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August Hirt

1898 - 1945

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August Hirt (28 April 1898 – 2 June 1945) was an anatomist with Swiss and German nationality who served as a chairman at the Reich University in Strasbourg during World War II. He performed experiments with mustard gas on inmates at the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp and played a leading role in the murders of 86 people at Natzweiler-Struthof for the Jewish skull collection. The skeletons of his victims were meant to become specimens at the Institute of anatomy in Strasbourg, but completion of the project was stopped by the progress of the war. He was an SS-Hauptsturmführer (captain) and by 1944, an SS-Sturmbannführer (major). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. August Hirt is the 712th most popular military personnel (down from 677th in 2019), the 1,815th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,660th in 2019) and the 125th most popular German Military Personnel.

August Hirt was a German physician and anatomist during the Nazi regime. He is most famous for his involvement in the Holocaust.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, August Hirt ranks 712 out of 2,058. Before him are Sergey Akhromeyev, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Vitalian, Zhuge Jin, Mario Terán, and Alexander Marinesko. After him are Jules Brunet, Sigismund Korybut, Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld, Wilhelm Schepmann, Billy Mitchell, and Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg.

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Among people born in 1898, August Hirt ranks 80. Before him are Viktor Pavičić, Marie-Pierre Kœnig, Jean Borotra, Luigi Fagioli, István Dobi, and Matvei Zakharov. After him are Eben Dönges, Gulzarilal Nanda, Vladimir Fock, Leo McCarey, Emil Artin, and Helmuth von Pannwitz. Among people deceased in 1945, August Hirt ranks 120. Before him are Lord Alfred Douglas, Constanze Manziarly, Franz Hössler, Robert Brasillach, Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, and Robert Desnos. After him are Le Pétomane, Rudolf Lange, Hajime Sugiyama, Seiichi Itō, Leonid Pasternak, and Werner Ostendorff.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, August Hirt ranks 1,815 out of 7,253. Before him are Karl Adolph von Basedow (1799), Conrad Celtes (1459), Erich Naumann (1905), Eduard Spranger (1882), Otto Sander (1941), and Princess Elisabeth of Saxony (1830). After him are Balthasar Hubmaier (1485), Conrad, Margrave of Meissen (1097), Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld (1651), Carl Loewe (1796), Hans-Hermann Hoppe (1949), and Wilhelm Schepmann (1894).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, August Hirt ranks 125. Before him are Franz Hössler (1906), Georg Stumme (1886), Wilhelm Adam (1877), Matthias Kleinheisterkamp (1893), Walter Stennes (1895), and Nicolaus von Below (1907). After him are Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld (1651), Wilhelm Schepmann (1894), Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg (1886), Lothar von Trotha (1848), Hans Langsdorff (1894), and Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg (1759).

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