Theodor Eicke

Theodor Eicke was a senior SS functionary and Waffen SS divisional commander during the Nazi era. He was one of the key figures in the development of Nazi concentration camps. Eicke served as the second commandant of the Dachau concentration camp from June 1933 to July 1934, and together with his adjutant Michael Lippert, was one of the executioners of SA Chief Ernst Röhm during the Night of the Long Knives purge of 1934. He continued to expand and develop the concentration camp system as the first Concentration Camps Inspector.

17 October 1892

Born on the same birth date (17 October 1892): Herbert Howells

Born on the same birth day (17 October): Alejandro Végh Villegas • Ben Rothwell • Drusilla Modjeska • Erin Karpluk • George Wendt • Giacomo Mari • José López Rega • Justin Shenkarow • Kim Ljung • Kurumi Enomoto • Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini • Mark Peel (historian) • Michael Hossack • Nathalie Tauziat • Patrick Lambie • Pierre Juneau • Pope John Paul I • Rubén Ramírez (footballer, born 1982) • Tomokazu Nagira • Tori Matsuzaka • Walter Calderón

Born in the same month (October 1892): Alexander Alekhine • Dink Johnson • Dwain Esper • Engelbert Dollfuss • Gilda dalla Rizza • Herbert Howells • Ivo Andrić • Marina Tsvetaeva • Nell Shipman • Robert Lawson (author) • Speckled Red • Sumner Welles