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Albert Forster

1902 - 1952

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Albert Maria Forster (26 July 1902 – 28 February 1952) was a German Nazi Party politician, member of the SS and war criminal. During the Second World War, under his administration as the Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter of Danzig-West Prussia (the other German-annexed section of occupied Poland aside from the Warthegau), the local non-German populations of Poles and Jews were classified as sub-human and subjected to extermination campaigns involving ethnic cleansing, mass murder, and in the case of some Poles with German ancestry, forceful Germanisation. Forster was directly responsible for the extermination of non-Germans and was a strong supporter of Polish genocide, which he had advocated before the war. Forster was tried, convicted and hanged in Warsaw for his crimes, after Germany was defeated. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Albert Forster is the 8,423rd most popular politician (down from 7,899th in 2019), the 2,326th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,201st in 2019) and the 696th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Albert Forster ranks 8,422 out of 19,576. Before him are Grigory Petrovsky, Leonid Krasin, Blanche of Navarre, Countess of Champagne, Charles Savarin, and Agum II. After him are Gabby Giffords, Íngrid Betancourt, Titus Lartius, Hanns Kerrl, Rostislav I of Kiev, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, and Augustinos Kapodistrias.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Albert Forster ranks 108. Before him are Peregrino Anselmo, Santos Iriarte, Albert Anastasia, Albert Bormann, Fuad Chehab, and Charan Singh. After him are Antonia Brico, Cesare Zavattini, Eric Liddell, Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria, Virginio Rosetta, and Leopold Figl. Among people deceased in 1952, Albert Forster ranks 65. Before him are Keisuke Okada, William Fox, Clark L. Hull, Waldemar Bonsels, Henri Winkelman, and Eli Heckscher. After him are Kenwa Mabuni, Princess Hilda of Nassau, Pierre Renoir, Sergei Bortkiewicz, Vladimír Clementis, and Władysław Strzemiński.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Albert Forster ranks 2,327 out of 7,253. Before him are Otto Henry, Elector Palatine (1502), Dieter Müller (1954), Nico Hülkenberg (1987), Johannes Franz Hartmann (1865), John II, Duke of Bavaria (1341), and Prince Franz of Bavaria (1875). After him are Hanns Kerrl (1887), Konrad von Thüringen (1206), Ludwig Crüwell (1892), Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877), Wols (1913), and Michael Lippert (1897).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Albert Forster ranks 695. Before him are Albert Bormann (1902), Duchess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1779), Henry Oldenburg (1619), Otto Henry, Elector Palatine (1502), and John II, Duke of Bavaria (1341). After him are Hanns Kerrl (1887), Anna of Brandenburg (1487), Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1667), Eduard Meyer (1855), Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia (1155), Floris III, Count of Holland (1141), and Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony (1796).

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