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1053:Josef Ochs
1013:Georg Betz
983:Peter Högl
741:Robert Ley
580:References
430:2013-02-07
262:Reichsheer
201:Early life
128:Reichsheer
92:Allegiance
51:1907-09-20
1473:Biography
998:Hans Baur
665:catalogue
611:(1999) .
346:Eva Braun
276:Luftwaffe
190:Luftwaffe
141:1928–1945
132:Luftwaffe
37:Luftwaffe
910:30 April
864:29 April
843:28 April
827:24 April
791:23 April
755:22 April
734:21 April
713:20 April
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379:Post-war
339:Red Army
281:adjutant
207:Jargelin
122:Service/
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1263:Unknown
1226:(2 May)
1220:(2 May)
1214:(2 May)
1208:(1 May)
1202:(1 May)
1196:(1 May)
661:in the
401:Detmold
290:colonel
249:Service
244:in 1941
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1459:Portal
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226:Hitler
211:Anklam
168:Awards
151:Oberst
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1087:2 May
926:1 May
411:Notes
209:near
639:ISBN
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45:Born
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