Hermann Fegelein | |
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 Fegelein as an SS-Standartenführer (1942) | |
| Birth name | Hans Georg Otto Hermann Fegelein |
| Born | 30 October 1906 Ansbach, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire |
| Died | 28 April 1945 (aged 38) Berlin, Free State of Prussia, Nazi Germany |
| Allegiance | Weimar Germany Nazi Germany |
| Branch | German Army, Waffen-SS |
| Years of service | 1925-1945 |
| Rank | SS-Brigadeführer und Gruppenführer (General) |
| Commands | SS Calvary Brigade/Division |
Hans Otto Georg Hermann Fegelein or Hermann Fegelein (1906-1945) was a high ranking German Nazi Army General (Brigadeführer und Gruppenführer) in the Waffen-SS from 1941-1945 (the SS's own Nazi Army) he was a SS adjutant to Heinrich Himmler from 1933-1945. He was also the brother-in-law of Eva Braun and Adolf Hitler, because he married Eva’s sister Gretl in 1944. Fegelein was considered a ruthless opportunist and careerist. He committed numerous war crimes, including the Holocaust, during the Second World War. On 28 April 1945, Hermann Fegelein was executed by the Gestapo Police and the Waffen-SS army for treason and desertion on the order of Hitler, after he found out that he tried to escape Berlin during the Battle of Berlin and after he was told that Himmler secretly tried to make peace with the American Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower (the Commander of Allied Forces). Hermann Fegelein also had a brother Waldemar Fegelein
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