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Rudolf Diels (16 December 1900 – 18 November 1957) was a German civil servant and head of the Gestapo in 1933–34. He obtained the rank of SS-Oberführer and was a protégé of Hermann Göring.
Rudolf Diels war ein deutscher Verwaltungsjurist und von April 1933 bis April 1934 der erste Chef der Gestapo. Diels war ab 1930 im preußischen Innenministerium tätig und arbeitete schon vor dem Regierungsantritt Hitlers 1933 mit Hermann Göring zusammen. Nach der nationalsozialistischen Machtergreifung wurde er Chef der ...
Rudolf Diels, head of the Prussian political police, recounts his experience of the Reichstag fire of 1933 and how Hitler and Göring used it to justify their repression of the Communists. He also reveals his doubts about the Communist involvement and his opposition to the Nazi regime.
Rudolf Diels was a Nazi official who headed the Gestapo from 1933 to 1934. He survived the Night of the Long Knives and the July 20 Plot, and later served in the post-war German government.
May 26, 2015 · Learn about Rudolf Diels, the first chief of the Gestapo, who was appointed by Goering in 1933. Find out how he was dismissed, arrested, and killed after the war.
The first commander of the Gestapo was Rudolf Diels, a protégé of Göring. Diels was appointed with the title of chief of Abteilung Ia (Department 1a) of the Prussian Secret Police. Diels was best known as the primary interrogator of Marinus van der Lubbe after the Reichstag fire.
Rudolf Diels, who retired from the German government in 1953, was killed on 18th November, 1957, when he accidentally shot himself with a hunting gun. By John Simkin ( john@spartacus-educational.com ) © September 1997 (updated January 2020).
