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{{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 (failed)<br>Deport Jews to concentration camps (succeded)<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 (failed)<br>Deport Jews to concentration camps (succeded)<br> | ||
Take Mafalda of Savoy as an hostage (succeded)<br>Imprison [[Galeazzo Ciano]] (succeded)<br> | Take Mafalda of Savoy as an hostage (succeded)<br>Imprison [[Galeazzo Ciano]] (succeded)<br> | ||
Escape to Germany (succeded)<br>Kill Hugh O'Flaherty (failed)<br>Free [[Benito Mussolini|Mussolini]] (succeded) | Escape to Germany (succeded)<br>Kill Hugh O'Flaherty (failed)<br>Free [[Benito Mussolini|Mussolini]] (succeded) | ||
|crimes=Hostage taking<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[War crimes]] | |crimes=Hostage taking<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>Deportation<br>[[War crimes]]<br>Evasion<br>[[Torture]]|alias=Obersturmbannführer Kappler|type of villain=Nazi colonel|Image=HK.jpg|enemies=Hugh O'Flaherty (precedently)<br>Jewish people<br>The Vatican <br>Anti-fascists<br>The Allies<br>Partisans}} | ||
{{Quote|Only I know how much I suffered from that terrible experience.|Herbert Kappler expressing his regret on the [[Ardeatine massacre]]}} | |||
'''Herbert Kappler''' was the [[Gestapo]] chief SS-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel) of Rome who committed [[War crimes|war crimes]]. | '''Herbert Kappler''' was the [[Gestapo]] chief SS-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel) of Rome who committed [[War crimes|war crimes]]. | ||
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=== Early life === | === Early life === | ||
Herbert was born at Stuttgart, Germany, on the 23rd 1907 by a driver that worked as an office worker in the municipe of his city. | Herbert was born at Stuttgart, Germany, on the 23rd September 1907 by a driver that worked as an office worker in the municipe of his city. | ||
=== First tasks as an SS === | === First tasks as an SS === | ||
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The ransom paid by the Roman Jews only assured them a brief pause in the persecution to which they were to be subjected. Two weeks later,on the morning of October 16th 1943, 1259 Jews were rounded up by surprise, being temporarily incarcerated at the military college in via della Lungara. 1,023 deportees were sent to Auschwitz. Only sixteen of them survived the extermination, fifteen men and one woman. | The ransom paid by the Roman Jews only assured them a brief pause in the persecution to which they were to be subjected. Two weeks later,on the morning of October 16th 1943, 1259 Jews were rounded up by surprise, being temporarily incarcerated at the military college in via della Lungara. 1,023 deportees were sent to Auschwitz. Only sixteen of them survived the extermination, fifteen men and one woman. | ||
By that moment, the attitude of the fascists and Nazis became more violent and various roundups were made. In fact, a building in Tasso street was made in to a prison for torturing and interrogate anti-fascists and partisans. | By that moment, the attitude of the fascists and Nazis became more violent and various roundups were made. In fact, a building in Tasso street was made in to a prison for torturing and interrogate anti-fascists and partisans. [[File:Massacre of the Ardeatine.jpg|left|thumb|323x323px|24th March 1944, Nazis getting ready to execute 335 people.]] | ||
=== [[Ardeatine massacre|The massacre of the Ardeatine]] === | |||
[[File:Massacre of the Ardeatine.jpg|left|thumb|323x323px|24th March 1944, Nazis getting ready to execute 335 people.]] | |||
After the attack of the 23rd March 1944 at Rasella street, Kappler with the commisioner Pietro Caruso attended for the choice of some of the victims: mostly civilians and Jews were led by Erich Priebke and Karl Hass to the Fosse Ardeatine, shot in groups of five. At the end of the mass execution, the entrance to the quarries was detonated. 335 Italians were murdered. The 5 more were taken by mistake, but murdered all the same because they witnessed the massacre. | After the attack of the 23rd March 1944 at Rasella street, Kappler with the commisioner Pietro Caruso attended for the choice of some of the victims: mostly civilians and Jews were led by Erich Priebke and Karl Hass to the Fosse Ardeatine, shot in groups of five. At the end of the mass execution, the entrance to the quarries was detonated. 335 Italians were murdered. The 5 more were taken by mistake, but murdered all the same because they witnessed the massacre. | ||
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[[File:Old Kappler.jpg|thumb|194x194px|An old Herbert Kappler resting on his bed.]] | [[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. | 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. | ||
== Quotes == | |||
{{Quote|As long as I'm not in Germany I don't want to delude myself or despair. Too many times my dreams of freedom have been disappointed.|Herbert Kappler on wanting to return to Germany.}}{{Quote|I was forced to order that no chaplain attend the execution. It is, in fact, terrible for a dying person to be separated from the priest.|Herbert Kappler}}{{Quote|I felt the responsibility of execution terrible on me. I feverishly studied the modalities. I called my officers to report and briefed them on the situation and gave them orders. Each commander had to participate in the execution by firing a shot from a machine gun. This was a symbolic necessity.|Herbert Kappler on the [[Ardeatine massacre]]}} | |||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
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* He weighed less than 105 pounds. | * He weighed less than 105 pounds. | ||
* Before converting to the Catholic Church, he was a devouted atheist. | * Before converting to the Catholic Church, he was a devouted atheist. | ||
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[[Category:Germany]] | [[Category:Germany]] | ||
[[Category:Male]] | [[Category:Male]] | ||
[[Category:Villains of World War 2]] | [[Category:Villains of World War 2]] | ||
[[Category:Modern Villains]] | [[Category:Modern Villains]] | ||
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[[Category:Deceased]] | [[Category:Deceased]] | ||
[[Category:Imprisoned]] | [[Category:Imprisoned]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:War Criminal]] | ||
[[Category:Torturer]] | [[Category:Torturer]] | ||
[[Category:Mongers]] | [[Category:Mongers]] | ||
[[Category:Mass Murderers]] | [[Category:Mass Murderers]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Fascist]] | ||
[[Category:Supremacists]] | |||
[[Category:Anti-Religious]] | |||
[[Category:Anti-Semetic]] | [[Category:Anti-Semetic]] | ||
[[Category:Anti-Christian]] | [[Category:Anti-Christian]] | ||
[[Category:Remorseful]] | |||
[[Category:Homicidal]] | |||
[[Category:Barbarians]] | |||
[[Category:Fallen Heroes]] | |||