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Alfréd Wetzler

1918 - 1988

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Alfréd Israel Wetzler (10 May 1918 – 8 February 1988), who wrote under the alias Jozef Lánik, was a Slovak Jewish writer. He is known for escaping from Auschwitz concentration camp and co-writing the Vrba-Wetzler Report, which helped halt the deportation of Jews from Hungary, saving up to 200,000 lives. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfréd Wetzler is the 2,468th most popular writer (up from 3,596th in 2019), the 526th most popular biography from Austria (up from 695th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Austrian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alfréd Wetzler ranks 2,468 out of 7,302. Before him are Jules Supervielle, Juan de Valdés, Ron Kovic, Umberto Saba, Tanya Savicheva, and Michele Ruggieri. After him are Forrest J Ackerman, Karel Hynek Mácha, Charles Mackay, Phan Thi Kim Phuc, Konstantin Balmont, and Atsushi Nakajima.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Alfréd Wetzler ranks 117. Before him are Massimo Girotti, Jerome Robbins, Alejandro Agustín Lanusse, Edith Massey, Theodore Sturgeon, and Helmut Lent. After him are Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Bebo Valdés, George Lincoln Rockwell, Alexander Shelepin, Leila Mourad, and Kevin A. Lynch. Among people deceased in 1988, Alfréd Wetzler ranks 82. Before him are Ilona Elek, Carmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meirás, Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar, Charles Addams, Gil Evans, and Anne Ramsey. After him are Gaston Eyskens, Antal Doráti, Aparicio Méndez, Françoise Dolto, Tore Keller, and Seán MacBride.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Alfréd Wetzler ranks 526 out of 1,424. Before him are Tobias Moretti (1959), August Eigruber (1907), Valentin Inzko (1949), Inge Morath (1923), Georg Rafael Donner (1693), and Thomas Muster (1967). After him are Anton Karas (1906), Boris Kidrič (1912), Jacob Stainer (1619), Carl Djerassi (1923), Henri Herz (1803), and Joseph Anton Koch (1768).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Alfréd Wetzler ranks 37. Before him are Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall (1774), Gitta Sereny (1921), Johann Nestroy (1801), Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874), Eva Schloss (1929), and Ilse Aichinger (1921). After him are Heimito von Doderer (1896), Ceija Stojka (1933), Dezső Kosztolányi (1885), Raul Hilberg (1926), Ulrich von Liechtenstein (1200), and Pauline von Metternich (1836).

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