Did any of the top Nazis smoke?

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Post by Robb » 16 Aug 2005, 13:14

Hi Sepp Dietrich,

Some info on Kaltenbrunner from the link below:


http://www.deathcamps.info/Nazis/page_6.htm

Ernst Kaltenbrunner was born in Ried im Innkreis, Austria. Later the family moved to Linz, where he attended the State Real Gymnasium. He studied law and obtained a law degree in 1926. He spent the first year as apprentice lawyer at Linze-on-Danube and then worked as a lawyer-candidate, first at Salzburg and after 1928 at Linz.

He joined the Nazi Party in 1932, and became leader of the Austrian SS 1935.

Ernst Kaltenbrunner was a life-long fanatical Nazi. He had much to do with developing the Mauthausen KZ camp and visited it frequently. He agreed with Himmler on the establishment of gas-chambers for execution 1942, became head of the security police 1943, and sent millions of Jews and political suspects to their deaths in the concentration camps. He was also responsible for orders sanctioning the murder of prisoners of war.



Toward the end of the war, Kaltenbrunner's power increased greatly, especially after the attack on Hitler of 20 July 1944, and he gained direct access to The Führer. So powerful had Kaltenbrunner become toward the end that even Heinrich Himmler feared him.

Ernst Kaltenbrunner was captured by U.S. troops on May 15, 1945 and was indicted for war crimes by the International Military Tribunal at Nuremburg and sentenced to death. He was hanged on October 16, 1946.


Kaltenbrunner was also head of the SD after the death of Reinhardt Heydrich.
I hope these links help. I am new to putting links on the internet.

http://www.auschwitz.dk/henchmen/kaltenbrunner.htm

http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/genocide/Kaltenbrunner.htm

Regards Robert (robb)

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Post by 7Mitternacht_Engel » 16 Aug 2005, 15:43

First of all, hi guys, im a newbie here! Guten tag to all!:D

about Nazi officers smoking, in most movies they would potray them smoking. During brakes and friendly meeting.
Still uncertain about the truth though. Anyway, didnt Hitler stop smoking due to the condition of his lungs? From biographies i read, he was the only child in the family who survived the complications (lungs). So if he is suffering from born-damaged lungs, why would he be smoking? :? im confused!LOL! 8O :P


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Post by stcamp » 17 Aug 2005, 14:53

Hitler quit during his time in Vienna because he could not afford it. He was very poor for a number of years while in Vienna.

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Post by Vistula » 17 Aug 2005, 15:44

Going back to the party's earliest days, I remember reading that Ludendorff was a chain smoker, much to Hitler's annoyance inevitably.

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Post by ZeitGeist » 23 Aug 2005, 01:22

Here's a pic of Himmler smoking i think it's a true one.
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Post by Big Orange » 26 Aug 2005, 14:49

Herr Himmler looks like some kind of pug faced fish! 8O :o :D :lol:

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Post by 7Mitternacht_Engel » 26 Aug 2005, 15:59

Big Orange wrote:Herr Himmler looks like some kind of pug faced fish! 8O :o :D :lol:
*rolling ont the floor* :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: Did any of the top Nazis smoke?

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Post by Nürnberger Jungfrau » 09 Oct 2016, 20:16

First of all, it would be interesting to know for everyone spreading the myth about smokers of Hitler's inner circle, who allegedly didn't dare to smoke in his presence, that this is not true. And this photo of the freely smoking Goebbels proves it:

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The list of Nazi smokers is rather long, I suppose. So here are some of the names:

1. Goebbels
2. Göring
3. Heydrich
4. Himmler
5. Schacht
6. Ribbentrop
7. Eichmann
8. Fegelein
9. Peiper
10. Jodl
11. Schellenberg
12. Skorzeny
13. Schirach

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Re: Did any of the top Nazis smoke?

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Post by Mors » 15 Sep 2018, 20:17

Don't forget Ernst Kaltenbrunner, head of the RSHA from January 1943. Up to 100 a day, reputedly. If the hangman hadn't got him first, cancer almost certainly would have done.

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