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Otto Wagener

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German general (1888-1971)

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Otto Wilhelm Heinrich Wagener was a German professional military officer and Nazi Party official. He was a member of the Nazi paramilitary unit, the Sturmabteilung, rising to become its effective leader as the first SA-Stabschef from 1929 to 1930.

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1924Honorary doctorate from the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

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Otto Wilhelm Heinrich Wagener was a German professional military officer and Nazi Party official. He was a member of the Nazi paramilitary unit, the Sturmabteilung, rising to become its effective leader as the first SA-Stabschef from 1929 to 1930. At the start of the Nazi regime, he served as Adolf Hitler's chief economic advisor. He survived the Röhm purge of SA leaders in 1934 and returned to military service in the Second World War, becoming a Generalmajor and military governor of the Italian Dodecanese islands. Following the war, he was interned, put on trial in Italy and sentenced to prison for war crimes.

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Germany
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Politicians
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Politician
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Lived 1888 to 1971 · aged 83
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