Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Paul Blobel across 3 places, from 1899 to 1930.
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Paul Wilhelm Hermann Blobel (13 August 1894 – 7 June 1951) was a German Sicherheitsdienst (SD) commander and convicted war criminal who played a leading role in the Holocaust.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Paul Blobel was documented, and when
1899year
Potsdamattested“Blobel was born in Potsdam into a Protestant family of small trade artisans, who moved to Remscheid in 1899.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Blobel
1899year
Remscheidattested“Blobel was born in Potsdam into a Protestant family of small trade artisans, who moved to Remscheid in 1899.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Blobel
1920year
Solingenattested“After the war, Blobel finished his studies and around 1920, he gained a position as construction manager in the Solingen office of Franz Perlewitz, with a focus on industrial and residential buildings.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Blobel
1930 to 1933period
Solingenattested“During the Great Depression, Blobel, by then a father of two sons, stopped receiving commission work, and received welfare while registered as unemployed between 1930 and 1933, although he had temporary employment at Solingen's administr…”source: Wikipedia: Paul Blobel
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1913year
University of Wuppertalmentioned“In 1913, he began attending Barmen's Kunstgewerbeschule (a precursor to the University of Wuppertal), studying architecture.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Blobel
1918year
Lennepmentioned“By the time he was discharged in 1918 to the military command in Lennep, he had reached the rank of Vizefeldwebel or Unteroffizier and was highly decorated, having received an Iron Cross first class.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Blobel
1921year
Kunstakademie Düsseldorfmentioned“Blobel married in 1921 and in late 1922, he began studying at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Blobel
1925year
Solingenmentioned“Upon his graduation in 1925, Blobel became a freelance architect, building a house for his family in Solingen's Schaberg district the following year.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Blobel
March 1932month
Solingenmentioned“In March 1932, Blobel became deputy SD district leader in the Solingen-Remscheid-Wuppertal triangle of Gau Düsseldorf.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Blobel
August 1941month
Zhytomyrmentioned“In August 1941, Blobel was put in charge of creating a Nazi ghetto in Zhytomyr to enclose around 3,000 Jews who were murdered a month later.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Blobel
22 August 1941exact date
Bila Tserkvamentioned“On 22 August 1941, the SS-Sonderkommando murdered Jewish women and children at Bila Tserkva with the consent of Field Marshal Walther von Reichenau, commander of the 6th Army.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Blobel
September 1941month
Kyivmentioned“SS-Obersturmführer August Häfner testified at his own trial in the 1960s: Blobel, in conjunction with Reichenau's and Friedrich Jeckeln's units, organised the Babi Yar massacre in late September 1941 in Kyiv, where 33,771 Jews were murde…”source: Wikipedia: Paul Blobel
November 1941month
Poltavamentioned“In November 1941, Blobel received and activated the first gas vans at Poltava.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Blobel
October 1944month
Styria (Slovenia)mentioned“In October 1944 was assigned to Slovenian Styria to combat Yugoslav partisans as part of Bandenbekämpfung.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Blobel
December 1944month
Maribormentioned“Blobel went on sick leave in December 1944, spending three months at a hospital in Marburg an der Drau until April 1945, when he was ordered to report to Ernst Kaltenbrunner's office in Berlin for further commands.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Blobel
December 1944month
Marburgmentioned“Blobel went on sick leave in December 1944, spending three months at a hospital in Marburg an der Drau until April 1945, when he was ordered to report to Ernst Kaltenbrunner's office in Berlin for further commands.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Blobel
December 1944month
Berlinmentioned“Blobel went on sick leave in December 1944, spending three months at a hospital in Marburg an der Drau until April 1945, when he was ordered to report to Ernst Kaltenbrunner's office in Berlin for further commands.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Blobel
May 1945month
Salzburgmentioned“He was briefly stationed in Salzburg before being captured with his unit in Rastatt in May 1945.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Blobel
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