"Rudolf Piels" redirects here. For the German physicist, see Rudolf Peierls.
Rudolf Diels
Rudolf Diels in 1933
Director of the Gestapo
In office 26 April 1933 – 20 April 1934
Appointed by
Hermann Göring
President
Paul von Hindenburg
Chancellor
Adolf Hitler
Preceded by
None (office established)
Succeeded by
Reinhard Heydrich
Personal details
Born
(1900-12-16)16 December 1900 Berghausen, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire
Died
18 November 1957(1957-11-18) (aged 56) Katzenelnbogen, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany
Cause of death
Gunshot wound
Political party
Nazi Party
Spouse(s)
Hildegard Mannesmann, Ilse Göring[1]
Rudolf Diels (16 December 1900 – 18 November 1957) was a German civil servant and head of the Gestapo in 1933–34.[2] He obtained the rank of SS-Oberführer and was a protégé of Hermann Göring.
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copies of documents proving Heydrich's Jewish ancestry. Nazi Gauleiter Rudolf Jordan claimed Heydrich was not a pure Aryan. Within the Nazi organisation...
of liaisons, most of them sexual, including among them Gestapo head RudolfDiels and Soviet attaché and secret agent Boris Vinogradov. She defended the...
Staatspolizei or Gestapo in 1933 and appointed RudolfDiels as its head. Göring, concerned that Diels was not ruthless enough to use the Gestapo effectively...
typically been performed by women before the Nazi seizure of power. RudolfDiels, the first Gestapo chief, estimated that in 1933 Berlin, 70 percent of...
joining the Gestapo, he immediately had disagreements with his senior, RudolfDiels, and was discharged. He continued with police work in the Interior Ministry...
fire would result in more Germans supporting the Nazis. According to RudolfDiels, Hitler was heard shouting through the fire "these sub-humans do not...
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the Geheime Staatspolizei or Gestapo, and appointed RudolfDiels as its head. Concerned that Diels was not ruthless enough to use the Gestapo effectively...
was taken out of prison under false pretenses by then Gestapo chief RudolfDiels and members of the SA, and illegally executed. On 10 April 1935, five...
unhappy I am, you would pity me". Other lovers included Max Delbrück and RudolfDiels. Dodd was greatly helped by the fact that both her parents went to bed...
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smashed furniture. Gauleiter of Berlin Artur Görlitzer and Gestapo chief RudolfDiels had previously warned against paying homage to Wilhelm and that monarchist...
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Melcher, with the political police section falling under the control of RudolfDiels. After Adolf Hitler's rise to power and the beginning of the Gleichschaltung...
and published in Paris. He was taken to the office of Gestapo chief RudolfDiels, and accused of high treason for his production of anti-Nazi cartoons...