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Hans Oster

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Military Personnel

The Resume

    (August 9, 1887-April 9, 1945)
    Son of a Protestant clergyman
    Leader in failed 1938 Abwehr Conspiracy, an assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler
    Hatched plot with Wilhelm Canaris and Wilhelm Heinz to lead a commando assault of Army conspirators against Hitler's chancellery
    Procured explosives for killing of Hitler during a meeting
    Arrested in 1944 after failure of coup
    Executed in Flossenberg Concentration Camp in 1945

Why he might be annoying:

    He was dismissed from the army after an affair with a fellow officer's wife.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was passionately opposed to Hitler on moral and political grounds.
    He was appalled by Hitler's treatment of the Jews and his brutality towards his own soldiers.
    He was central to the coup, gathering information about Hitler's inner circle for his co-conspirators.
    He tipped off the Allies to Hitler's impending campaign against France, but was not taken seriously until it actually happened.
    He said: 'There are those who will say that I am a traitor, but I truly am not. I consider myself a better German than all those who run after Hitler. My plan and my duty is to free Germany and with it the world, of this pestilence.'
    His life was dedicated to smashing the Nazi regime and exposing their war crimes and genocide.
    Credit: Big Papa
    (The author of this resume is a childhood friend and former hockey teammate of his great-great-grandson.)

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 8 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 16 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 20 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 24 Votes: 29.17% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 56 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 33 Votes: 57.58% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 75 Votes: 54.67% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 138 Votes: 53.62% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 384 Votes: 60.94% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 315 Votes: 46.35% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 89 Votes: 31.46% Annoying