Nikolai Yezhov 1895–1940 Source: Wikimedia Commons About Nikolai Yezhov NKVD director under Joseph Stalin (1895-1940) People from the Same Era Ottorino Davoli 1888–1945 painter Reggio Emilia Hans Krenning 1895–1975 criminal, police officer Amsterdam Henri Ritzen 1892–1976 painter Schinnen Delphine Arène 1886–1975 writer Nantua Héléna Fournier 1904–1994 French resistance fighter, grocer Cussay Franz Rappell 1895–1983 judge, politician Graz