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    Karl Rudolf Werner Best (10 July 1903 – 23 June 1989) was a German jurist, police chief, SS-Obergruppenführer, Nazi Party leader, and theoretician from...
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    Werner Herzog (German: [ˈvɛʁnɐ ˈhɛʁtsoːk]; né Stipetić; born 5 September 1942) is a German filmmaker, actor, opera director, and author. Regarded as a...
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    Voyage of the Damned (1976). Werner accepted both stage and film roles throughout his career. He won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated...
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    German ambassador, and then in November 1942 to the lawyer and SS general Werner Best. Danish public opinion generally backed the new government, particularly...
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    Werner Herzog (born 1942) is a German filmmaker whose films often feature ambitious or deranged protagonists with impossible dreams. Herzog's works span...
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    training, particularly once Werner Best assumed a leading role for training in April 1936. Employing biological metaphors, Best emphasised a doctrine which...
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  • Short Film; 'My Dinner with Werner' by Alex Billington, February 3, 2022. My Best Fiend at IMDb My Best Fiend at AllMovie My Best Fiend on YouTube A short...
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    including for Best Picture, Best Actor for Oskar Werner, Best Actress for Simone Signoret, and Best Supporting Actor for Michael Dunn. It won for Best Art Direction...
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    November 1942, the plenipotentiary, Cecil von Renthe-Fink, was replaced by Werner Best and the commander of the German forces in Denmark Erich Lüdke was replaced...
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  • Werner is a name of German origin. Werner, meaning “the defender” or “the defending warrior”, is common both as a given name and a surname. There are...
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    Werner Klemperer (March 22, 1920 – December 6, 2000) was an American actor. He was known for playing Colonel Wilhelm Klink on the CBS television sitcom...
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    Thomas Preston-Werner (born May 27, 1979) is an American billionaire software developer and entrepreneur. He is an active contributor within the free and...
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    Werner Hans Erhard (born John Paul Rosenberg; September 5, 1935): 7  is an American lecturer known for founding est (offered from 1971 to 1984).: 14  In...
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    Thomas Charles Werner (born April 12, 1950) is an American television producer and businessman. Through his investment in Fenway Sports Group, he is currently...
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    draft-dodger". Nazi jurist and former police chief, SS-Obergruppenführer Werner Best opined Müller represented one of the "finest examples" of the limited...
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  • Indian cricketer Tommy Best (1920–2018), Welsh footballer Travis Best (born 1972), American professional basketball player Werner Best (1903–1989), German...
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  • Werner Coetser (born 2 March 1988), is a South African actor, producer, presenter, voice artist, MC and singer. He is best known for the role "Bernard...
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  • Werner Günthör (born 1 June 1961 in Uttwil) is a former Swiss track and field athlete, who was the best shot putter in the history of Swiss track and...
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    Reichsjugendführer and leader of the Hitler Youth from 1940 to 1945 Werner Best, head of Amt I (Administration) of the Gestapo in the Reich Security...
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    worked with the Nazi Reich representative Werner Best, who organised the Gestapo. On 11 September 1943 Best told Duckwitz about the intended roundup of...
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  • The Carsey-Werner Company (previously known as Carsey-Werner Productions and Carsey-Werner-Mandabach Productions, before that, Carsey Productions and...
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  • Grumbach) and Henry Werner. He had one sister, Patsy Werner Hanson, and one brother, Tom Werner. In 1977, Werner won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short...
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  • until he was replaced on 5 November 1942 by SS-Obergruppenführer Werner Best. Best remained in this post until the German surrender in Denmark on 5 May...
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  • great-uncle's house in Saint-Malo after Paris is invaded by Nazi Germany, and Werner Pfennig, a bright German boy who is accepted into a military school because...
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    car racer, the first person to circumnavigate the world by automobile Werner Best (1903–1989), jurist, police chief and Nazi leader Carl Balhaus (1905–1968)...
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    SD), the police, and the Gestapo. Heydrich placed SS-Obergruppenführer Werner Best in command, who assigned Hans-Joachim Tesmer [de] to choose personnel...
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    journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) Herbert, Ulrich (1996). Werner Best biographische Studien über Radikalismus, Weltanschauung und Vernunft...
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    Workers' Party of Denmark (DNSAP) and German Reichsbevollmächtigter. Dr. Werner Best abandoned plans to create a government under Danish Nazi leader Frits...
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    Office. He was an SS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS. Werner Best – SS-Obergruppenführer and Reich Plenipotentiary for Nazi-occupied Denmark...
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    Croatian Naval Legion. Leonhard Kaupisch, Military commander of Denmark. Werner Best, served as a civilian administrator in Denmark. Erik Scavenius, Prime...
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