Kurt Dussander is a fugitive Nazi war criminal
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Kurt Dussander is a fictional former Nazi commandant and fugitive war criminal who becomes the sinister focus of Stephen King’s novella *Apt Pupil*.
All labels observed (1)
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| Kurt Dussander is a fugitive Nazi war criminal canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8243483 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Kurt Dussander is a fugitive Nazi war criminal Context triple: [Apt Pupil, characterRole, Kurt Dussander is a fugitive Nazi war criminal]
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A.
Kurt Franz
Kurt Franz was a high-ranking SS officer and one of the principal perpetrators of the Holocaust, notorious for his brutal role in the mass murder of Jews at the Treblinka extermination camp.
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B.
Kurt Sauer
Kurt Sauer is a retired American professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the National Hockey League, most notably for the Phoenix Coyotes and Colorado Avalanche.
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C.
Rudolf Havenstein
Rudolf Havenstein was the president of Germany’s Reichsbank during the early Weimar Republic, best known for overseeing monetary policy during the hyperinflation crisis of the early 1920s.
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D.
Karl Blodig
Karl Blodig was a pioneering Austrian mountaineer and ophthalmologist renowned as one of the first climbers to ascend all major Alpine peaks over 4,000 meters.
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E.
Reinhard Körner
Reinhard Körner is a German Catholic theologian and Carmelite priest known for his work in spirituality and religious education.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Kurt Dussander is a fugitive Nazi war criminal Target entity description: Kurt Dussander is a fictional former Nazi commandant and fugitive war criminal who becomes the sinister focus of Stephen King’s novella *Apt Pupil*.
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A.
Kurt Franz
Kurt Franz was a high-ranking SS officer and one of the principal perpetrators of the Holocaust, notorious for his brutal role in the mass murder of Jews at the Treblinka extermination camp.
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B.
Kurt Sauer
Kurt Sauer is a retired American professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the National Hockey League, most notably for the Phoenix Coyotes and Colorado Avalanche.
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C.
Rudolf Havenstein
Rudolf Havenstein was the president of Germany’s Reichsbank during the early Weimar Republic, best known for overseeing monetary policy during the hyperinflation crisis of the early 1920s.
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D.
Karl Blodig
Karl Blodig was a pioneering Austrian mountaineer and ophthalmologist renowned as one of the first climbers to ascend all major Alpine peaks over 4,000 meters.
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E.
Reinhard Körner
Reinhard Körner is a German Catholic theologian and Carmelite priest known for his work in spirituality and religious education.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
fictional Nazi war criminal
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fictional character ⓘ fictional fugitive ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Apt Pupil ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Todd Bowden ⓘ |
| createdBy | Stephen King ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | fugitive Nazi war criminal ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Stephen King universe
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linked to:
Stephen King multiverse
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| firstAppearance |
novella Apt Pupil
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linked to:
Apt Pupil (novella)
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| genreOfWorkAppearedIn |
horror
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psychological thriller ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | novella ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | corrupting influence on the protagonist Todd Bowden ⓘ |
| nationality | German (fictional) ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
former concentration camp commandant
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war criminal hiding under an assumed identity ⓘ |
| occupation | former Nazi commandant ⓘ |
| roleInWork | antagonist in Apt Pupil ⓘ |
| settingOfCharacterBackstory | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
evil and moral corruption
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the lingering legacy of Nazism ⓘ |
| timeOfPublicationContext |
Apt Pupil first published in 1982
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linked to:
Apt Pupil (novella)
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| workAuthor | Stephen King ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Kurt Dussander is a fugitive Nazi war criminal Description of subject: Kurt Dussander is a fictional former Nazi commandant and fugitive war criminal who becomes the sinister focus of Stephen King’s novella *Apt Pupil*.
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