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Carl Oberg

1897 - 1965

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Carl Albrecht Oberg (27 January 1897 – 3 June 1965) was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era. He served as Senior SS and Police Leader (HSSPF) in occupied France, from May 1942 to November 1944, during the Second World War, Oberg came to be known as the Butcher of Paris. From May 1942, under orders from Reinhard Heydrich, Oberg ordered the execution of hundreds of hostages and the roundup and deportation of over 40,000 Jews from France to extermination camps, most infamously during the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup with the assistance of the Vichy French police. Arrested by American military police in Tyrol in July 1945, Oberg was sentenced to death by two different courts: British and French before being handed over to the French. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Oberg is the 185th most popular social activist (up from 197th in 2019), the 1,577th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,608th in 2019) and the 18th most popular German Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Carl Oberg ranks 185 out of 840. Before him are Paul Schäfer, Gretl Braun, Vinoba Bhave, Jan Karski, Manuela Sáenz, and Klaus Störtebeker. After him are Kailash Satyarthi, Billy Milligan, Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Rudi Dutschke, Leopold Trepper, and Salvador Puig Antich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Carl Oberg ranks 82. Before him are Ana Aslan, Lester B. Pearson, Jean Epstein, Tarjei Vesaas, Rouben Mamoulian, and Douglas Sirk. After him are Judith Anderson, Winifred Wagner, Lepke Buchalter, Thornton Wilder, Károly Kerényi, and Mukhtar Auezov. Among people deceased in 1965, Carl Oberg ranks 43. Before him are William M. Branham, Henry A. Wallace, Hans Knappertsbusch, Adolf Schärf, Sālote Tupou III, and Bernard Baruch. After him are Frederick Browning, Aksel Sandemose, Mehdi Ben Barka, Lauri Törni, Chen Cheng, and Carl Værnet.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Oberg ranks 1,577 out of 7,253. Before him are Marita Koch (1957), Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden (1790), Maria Riva (1924), John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1575), Klaus Störtebeker (1360), and Peter von Cornelius (1784). After him are Paul Rée (1849), Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1719), James Mayer de Rothschild (1792), Peter Cornelius (1824), Walter Warlimont (1894), and Christoph Cellarius (1638).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Germany

Among social activists born in Germany, Carl Oberg ranks 18. Before him are Marianne Bachmeier (1950), Alfred Naujocks (1911), Gerda Christian (1913), Paul Schäfer (1921), Gretl Braun (1915), and Klaus Störtebeker (1360). After him are Rudi Dutschke (1940), Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818), Christoph Probst (1919), Ludolf von Alvensleben (1901), Harro Schulze-Boysen (1909), and Juliana of Stolberg (1506).

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