Hans Lammers
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Hans Heinrich Lammers was a German jurist and prominent Nazi Party politician. From 1933 until 1945 he served as Chief of the Reich Chancellery under Adolf Hitler. In 1937, he additionally was given t
Lammers in 1938
Himmler (at podium) with Heinz Guderian and Hans Lammers in October 1944
Lammers in 1947 facing trial for crimes against humanity
Heinz Guderian
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Heinz Wilhelm Guderian was a German army general and military theorist. A pioneer and advocate of what would come to be called the "blitzkrieg" approach, he played a central role in the development of
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…Wehrmacht officers received lavish gifts, severance packages, expropriated estates and huge cash awards. Recipients of such benefits included Generals Heinz Guderian, Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, Gerd von Rundstedt, and one of the Holocaust's chief architects, Reinhard Heydrich. In April…
General Guderian, July 1941
Guderian (left) in Sweden, 1929
Guderian helped develop panzer divisions and the blitzkrieg approach
Guderian (far left) eats with Hitler and other generals at a dinner table in the Sudetenland, 3 October 1938