Kurt Blome
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Kurt Blome was a Nazi physician and high-ranking SS official who conducted and oversaw biological warfare and human experimentation programs during the Third Reich.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kurt Blome canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1893859 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kurt Blome Context triple: [Doctors' Trial, defendant, Kurt Blome]
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A.
Franz Walter Stahlecker
Franz Walter Stahlecker was a high-ranking Nazi SS officer who led Einsatzgruppe A, overseeing mass murders of Jews and other civilians in Eastern Europe during World War II.
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B.
Günther Rall
Günther Rall was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace of World War II, credited with one of the highest aerial victory scores in aviation history.
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C.
Josef Kammhuber
Josef Kammhuber was a German Luftwaffe general during World War II, best known for organizing Germany’s night air defense system.
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D.
Viktor Lutze
Viktor Lutze was a high-ranking Nazi official who led the Sturmabteilung (SA) after Ernst Röhm’s purge and helped consolidate Adolf Hitler’s control over the paramilitary organization.
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E.
Hans-Ulrich Rudel
Hans-Ulrich Rudel was a highly decorated German ground-attack pilot of World War II, renowned for his tank-busting missions and as the most decorated serviceman of the Luftwaffe.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kurt Blome Target entity description: Kurt Blome was a Nazi physician and high-ranking SS official who conducted and oversaw biological warfare and human experimentation programs during the Third Reich.
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A.
Franz Walter Stahlecker
Franz Walter Stahlecker was a high-ranking Nazi SS officer who led Einsatzgruppe A, overseeing mass murders of Jews and other civilians in Eastern Europe during World War II.
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B.
Günther Rall
Günther Rall was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace of World War II, credited with one of the highest aerial victory scores in aviation history.
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C.
Josef Kammhuber
Josef Kammhuber was a German Luftwaffe general during World War II, best known for organizing Germany’s night air defense system.
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D.
Viktor Lutze
Viktor Lutze was a high-ranking Nazi official who led the Sturmabteilung (SA) after Ernst Röhm’s purge and helped consolidate Adolf Hitler’s control over the paramilitary organization.
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E.
Hans-Ulrich Rudel
Hans-Ulrich Rudel was a highly decorated German ground-attack pilot of World War II, renowned for his tank-busting missions and as the most decorated serviceman of the Luftwaffe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nazi official
ⓘ
human ⓘ physician ⓘ war criminal ⓘ |
| allegiance | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| charge |
crimes against humanity
ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ |
| citizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | German Empire ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | West Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfService | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1894-01-31 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1969-10-09 ⓘ |
| education | studied medicine ⓘ |
| employer |
Reich Ministry of the Interior
ⓘ
linked to:
Ministry of the Interior of Nazi Germany
Reich Research Council ⓘ |
| era | World War II ⓘ |
| familyName | Blome ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
biological warfare
ⓘ
cancer research ⓘ epidemiology ⓘ medicine ⓘ |
| fullName | Kurt Blome ⓘ |
| givenName | Kurt ⓘ |
| ideology | Nazism ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
experiments with other infectious diseases
ⓘ
experiments with plague ⓘ |
| laterActivity | worked as a physician in West Germany after the war ⓘ |
| memberOf |
National Socialist German Workers' Party
ⓘ
linked to:
Nazi Party
Schutzstaffel ⓘ
linked to:
Schutzstaffel (SS)
|
| notableEvent | recruited for consultation by U.S. authorities after World War II ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Nazi biological warfare research
ⓘ
human experimentation during the Third Reich ⓘ |
| occupation |
physician
ⓘ
politician ⓘ researcher ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Nazi biological weapons program
ⓘ
Nazi human experimentation programs ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Bielefeld ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Dortmund ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Deputy Reich Health Leader
ⓘ
Plenipotentiary for Cancer Research in the Reich Research Council ⓘ
linked to:
Nazi physicians
|
| responsibleFor | planning biological warfare research for Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| SSRank | SS-Gruppenführer ⓘ |
| trialLocation | Nuremberg ⓘ |
| trialYear | 1947 ⓘ |
| triedAt | Doctors' Trial ⓘ |
| verdict | acquitted at Doctors' Trial ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.