the Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| notableWork | directives on treatment of prisoners of war ⓘ |
| occupation |
military officer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
World War I
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| partOf | Oberkommando der Wehrmacht NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Wittenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Hamburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDetention | Nuremberg Prison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chief of prisoner-of-war affairs in the Wehrmacht
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chief of the General Office of the OKW ⓘ head of the General Office of the Armed Forces High Command ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
administration of prisoner-of-war camps under the Wehrmacht
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implementation of Nazi policies toward Soviet prisoners of war ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| subjectOf | High Command Trial judgment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hermann Reinecke Description of subject: Hermann Reinecke was a German general and Nazi official who oversaw prisoner-of-war affairs in the Wehrmacht and was later convicted for war crimes committed under his authority.
Referenced by (1)
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