Höfle

E1019744

German-language surname human surname

Höfle is a German-language surname most notably associated with SS officer Hermann Höfle, a key organizer of the Holocaust’s Operation Reinhard.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Höfle canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13096013 — 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.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Höfle
Context triple: [Hermann Höfle, familyName, Höfle]

A. Waltershof
Waltershof is an industrial and port district of Hamburg, Germany, located within the borough of Hamburg-Mitte.
B. Baltschieder
Baltschieder is a small Swiss municipality in the canton of Valais, located in the Upper Valais region of the Alps.
C. Pfaffstätten
Pfaffstätten is a market town in Lower Austria known for its wine-growing tradition and location within the Baden district near Vienna.
D. Hohenwart
Hohenwart is a small municipality in Bavaria, Germany, known for its rural character and location within the Upper Bavarian region.
E. Gersthofen
Gersthofen is a town in Bavaria, Germany, located just north of Augsburg and known for its industrial presence and role as a regional transport hub.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Höfle
Target entity description: Höfle is a German-language surname most notably associated with SS officer Hermann Höfle, a key organizer of the Holocaust’s Operation Reinhard.

A. Waltershof
Waltershof is an industrial and port district of Hamburg, Germany, located within the borough of Hamburg-Mitte.
B. Baltschieder
Baltschieder is a small Swiss municipality in the canton of Valais, located in the Upper Valais region of the Alps.
C. Pfaffstätten
Pfaffstätten is a market town in Lower Austria known for its wine-growing tradition and location within the Baden district near Vienna.
D. Hohenwart
Hohenwart is a small municipality in Bavaria, Germany, known for its rural character and location within the Upper Bavarian region.
E. Gersthofen
Gersthofen is a town in Bavaria, Germany, located just north of Augsburg and known for its industrial presence and role as a regional transport hub.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (25)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German-language surname ⓘ human ⓘ surname ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Germany ⓘ
employer	Nazi Germany ⓘ Schutzstaffel ⓘ linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
familyName	Höfle ⓘ
givenName	Hermann ⓘ
hasDiacritic	ö ⓘ
hasNotableBearer	Hermann Höfle ⓘ
hasVariantSpelling	Hoefle ⓘ
ideology	Nazism ⓘ
isUsedInCountry	Austria ⓘ Germany ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	German ⓘ
memberOf	National Socialist German Workers Party ⓘ linked to: Nazi Party
notableFor	coordination of deportations of Jews to extermination camps ⓘ
occupation	SS officer ⓘ
participantIn	Holocaust ⓘ Operation Reinhard ⓘ
perpetratorOf	crimes against humanity ⓘ genocide of European Jews ⓘ
roleInEvent	key organizer of Operation Reinhard ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ linked to: Latin alphabet