This is a list of nicknames and pseudonyms of Nazis. Common nicknames (as translated into English) include variations of "Beast", "Butcher" and "Angel of Death". Most high-ranking Nazis did not have a nickname. Most of the notable Nazis who did have nicknames were concentration camp personnel.
The common nickname of Sepp in German for Josef, for such Nazis as Josef Dietrich and Josef Oberhauser, is excluded from this list. The definite article "the" has been removed from the nicknames for the purposes of sorting properly.
Nicknames Nickname (as translated in English)PersonAmericanAngel of DeathAngel of DeathAngel of DeathBadmeisterBeastKlee, Ernst, Dressen, Willi, Riess, Volker. The Good Old Days: The Holocaust as Seen by Its Perpetrators and Bystanders. .Beast of BelsenBeast of BelsenBeast of BuchenwaldBeautiful BeastBitch of BuchenwaldBlonde Angel of AuschwitzBlond BeastBohemian corporalButcher of LyonButcher of PragueButcher of RigaSchneider, Gertrude, Exile and destruction : the fate of Austrian Jews, 1938–1945, Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1995 , p. 78Butcher of Warsaw"Swiss Neutral Claims Nazis are Still on the Loose in Japan," Spartanburg Herald-Journal, 12 May 1946, p. A5.Butcher of WarsawButcher WidowFrankensteinSeksualne niewolnice III Rzeszy, Wprost magazine, nr. 17, 2007. online version in PolishDesert Fox, TheFrankensteinGasmeisterGlobusHandsome ToniHangmanHimmler's Evil GeniusHyena of AuschwitzQueen of BuchenwaldRed Witch of Buchenwald Uncle MengeleWitch of BuchenwaldWolfYoung Evil God of DeathLakeitelWilhelm KeitelHitler Youth QuexKarl Dönitz
Pseudonyms Some Nazis also used pseudonyms, in most cases to evade notice and capture after the war. PseudonymPersoncited by: Manfred Seidenfuß: Geschichtsdidaktik(er) im Griff des Nationalsozialismus?, p. 161, footnote 2Sobibor Interviews: Biographies of SS-menRathkolb, Oliver, Revisiting the National Socialist legacy: Coming to terms with forced labor, expropriation, compensation, and restitution, New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, 2004 , p. 232, 237 and 264Otto HenningerAdolf Eichmann
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