Ernst Kaltenbrunner (4 October 1903 – 16 October 1946) was an Austrian, high-ranking SS official during the Nazi era, and major perpetrator of the Holocaust.

Ernst Kaltenbrunner was an Austrian Nazi, leader of the Austrian SS and subsequently head of all police forces in Nazi Germany. Kaltenbrunner attended public schools at Linz and studied at the University of Prague.

2019年9月28日 · Chief of the Reich Main Security Office, Ernst Kaltenbrunner of the SS was feared even by other Nazis for his volatile and violent nature. "I do not feel guilty of any war crimes, I have only done my duty as an intelligence organ."

Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1903–1946) was Chief of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA) and later Chief of the Security Police. In this second position, Kaltenbrunner controlled the Gestapo (German Secret State Police), Criminal Police, and Security Service (SD).

On the next day, May 6, we seemed about to close in on Kaltenbrunner, the man who shared with Himmler and SSI General Poehl responsibility for the whole system of Nazi concentration camps.

Kaltenbrunner attempted to organize cells for post-war sabotage in the region and Germany but accomplished little. Hitler made one of his last appearances on April 20, 1945, outside the subterranean Führerbunker in Berlin , where he pinned medals on …

On 30 January 1943 Kaltenbrunner was appointed Chief of the Security Police and SD (RSHA), succeeding Heydrich, who had been assassinated in Prague in June 1942. Kaltenbrunner held this position until the end of the war (2644-PS).

Ernst Kaltenbrunner was a giant of a man, nearly seven feet tall, with massive broad shoulders, huge arms, a thick square chin and deep scars from his student duelling days. He excelled in brutal repression and providing human fodder for the concentration camps.

In late April 1945, Kaltenbrunner fled his headquarters from Berlin to Altaussee, where he had often vacationed and had strong ties. On 12-05-1945 he was captured by a U.S. patrol and arrested. At the Nuremberg Trials, Kaltenbrunner was charged with conspiracy to commit crimes against peace, war-crimes and crimes against humanity.

Ernst Kaltenbrunner was an Austrian-born Nazi Party leader during the World War II and a fanatic Hitler loyalist, who played a leading role in setting up the concentration camps and execution of the Jews. A lawyer by profession, he became the general in the Schutzstaffel (SS), and held the office of Chief of the Reich Main Security Office.