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Armin T. Wegner

1886 - 1978

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Armin Theophil Wegner (October 16, 1886 – May 17, 1978) was a German soldier and medic in World War I, a prolific author, and a human rights activist. Stationed in the Ottoman Empire during World War I, Wegner was a witness to the Armenian genocide and the photographs he took documenting the plight of the Armenians today "comprises the core of witness images of the Genocide.": 258–259  In the years following World War I, Wegner also voiced his opposition, at great risk to his own life, to the antisemitic policies of the Nazi regime. In 1933, he authored an impassioned plea to Adolf Hitler on behalf of German Jews. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Armin T. Wegner is the 2,094th most popular writer (up from 2,325th in 2019), the 2,276th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,454th in 2019) and the 137th most popular German Writer.

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Among writers, Armin T. Wegner ranks 2,094 out of 7,302. Before him are Waldemar Bonsels, Jean-Antoine de Baïf, Marjorie Boulton, Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, Yoshida Kenkō, and Menasseh Ben Israel. After him are Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Ahmad ibn Mājid, Thomas Merton, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Mircea Cărtărescu, and Cleitarchus.

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Among people born in 1886, Armin T. Wegner ranks 93. Before him are Paul Radmilovic, Amédée Ozenfant, Henry King, Edward Bach, Ali Sami Yen, and Salvador de Madariaga. After him are Firmin Lambot, Yevgeni Preobrazhensky, Gheorghe Tătărescu, Manuel Ponce, Victor McLaglen, and Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière. Among people deceased in 1978, Armin T. Wegner ranks 83. Before him are Samuel Goudsmit, José Manuel Moreno, Burt Munro, Oscar Homolka, Karl Lennart Oesch, and Salvador de Madariaga. After him are Luigi Allemandi, Charles Eames, Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia, Gabriel Ramanantsoa, Felicia Montealegre Bernstein, and John Lyng.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Armin T. Wegner ranks 2,277 out of 7,253. Before him are John VII, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1558), Horst Sindermann (1915), Marc-André ter Stegen (1992), Princess Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1663), Hermann Ehrhardt (1881), and Franzl Lang (1930). After him are Martin Schwarzschild (1912), Benno (1010), Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667), Jil Sander (1943), William, Prince of Hohenzollern (1864), and Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1577).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Armin T. Wegner ranks 137. Before him are Yehuda Amichai (1924), Elvira Madigan (1867), Johann Karl August Musäus (1735), Gustav Schwab (1792), Wolfgang Borchert (1921), and Waldemar Bonsels (1880). After him are Lothar-Günther Buchheim (1918), Jordan of Saxony (1190), Carl Zuckmayer (1896), Erich Mühsam (1878), Judith Kerr (1923), and Wilhelm Raabe (1831).

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