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Arthur Greiser

1897 - 1946

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Arthur Karl Greiser (22 January 1897 – 21 July 1946) was a German Nazi Party politician, SS-Obergruppenführer, Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter (Reich Governor) of the German-occupied territory of Wartheland. He was one of the persons primarily responsible for organizing the Holocaust in occupied Poland and numerous other crimes against humanity. He was arrested by the Americans in 1945, and was tried, convicted and executed by hanging in Poland in 1946 for his crimes, most notably genocide. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Greiser is the 7,232nd most popular politician (down from 6,428th in 2019), the 393rd most popular biography from Poland (down from 368th in 2019) and the 98th most popular Polish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Arthur Greiser ranks 7,232 out of 19,576. Before him are Antoine Gizenga, Shirley Chisholm, Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria, John C. Calhoun, Dimitrije Ljotić, and Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia. After him are Duchess Amalie in Bavaria, Jeong Mong-ju, Kerei Khan, Liubartas, Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland, and Aulus Hirtius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Arthur Greiser ranks 106. Before him are Elijah Muhammad, Kurt Gerron, Josep Pla, Karol Świerczewski, Otto Struve, and Samuel Noah Kramer. After him are Otto Dietrich, Sergey Taboritsky, Maximus V of Constantinople, Olga Chekhova, Polina Zhemchuzhina, and Vaso Čubrilović. Among people deceased in 1946, Arthur Greiser ranks 68. Before him are Duchess Jutta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Per Albin Hansson, Louis Slotin, Henry Bergman, Yōsuke Matsuoka, and Henri Gouraud. After him are Karl Eberhard Schöngarth, Jenny-Wanda Barkmann, Wilhelm Souchon, Jeanne Lanvin, Inayatullah Khan, and Infanta Adelgundes, Duchess of Guimarães.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Arthur Greiser ranks 393 out of 1,694. Before him are Karol Świerczewski (1897), Izabela Czartoryska (1746), Casimir Pulaski (1745), Joachim Meisner (1933), Krystian Zimerman (1956), and Maria Cunitz (1610). After him are Mieszko III the Old (1126), Gustav Flatow (1875), Carl Tausig (1841), Helmuth von Pannwitz (1898), Theodor Leschetizky (1830), and Hans Karl von Diebitsch (1785).

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Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Arthur Greiser ranks 98. Before him are Henry the Bearded (1163), Bolesław IV the Curly (1120), Stanislav Kosior (1889), Leszek II the Black (1241), Stanisław Koniecpolski (1591), and Stanisław Wojciechowski (1869). After him are Mieszko III the Old (1126), Barbara Jagiellon (1478), Pylyp Orlyk (1672), Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria (1457), Wilhelm Kube (1887), and Gustav Freytag (1816).

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