Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski

✶March 1, 1899

†March 8, 1972

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Erich Julius Eberhard von dem Bach-Zelewski was a German politician of Polish-Kashubian descent, military officer and high-ranking SS commander. During World War II, he was in charge of the Nazi security warfare against those designated by the regime as ideological enemies and any other persons deemed to present danger to the Nazi rule or Wehrmacht's rear security in the occupied territories of Eastern Europe. It mostly involved atrocities against the civilian population. In 1944, he led the brutal suppression of the Warsaw Uprising.

German politician and SS functionary (1899–1972)

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