This is a list of nicknames and pseudonyms of Nazis. Common nicknames (as translated into English) include variations of "Beast", "Butcher" and "Angel of Death". Most high-ranking Nazis did not have a nickname. Most of the notable Nazis who did have nicknames were concentration camp personnel.
The common nickname of Sepp in German for Josef, for such Nazis as Josef Dietrich and Josef Oberhauser, is excluded from this list. The definite article "the" has been removed from the nicknames for the purposes of sorting properly.
Nicknames
edit| Nickname (as translated in English) | Person |
|---|---|
| American[1][2] | Max Möller |
| Angel of Death[3] | Josef Mengele |
| Angel of Death | August Miete |
| Angel of Death | Irma Grese |
| Badmeister | Erich Bauer |
| Beast[4] | Gustav Wagner |
| Beast of Belsen | Irma Grese |
| Beast of Belsen | Josef Kramer |
| Beast of Buchenwald[5] | Ilse Koch |
| Beautiful Beast | Irma Grese |
| Bitch of Buchenwald[6] | Ilse Koch |
| Blonde Angel of Auschwitz | Irma Grese |
| Blonde Beast | Reinhard Heydrich |
| Bohemian corporal[7] | Adolf Hitler |
| Butcher of Lyon | Klaus Barbie |
| Butcher of Prague[8] | Reinhard Heydrich |
| Butcher of Riga[9] | Eduard Roschmann |
| Butcher of Warsaw[10] | Josef Albert Meisinger |
| Butcher of Warsaw | Heinz Reinefarth |
| Butcher Widow[11] | Ilse Koch |
| Frankenstein[12] | Josef Blösche |
| Desert Fox, The | Erwin Rommel |
| Frankenstein[1][2] | Willi Mentz |
| Gasmeister | Erich Bauer |
| Globus | Odilo Globocnik |
| Handsome Toni | Anton Malloth |
| Hangman[13] | Reinhard Heydrich |
| Himmler's Evil Genius | Reinhard Heydrich |
| Hyena of Auschwitz | Irma Grese |
| Queen of Buchenwald[14][15] | Ilse Koch |
| Red Witch of Buchenwald[16][17] | Ilse Koch |
| Uncle Mengele[18] | Josef Mengele |
| Witch of Buchenwald | Ilse Koch |
| Wolf[4] | Gustav Wagner |
| Young Evil God of Death[19] | Reinhard Heydrich |
Pseudonyms
editSome Nazis also used pseudonyms, in most cases to evade notice and capture after the war.
| Pseudonym | Person |
|---|---|
| S. Josi Alvers Aspiazu[20] | Josef Mengele |
| Rudolf Berg[21] | Dietrich Klagges |
| Carl Debouche[22] | Hans Eisele |
| Werner Fiedler | Walter Frank |
| Dr. Georg Fischer | Alois Brunner |
| Wolfgang Gerhard[23] | Josef Mengele |
| Michael Gollwitzer | Heinrich Seetzen |
| Helmut Gregor[24] | Josef Mengele |
| Heinrich Hitzinger[25] | Heinrich Himmler |
| Ricardo Klement[26] | Adolf Eichmann |
| Günther Mendel[27] | Gustav Wagner |
| José Mengele[28] | Josef Mengele |
| Pedro Ricardo Olmo | Walter Kutschmann |
| Fausto Rindón[20] | Josef Mengele |
| Frederico Wagner[29] | Eduard Roschmann |
References
edit- ^ a b Kopówka, Edward; Rytel-Andrianik, Paweł (2011), "Treblinka II – Obóz zagłady" [Monograph, chpt. 3: Treblinka II Death Camp] (PDF), Dam im imię na wieki [I will give them an everlasting name. Isaiah 56:5] (in Polish), Drohiczyńskie Towarzystwo Naukowe [The Drohiczyn Scientific Society], ISBN 978-83-7257-496-1, archived from the original (PDF file, direct download 20.2 MB) on 10 October 2014, retrieved 9 September 2013,
with list of Catholic rescuers of Jews imprisoned at Treblinka, selected testimonies, bibliography, alphabetical indexes, photographs, English language summaries, and forewords by Holocaust scholars.
- ^ a b Arad, Yitzhak (1987). Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka. The Operation Reinhard Death Camps (Google Books preview). Bloomington, Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253213053.
- ^ Levy 2006, p. 242.
- ^ a b Klee, Ernst, Dressen, Willi, Riess, Volker. The Good Old Days: The Holocaust as Seen by Its Perpetrators and Bystanders. ISBN 1-56852-133-2.
- ^ Alban, Dan (10 November 2005). "Books Bound in Human Skin; Lampshade Myth?". Harvard Law Record. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
- ^ William L. Shirer (1990). The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (3rd ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 885.
- ^ Margaritis, Peter (2019). Countdown to D-Day: The German perspective. Oxford, UK & PA, USA: Casemate. p. xv. ISBN 978-1-61200-769-4.
- ^ Ramen 2001, p. 8.
- ^ Schneider, Gertrude, Exile and destruction : the fate of Austrian Jews, 1938–1945, Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1995 ISBN 0-275-95139-1, p. 78
- ^ "Swiss Neutral Claims Nazis are Still on the Loose in Japan," Spartanburg Herald-Journal, 12 May 1946, p. A5.
- ^ "Army seeks new charges against butcher widow". The Evening Independent. 29 September 1948. p. 3. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
- ^ Seksualne niewolnice III Rzeszy, Wprost magazine, nr. 17, 2007. online version in Polish
- ^ Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Tenth ed.). Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster. 1996. p. 1416. ISBN 0-87779-709-9.
- ^ Boyle, Hal (14 August 1947). "Cruel 'Queen of Buchenwald' given a permanent address". The Milwaukee Journal. p. 2. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
- ^ "Buchenwald Queen must face German court on release". The Evening Independent. 4 July 1949. p. 15. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
- ^ "Ilse Koch, Red Witch of Buchenwald, on Trial". Los Angeles Times. 28 November 1950. p. 5. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012. (subscription required)
- ^ "Life sentence for 'Red Witch' of Buchenwald". Lewiston Evening Journal. 15 January 1951. p. 6. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
- ^ Lagnado & Dekel 1991, p. 9.
- ^ Snyder 1994, p. 146.
- ^ a b Zentner & Bedürftig 1991, p. 586.
- ^ cited by: Manfred Seidenfuß: Geschichtsdidaktik(er) im Griff des Nationalsozialismus?, p. 161, footnote 2
- ^ Fisk, Robert (7 August 2010). "Butcher of Buchenwald in an Egyptian paradise". The Independent.
- ^ Blumenthal 1985, p. 1.
- ^ Levy 2006, p. 264–265.
- ^ Longerich 2012, pp. 734–736.
- ^ Cesarani 2005, p. 207.
- ^ Sobibor Interviews: Biographies of SS-men
- ^ Levy 2006, pp. 269–270.
- ^ Rathkolb, Oliver, Revisiting the National Socialist legacy: Coming to terms with forced labor, expropriation, compensation, and restitution, New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, 2004 ISBN 0-7658-0596-0, p. 232, 237 and 264
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edit- Blumenthal, Ralph (22 July 1985). "Scientists Decide Brazil Skeleton Is Josef Mengele". New York Times. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- Cesarani, David (2005) [2004]. Eichmann: His Life and Crimes. London: Vintage. ISBN 978-0-09-944844-0.
- Lagnado, Lucette Matalon; Dekel, Sheila Cohn (1991). Children of the Flames: Dr Josef Mengele and the Untold Story of the Twins of Auschwitz. New York: William Morrow. ISBN 0-688-09695-6.
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