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Gerhard Klopfer (1905 - 1987) was an official of the Nazi Party and assistant to Martin Bormann in the Office of the (Nazi) Party Chancellery. Gerhard Klopfer File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Nazi swastika symbol The National Socialist German Workers Party ( German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), better known as the NSDAP or the Nazi Party was a political party that was led to power in Germany by Adolf Hitler in 1933. ... Hitler and Bormann in the early 1940s Martin Bormann (June 17, 1900 – May 2, 1945 )was a prominent German National Socialist (Nazi) official who became head of the Party Chancellery (Parteikanzlei) and Private Secretary to Adolf Hitler, gaining his trust and deriving immense power within the Third Reich by controlling... Party Chancellery was the name of the office that replaced that of Deputy Fuhrer of the NSDAP (Nazi Party), after Rudolf Hess made his flight to Britain in 1941. ...


Klopfer was born in Schreibersdorf, Silesia (now in Poland) in 1905. He studied law and economics and in 1931 became a judge in Düsseldorf, Germany. When the Nazis came to power in 1933, he joined the NSDAP (National Socialist German Workers Party or Nazi Party) and the SA (Sturmabteilung) along with the Gestapo (German secret police) the following year. In 1935, he became a member of Rudolf Hess's staff and the SS (Schutzstaffel) with the honorary SS rank of Oberführer (Brigadier General). In 1938, he became responsible for the seizing of Jewish businesses for questions about mixed marriages between Germans and Jews and general questions about occupation of foreign states. As State Secretary of the Parteikanzlei (Party Chancellery), he represented Bormann, who was head of the Parteikanzlei, at the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942 in which the details of the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question" were formalized, policies that were to culminate in the Holocaust. Prussian Silesia, 1871, outlined in yellow; Silesia at the close of the Seven Years War in 1763, outlined in cyan (areas now in the Czech Republic were Austrian-ruled at that time) Silesia (Polish: , German: ( (help· info)), Czech: ) is a historical region in central Europe. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Machtergreifung is a German word meaning seizure of power. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Nazi swastika The National Socialist German Workers Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), better known as the NSDAP or the Nazi Party was a political party that was led to power in Germany by Adolf Hitler in 1933. ... The seal of SA The â–¶ (help· info) (SA, German for Storm Division and is usually translated as stormtroops or stormtroopers) functioned as a paramilitary organisation of the NSDAP – the German Nazi party. ... The Deaths Head emblem similar to Skull and crossbones, often used as the insignia of the Gestapo The (help· info) (contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei; secret state police) was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Rudolf Hess Not be confused with Rudolf Hoess (Höß in German) Walter Richard Rudolf Hess (Heß in German) (April 26, 1894 – August 17, 1987) was a prominent figure in Nazi Germany as Adolf Hitlers deputy in the Nazi Party. ... The infamous double-sig rune SS insignia. ... Throughout the existence of the German SS, the organization maintained a unique set of ranks and insignia that differentiated it from other branches of the German military, German state, and the Nazi Party. ... SS-Oberführer Collar Patch SA-Oberführer Collar Patch Oberführer was an early paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party dating back to 1921. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Wannsee Villa, location of the Wannsee Conference, is now a Holocaust museum. ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... The Final Solution (German Endlösung) refers to the German Nazis plan to address the Jewish problem through systematic relocation and later extermination through genocide during World War II. The term was coined by Adolf Eichmann, a top Nazi official who supervised the genocidal campaign. ... Concentration camp inmates during the Holocaust The Holocaust was Nazi Germanys systematic genocide (ethnic cleansing) of various ethnic, religious, national, and secular groups during World War II. Early elements include the Kristallnacht pogrom and the T-4 Euthanasia Program established by Hitler that killed some 200,000 people. ...


As the Soviet Army closed in on Berlin in 1945, Klopfer fled the city. He was captured and imprisoned and was charged with war crimes but was released for lack of evidence. He became a tax advisor in the city of Ulm (Baden-Württemberg). He was the last surviving attendee of the Wannsee Conference, passing away in 1987. This article is about the armed forces of the Soviet Union. ... (help· info) is the capital city and a single state of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... A war crime is a punishable offense, under international law, for violations of the law of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. ... Ulm is a city in the German Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg (about 100 km south-east of Stuttgart). ... Baden-Württemberg is a federal state in south-western Germany to the east of the Upper Rhine. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Klopfer was recently portrayed by Ian McNeice in the HBO made-for-cable movie Conspiracy in 2001. Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, portrayed by Ian McNeice in the Sci-Fi Channels Dune miniseries Ian McNeice (born October 2, 1950) is an internationally known English television and movie actor. ... HBO (Home Box Office) is a premium cable television network with headquarters in New York City. ... Conspiracy is a made-for-TV BBC/HBO motion picture which dramatizes the events that occurred during the Wannsee Conference of 1942. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...


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Gerhard Klopfer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (298 words)
Gerhard Klopfer (1905 - 1987) was an official of the Nazi Party and assistant to Martin Bormann in the Office of the (Nazi) Party Chancellery.
Klopfer was born in Schreibersdorf, Silesia (now in Poland) in 1905.
Klopfer was recently portrayed by Ian McNeice in the HBO made-for-cable movie Conspiracy in 2001.
Gerhard Klopfer (109 words)
Gerhard Klopfer was an official of the Nazi Party and assistant to Martin Bormann in the Office of the (Nazi) Party Chancellery.
Klopfer was an attorney and early member of the NSDAP (Nazis) with the honorary SS rank of Oberfuhrer (Brig.
He represented Martin Bormann at the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, in which the details of the 'Final Solution' against the European Jews were formalized.
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