Gerhard Klopfer

Gerhard Klopfer (1905 - 1987) was an official of the Nazi Party and assistant to Martin Bormann in the Office of the (Nazi) Party Chancellery.

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1905 - 1987 - Nazi Party - Martin Bormann - Party Chancellery

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Klopfer was an attorney and early member of the NSDAP (Nazis) with the honorary SS rank of Oberfuhrer (Brigadier General). He represented Bormann 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.

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SS rank - Oberfuhrer - Wannsee Conference - January 20 - 1942 - Final Solution of the Jewish Question - Holocaust

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After the war, he was charged with war crimes but released for lack of evidence. He became a tax advisor. He was the last surviving attendee of the Wannsee Conference, passing away in 1987.

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War crimes - 1987

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Recently protrayed in the HBO made-for-cable movie Conspiracy," 2001.

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HBO - Conspiracy - 2001

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