SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Carl von Ossietzky

1889 - 1938

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Carl von Ossietzky (German: [ˈkaʁl fɔn ɔˈsi̯ɛtskiː] ; 3 October 1889 – 4 May 1938) was a German journalist and pacifist. He was the recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in exposing the clandestine German rearmament. As editor-in-chief of the magazine Die Weltbühne, Ossietzky published a series of exposés in the late 1920s, detailing Germany's violation of the Treaty of Versailles by rebuilding an air force (the predecessor of the Luftwaffe) and training pilots in the Soviet Union. He was convicted of treason and espionage in 1931 and sentenced to eighteen months in prison but was granted amnesty in December 1932. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl von Ossietzky is the 63rd most popular social activist (down from 52nd in 2019), the 480th most popular biography from Germany (down from 408th in 2019) and the 5th most popular German Social Activist.

Carl von Ossietzky was a German pacifist and journalist. He is most famous for being the recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize, but was unable to accept it in person because he was imprisoned in Nazi Germany.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Carl von Ossietzky ranks 63 out of 840. Before him are Yemelyan Pugachev, Frantz Fanon, Dominique Pire, Syed Ahmad Khan, Kim Hyong-jik, and Gerald Durrell. After him are Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Túpac Amaru II, Angela Davis, Alexey Stakhanov, Jody Williams, and Mustafa Barzani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Carl von Ossietzky ranks 22. Before him are Igor Sikorsky, Thomas Midgley Jr., Manuel II of Portugal, Claude Rains, Gabriela Mistral, and Idris of Libya. After him are Gabriel Marcel, Han van Meegeren, Louise Mountbatten, Otto Frank, Risto Ryti, and Carl Theodor Dreyer. Among people deceased in 1938, Carl von Ossietzky ranks 20. Before him are Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Béla Kun, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Karl Kautsky, Alexei Rykov, and Genrikh Yagoda. After him are Suzanne Valadon, Christian Lous Lange, Osip Mandelstam, Suzanne Lenglen, Robert Johnson, and King Oliver.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl von Ossietzky ranks 480 out of 7,253. Before him are Heinrich Mann (1871), Konrad Zuse (1910), Joachim Peiper (1915), Louis the Child (893), August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767), and Johann Bayer (1572). After him are Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (1573), Franz Brentano (1838), Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner (1780), Gregor Strasser (1892), George, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg (1582), and Roland Freisler (1893).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Germany

Among social activists born in Germany, Carl von Ossietzky ranks 5. Before him are Claus von Stauffenberg (1907), Sophia of Prussia (1870), Thomas Müntzer (1489), and Sophie Scholl (1921). After him are Horst Wessel (1907), Anneliese Michel (1952), Martin Niemöller (1892), Jenny von Westphalen (1814), Widukind (755), Hans Scholl (1918), and Marianne Bachmeier (1950).

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