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Baldur von Schirach

1907 - 1974

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Baldur Benedikt von Schirach (German pronunciation: [ˈbaldʊʁ ˈbeːnedɪkt fɔn ˈʃiːʁax]; 9 May 1907 – 8 August 1974) was a German politician who was the leader of the Hitler Youth from 1931 to 1940. From 1940 to 1945, he was the Gauleiter (district leader) and Reichsstatthalter (Reich governor) of Vienna. A member of the Nazi Party from the age of 18, Schirach was named national youth leader of the party in 1931. In 1932, he was elected as a deputy to the Reichstag. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Baldur von Schirach is the 1,230th most popular politician (down from 1,148th in 2019), the 316th most popular biography from Germany (down from 306th in 2019) and the 91st most popular German Politician.

Baldur von Schirach was the Nazi leader of the Hitler Youth. He was convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to 20 years in prison.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Baldur von Schirach ranks 1,230 out of 19,576. Before him are Amr ibn Hishām, Pepi II Neferkare, Patrice de MacMahon, Jalal Talabani, Li Si, and Sejo of Joseon. After him are Louis V of France, Hua Guofeng, Anthony Eden, Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, Edmund Ironside, and Itō Hirobumi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Baldur von Schirach ranks 17. Before him are Mircea Eliade, J. Hans D. Jensen, Alberto Moravia, Hergé, Maria Branyas, and Lee Miller. After him are Rachel Carson, Laurence Olivier, Frank Whittle, Bhagat Singh, Yakov Dzhugashvili, and Nikolaas Tinbergen. Among people deceased in 1974, Baldur von Schirach ranks 16. Before him are James Chadwick, Pär Lagerkvist, Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr., Vittorio De Sica, U Thant, and Lyudmila Pavlichenko. After him are Nick Drake, Julius Evola, David Oistrakh, Erich Kästner, Rudolf Dassler, and Imre Lakatos.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Baldur von Schirach ranks 316 out of 7,253. Before him are Helmut Schmidt (1918), Carl Schmitt (1888), Albrecht Altdorfer (1480), Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (1876), Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria (1808), and Karl Ziegler (1898). After him are Hermann Staudinger (1881), Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787), Ludolph van Ceulen (1540), Hans von Euler-Chelpin (1873), Anton Drexler (1884), and Bertha Benz (1849).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Baldur von Schirach ranks 91. Before him are Maximilian II of Bavaria (1811), Kurt von Schleicher (1882), Wilm Hosenfeld (1895), Christian I of Denmark (1426), Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg (1856), and Helmut Schmidt (1918). After him are Anton Drexler (1884), Friedrich Ratzel (1844), Wilhelm Frick (1877), Gustav Stresemann (1878), Carol I of Romania (1839), and Henry the Lion (1129).

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