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{{Villain Infobox|name=Evil-doer|fullname=Herbert Kappler|origin=Stuttgart, Germany|occupation=Lieutenant Colonel | {{Villain Infobox|name=Evil-doer|fullname=Herbert Kappler|origin=Stuttgart, Germany|occupation=Lieutenant Colonel | ||
Gestapo | Chief of the Gestapo|skills=Knowledge in criminology | ||
Strategy | Strategy | ||
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Deporting Jews | Deporting Jews | ||
Spying the italian police|goals=Free Mussolini (succeded) | Spying the italian police | ||
Discussing literature and religion with his old enemy Hugh O'Flaherty in prison|goals=Free Mussolini (succeded) | |||
Maintain the control of the Nazis at Rome (failed) | Maintain the control of the Nazis at Rome (failed) | ||
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Evasion | Evasion | ||
War crimes|alias=Obersturmbannführer Kappler|type of villain=Nazi colonel|Image=Kappler Herbert.jpg}} | War crimes|alias=Obersturmbannführer Kappler|type of villain=Nazi colonel|Image=Kappler Herbert.jpg|enemies=Partisans | ||
The Allies | |||
Anti-fascists | |||
The Vatican | |||
Jewish people | |||
Hugh O'Flaherty (precedently)}} | |||
Herbert Kappler was the Gestapo chief SS-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel) of Rome who committed war crimes. | Herbert Kappler was the Gestapo chief SS-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel) of Rome who committed war crimes. | ||
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=== First tasks as an SS === | === First tasks as an SS === | ||
[[File:Herbert Kappler with the fascists.jpg|left|thumb|260x260px|Herbert Kappler with some officers of the Police of the italian Africa and a Nazi official.]] | |||
Herbert entered in the SS for his qualification in criminology and he was promoted to captain (Hauptsturmführer) and he was sended to Rome to the embassy of Villa Wolkonsky in 1939 for spying the italian police. | Herbert entered in the SS for his qualification in criminology and he was promoted to captain (Hauptsturmführer) and he was sended to Rome to the embassy of Villa Wolkonsky in 1939 for spying the italian police. | ||
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=== Freeing Mussolini === | === Freeing Mussolini === | ||
Thanks to some italian collaborations, | Thanks to some italian collaborations, he knew in advance of Mussolini's dismissal on 25 July 1943 and he was able to capture Galeazzio Ciano and Mafalda of Savoy. | ||
Then, Kappler identified the place where 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. | Then, Kappler identified the place where 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 === | === Persecution of Archbishop Hugh O'Flaherty === | ||
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 | [[File:Hugh O'Flaherty.jpg|left|thumb|215x215px|Photo of Hugh O'Flarerty, one of the (ex) enemies of Herbert Kappler.]] | ||
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. | |||
=== Capture and prison life === | === Capture and prison life === | ||
[[File:Kappler | [[File:Kappler on trial.jpg|thumb|288x288px|Kappler being 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. | 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 === | === Death === | ||
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. | 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. | ||
== Trivia == | |||
* He weighed less than 105 pounds. | |||
* Before converting to the Catholic Church, he was a devouted atheist. | |||
[[Category:Torturer]] | [[Category:Torturer]] | ||
[[Category:Remorseful]] | [[Category:Remorseful]] | ||
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[[Category:Deceased]] | [[Category:Deceased]] | ||
[[Category:Mass Murderers]] | [[Category:Mass Murderers]] | ||
[[Category:Important]] | |||
[[Category:Anti-Semetic]] | |||
[[Category:Anti-Religious]] | |||
[[Category:Supremacists]] | |||
[[Category:Fascist]] | |||
[[Category:Germany]] | |||
[[Category:Anti-Christian]] | |||