SS-Sturmbannführer Hermann Höfle
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SS-Sturmbannführer Hermann Höfle was an Austrian Nazi SS officer who played a central organizational role in Operation Reinhard, coordinating mass deportations of Jews to extermination camps during the Holocaust.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hermann Julius Höfle | 2 |
| SS-Sturmbannführer Hermann Höfle canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6200741 — 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: SS-Sturmbannführer Hermann Höfle Context triple: [Grossaktion Warsaw, commandedBy, SS-Sturmbannführer Hermann Höfle]
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A.
Karl-Otto Koch
Karl-Otto Koch was an SS officer and commandant of Nazi concentration camps, notorious for his extreme brutality and corruption during the Holocaust.
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B.
Otto Ohlendorf
Otto Ohlendorf was a high-ranking SS officer and leader of Einsatzgruppe D, responsible for mass murders during the Holocaust and later convicted as a war criminal at the Nuremberg Trials.
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C.
Kurt Daluege
Kurt Daluege was a high-ranking Nazi official and SS leader who served as chief of the Order Police and later as acting Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia during World War II.
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D.
Sepp Dietrich
Sepp Dietrich was a senior Nazi military leader who commanded elite SS units during World War II and was later convicted as a war criminal.
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E.
Oswald Pohl
Oswald Pohl was a high-ranking Nazi SS officer who oversaw the administration of concentration camps and was convicted and executed as a war criminal after World War II.
- 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: SS-Sturmbannführer Hermann Höfle Target entity description: SS-Sturmbannführer Hermann Höfle was an Austrian Nazi SS officer who played a central organizational role in Operation Reinhard, coordinating mass deportations of Jews to extermination camps during the Holocaust.
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A.
Karl-Otto Koch
Karl-Otto Koch was an SS officer and commandant of Nazi concentration camps, notorious for his extreme brutality and corruption during the Holocaust.
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B.
Otto Ohlendorf
Otto Ohlendorf was a high-ranking SS officer and leader of Einsatzgruppe D, responsible for mass murders during the Holocaust and later convicted as a war criminal at the Nuremberg Trials.
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C.
Kurt Daluege
Kurt Daluege was a high-ranking Nazi official and SS leader who served as chief of the Order Police and later as acting Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia during World War II.
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D.
Sepp Dietrich
Sepp Dietrich was a senior Nazi military leader who commanded elite SS units during World War II and was later convicted as a war criminal.
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E.
Oswald Pohl
Oswald Pohl was a high-ranking Nazi SS officer who oversaw the administration of concentration camps and was convicted and executed as a war criminal after World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austrian Nazi official
ⓘ
SS officer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeYears | 1930s–1940s ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | suicide by hanging ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Austria ⓘ |
| criminalCharge |
crimes against humanity
ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1911-06-19 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1962-08-21 ⓘ |
| employer |
SS and Police Leader Lublin office
ⓘ
linked to:
SS and Police Leader Lublin command
|
| ethnicGroup | Austrian ⓘ |
| familyName | Höfle ⓘ |
| fullName |
Hermann Julius Höfle
ⓘ
linked to:
SS-Sturmbannführer Hermann Höfle
|
| givenName | Hermann ⓘ |
| hasRole | liaison for deportation logistics ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
deportations to Belzec extermination camp
ⓘ
deportations to Majdanek concentration camp ⓘ deportations to Sobibor extermination camp ⓘ deportations to Treblinka extermination camp ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | German ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | suicide ⓘ |
| memberOf |
National Socialist German Workers' Party
ⓘ
linked to:
Nazi Party
Schutzstaffel ⓘ
linked to:
Schutzstaffel (SS)
|
| militaryRank | SS-Sturmbannführer ⓘ |
| notableEvent | arrest in Austria after the war ⓘ |
| notableFor | central organizational role in Operation Reinhard ⓘ |
| notableWork | coordination of Operation Reinhard deportations ⓘ |
| occupation |
Nazi official
ⓘ
police officer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Holocaust in Poland
ⓘ
Operation Reinhard ⓘ |
| perpetratorOf | Holocaust ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Salzburg ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Vienna ⓘ |
| placeOfDetention | Vienna prison ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| responsibleFor | mass murder of Jews ⓘ |
| role | coordinator of mass deportations of Jews to extermination camps ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Höfle Telegram ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Odilo Globocnik ⓘ |
| wasArrested | 1961 ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Generalgouvernement
ⓘ
linked to:
General Government (Nazi-occupied Poland)
Lublin ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: SS-Sturmbannführer Hermann Höfle Description of subject: SS-Sturmbannführer Hermann Höfle was an Austrian Nazi SS officer who played a central organizational role in Operation Reinhard, coordinating mass deportations of Jews to extermination camps during the Holocaust.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: SS-Sturmbannführer Hermann Höfle
subject linked to:
SS-Sturmbannführer Hermann Höfle
linked to: SS-Sturmbannführer Hermann Höfle