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{{Mature}}{{Villain Infobox|name=Evil-doer|fullname=Herbert Kappler|origin=Stuttgart, Germany|occupation=Lieutenant Colonel Chief of the [[Gestapo]]|skills=Knowledge in criminology High Intelligence Marksmanship Leadership Strategy|hobby=Discussing literature and religion with his old enemy Hugh O'Flaherty in prison Torturing anti-fascists and partisans Spying the italian police Deporting Jews Raking people|goals=Maintain the control of the Nazis at Rome (failed) Deport Jews to concentration camps (~~succeded~~)

{{Mature}}{{Villain Infobox|name=Evil-doer|fullname=Herbert Kappler|origin=Stuttgart, Germany|occupation=Lieutenant Colonel Chief of the [[Gestapo]]|skills=Knowledge in criminology High Intelligence Marksmanship Leadership Strategy|hobby=Discussing literature and religion with his old enemy Hugh O'Flaherty in prison Torturing anti-fascists and partisans Spying the italian police Deporting Jews Raking people|goals=Maintain the control of the Nazis at Rome(failed) Deport Jews to concentration camps (succeeded) Take Mafalda of Savoy as an hostage (succeeded) Imprison [[Galeazzo Ciano]] (succeeded)

Take Mafalda of Savoy as an hostage (~~succeded~~) Imprison [[Galeazzo Ciano]] (~~succeded~~)

Escape to Germany (succeeded) Kill Hugh O'Flaherty (failed) Free [[Benito Mussolini]] (succeeded)

Escape to Germany (~~succeded~~) Kill Hugh O'Flaherty (failed) Free [[Benito Mussolini]] (~~succeded~~)

|crimes=Hostage taking [[Mass murder]] Deportation [[War crimes]] Evasion [[Torture]]|alias=Obersturmbannführer Kappler|type of villain=Nazi colonel|image=Herbert Kappler 1977.jpg|enemies=Hugh O'Flaherty (precedently) Jewish people Anti-fascists The Vatican The Allies Partisans}}

|crimes=Hostage taking ~~Mass~~ [[murder]] Deportation [[War crimes]] Evasion [[Torture]]|alias=Obersturmbannführer Kappler|type of villain=Nazi colonel|~~Image~~=Herbert Kappler.jpg|enemies=Hugh O'Flaherty (precedently) Jewish people Anti-fascists The Vatican The Allies Partisans}}

{{Quote|Only I know how much I suffered from that terrible experience.|Herbert Kappler expressing his regret on doing the [[Ardeatine massacre]]}}

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=== Freeing Mussolini ===

Thanks to some italian collaborations, he knew in advance of [[Benito Mussolini|Mussolini]]'s dismissal on 25 July 1943 and he was able to capture [[Galeazzo Ciano]] and Mafalda of Savoy.

[[File:Raid of the Gran Sasso.jpg|left|thumb|Mussolini with Nazi commander after the ~~succesful~~ end of the Operation Oak.]]

[[File:Raid of the Gran Sasso.jpg|left|thumb|Mussolini with Nazi commander after the successful end of the Operation Oak.]]

Then, Kappler identified the place where [[Benito Mussolini|Mussolini]] was held prisoner, in Campo Imperatore, and planned its release by direct order of [[Heinrich Himmler]], even though Kappler defined [[fascism]] "dead" and he didn't wanted to re-establish a puppet fascist government.

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=== Persecution of Archbishop Hugh O'Flaherty ===

[[File:Hugh O'Flaherty.jpg|thumb|271x271px|Photo of Hugh O'Flarerty, one of the (ex) enemies of Herbert Kappler.|center]]

He is best remembered for trying to stop Archbishop Hugh O'Flaherty, a Catholic priest helping Jews and Allied survive the Nazi regime in Rome. Kappler even tried breaking the neutrality rules in the Vatican by trying to assassinate O'Flaherty, which never succeeded.

He is best remembered for trying to stop Archbishop Hugh O'Flaherty, a Catholic priest helping Jews and Allied survive the Nazi regime in Rome. Kappler even tried breaking the neutrality rules in the Vatican by trying to assassinate O'Flaherty, which never succeeded.[[File:Kappler_on_trial.jpg|left|thumb|258x258px|Herbert Kappler on trial during May 1948.]]

=== Capture and prison life ===

~~[[File:Kappler_on_trial.jpg|left|thumb|258x258px|Herbert Kappler on trial during May 1948.]]~~

Kappler was arrested by the Allies for his actions during his rule in Rome. Kappler stayed in prison, his wife divorced him and refused to have his children visit him. His only visitor was his old enemy Hugh O'Flaherty. The two started to become friends, where they discussing literature and religion. In 1959, a remorseful Kappler converted to the Catholic church thus ending his atheist beliefs. In 1972, Kappler later married a nurse named Anneliese Kappler.[[File:Old Kappler.jpg|thumb|194x194px|An old Herbert Kappler resting on his bed.]]

Kappler was arrested by the Allies for his actions during his rule in Rome. Kappler stayed in prison, his wife divorced him and refused to have his children visit him. His only visitor was his old enemy Hugh O'Flaherty. The two started to become friends, where they discussing literature and religion. In 1959, a remorseful Kappler converted to the Catholic church thus ending his atheist beliefs. In 1972, Kappler later married a nurse named Anneliese Kappler.

=== Death ===

~~[[File:Old Kappler.jpg|thumb|194x194px|An old Herbert Kappler resting on his bed.]]~~

In 1975, Kappler was diagnosed with terminal cancer. After Italy denied appeals to have him be with Anneliese at her home in Soltau (West Germany), she carried him out in a large suitcase and escaped to West Germany. The Italians demanded that Kappler is returned, but the West Germany authorities refused to extradite him. Six months after the escape, Herbert Kappler died in his wife's home on February 9th 1978.

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== Gallery ==

=== Images ===

File:Kappler1 little.jpg|Herbert Kappler's mugshot.

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[[Category:Supremacists]]

[[Category:Anti-Religious]]

[[Category:Anti-~~Semetic~~]]

[[Category:Anti-Semitic]]

[[Category:Anti-Christian]]

[[Category:Remorseful]]

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[[Category:Barbarians]]

[[Category:Mastermind]]

[[Category:In love]]

[[Category:Fallen Heroes]]

[[Category:Nazi Party Members]]

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-{{Mature}}{{Villain Infobox|name=Evil-doer|fullname=Herbert Kappler|origin=Stuttgart, Germany|occupation=Lieutenant Colonel<br>Chief of the [[Gestapo]]|skills=Knowledge in criminology<br>High Intelligence<br>Marksmanship<br>Leadership<br>Strategy|hobby=Discussing literature and religion with his old enemy Hugh O'Flaherty in prison<br>Torturing anti-fascists and partisans<br>Spying the italian police<br>Deporting Jews<br>Raking people|goals=Maintain the control of the Nazis at Rome <small>(failed)</small><br>Deport Jews to concentration camps <small>(succeded)</small><br>
+{{Mature}}{{Villain Infobox|name=Evil-doer|fullname=Herbert Kappler|origin=Stuttgart, Germany|occupation=Lieutenant Colonel<br>Chief of the [[Gestapo]]|skills=Knowledge in criminology<br>High Intelligence<br>Marksmanship<br>Leadership<br>Strategy|hobby=Discussing literature and religion with his old enemy Hugh O'Flaherty in prison<br>Torturing anti-fascists and partisans<br>Spying the italian police<br>Deporting Jews<br>Raking people|goals=Maintain the control of the Nazis at Rome<small>(failed)</small><br>Deport Jews to concentration camps <small>(succeeded)</small><br>Take Mafalda of Savoy as an hostage <small>(succeeded)</small><br>Imprison [[Galeazzo Ciano]] <small>(succeeded)</small><br>
-Take Mafalda of Savoy as an hostage <small>(succeded)</small><br>Imprison [[Galeazzo Ciano]] <small>(succeded)</small><br>
+Escape to Germany <small>(succeeded)</small><br>Kill Hugh O'Flaherty <small>(failed)</small><br>Free [[Benito Mussolini]] <small>(succeeded)</small>
-Escape to Germany <small>(succeded)</small><br>Kill Hugh O'Flaherty <small>(failed)</small><br>Free [[Benito Mussolini]] <small>(succeded)</small>
+|crimes=Hostage taking<br>[[Mass murder]]<br>Deportation<br>[[War crimes]]<br>Evasion<br>[[Torture]]|alias=Obersturmbannführer Kappler|type of villain=Nazi colonel|image=Herbert Kappler 1977.jpg|enemies=Hugh O'Flaherty <small>(precedently)</small><br>Jewish people<br>Anti-fascists<br> The Vatican<br>The Allies<br>Partisans}}
-|crimes=Hostage taking<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>Deportation<br>[[War crimes]]<br>Evasion<br>[[Torture]]|alias=Obersturmbannführer Kappler|type of villain=Nazi colonel|Image=Herbert Kappler.jpg|enemies=Hugh O'Flaherty <small>(precedently)</small><br>Jewish people<br>Anti-fascists<br> The Vatican<br>The Allies<br>Partisans}}
 {{Quote|Only I know how much I suffered from that terrible experience.|Herbert Kappler expressing his regret on doing the [[Ardeatine massacre]]}}
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 === Freeing Mussolini ===
 Thanks to some italian collaborations, he knew in advance of [[Benito Mussolini|Mussolini]]'s dismissal on 25 July 1943 and he was able to capture [[Galeazzo Ciano]] and Mafalda of Savoy.
-[[File:Raid of the Gran Sasso.jpg|left|thumb|Mussolini with Nazi commander after the succesful end of the Operation Oak.]]
+[[File:Raid of the Gran Sasso.jpg|left|thumb|Mussolini with Nazi commander after the successful end of the Operation Oak.]]
 Then, Kappler identified the place where [[Benito Mussolini|Mussolini]] was held prisoner, in Campo Imperatore, and planned its release by direct order of [[Heinrich Himmler]], even though Kappler defined [[fascism]] "dead" and he didn't wanted to re-establish a puppet fascist government.
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 === Persecution of Archbishop Hugh O'Flaherty ===
 [[File:Hugh O'Flaherty.jpg|thumb|271x271px|Photo of Hugh O'Flarerty, one of the (ex) enemies of Herbert Kappler.|center]]
-He is best remembered for trying to stop Archbishop Hugh O'Flaherty, a Catholic priest helping Jews and Allied survive the Nazi regime in Rome. Kappler even tried breaking the neutrality rules in the Vatican by trying to assassinate O'Flaherty, which never succeeded.
+He is best remembered for trying to stop Archbishop Hugh O'Flaherty, a Catholic priest helping Jews and Allied survive the Nazi regime in Rome. Kappler even tried breaking the neutrality rules in the Vatican by trying to assassinate O'Flaherty, which never succeeded.[[File:Kappler_on_trial.jpg|left|thumb|258x258px|Herbert Kappler on trial during May 1948.]]
 === Capture and prison life ===
-[[File:Kappler_on_trial.jpg|left|thumb|258x258px|Herbert Kappler on trial during May 1948.]]
+Kappler was arrested by the Allies for his actions during his rule in Rome. Kappler stayed in prison, his wife divorced him and refused to have his children visit him. His only visitor was his old enemy Hugh O'Flaherty. The two started to become friends, where they discussing literature and religion. In 1959, a remorseful Kappler converted to the Catholic church thus ending his atheist beliefs. In 1972, Kappler later married a nurse named Anneliese Kappler.[[File:Old Kappler.jpg|thumb|194x194px|An old Herbert Kappler resting on his bed.]]
-Kappler was arrested by the Allies for his actions during his rule in Rome. Kappler stayed in prison, his wife divorced him and refused to have his children visit him. His only visitor was his old enemy Hugh O'Flaherty. The two started to become friends, where they discussing literature and religion. In 1959, a remorseful Kappler converted to the Catholic church thus ending his atheist beliefs. In 1972, Kappler later married a nurse named Anneliese Kappler.
 === Death ===
-[[File:Old Kappler.jpg|thumb|194x194px|An old Herbert Kappler resting on his bed.]]
 In 1975, Kappler was diagnosed with terminal cancer. After Italy denied appeals to have him be with Anneliese at her home in Soltau (West Germany), she carried him out in a large suitcase and escaped to West Germany. The Italians demanded that Kappler is returned, but the West Germany authorities refused to extradite him. Six months after the escape, Herbert Kappler died in his wife's home on February 9th 1978.
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 == Gallery ==
+=== Images ===
 <gallery mode="nolines" widths="220" heights="220" perrow="4">
 File:Kappler1 little.jpg|Herbert Kappler's mugshot.
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 [[Category:Supremacists]]
 [[Category:Anti-Religious]]
-[[Category:Anti-Semetic]]
+[[Category:Anti-Semitic]]
 [[Category:Anti-Christian]]
 [[Category:Remorseful]]
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 [[Category:Barbarians]]
 [[Category:Mastermind]]
+[[Category:In love]]
 [[Category:Fallen Heroes]]
+[[Category:Nazi Party Members]]