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Eberhard Jäckel

1929 - 2017

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Eberhard Jäckel ([ˈeːbɐhaʁt ˈjɛkəl]; 29 June 1929 – 15 August 2017) was a German historian. In the 1980s, he was a principal protagonist in the Historians' Dispute (Historikerstreit) over how to incorporate Nazi Germany and the Holocaust into German historiography and over Hitler's intentions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eberhard Jäckel is the 406th most popular historian (up from 452nd in 2019), the 4,519th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,792nd in 2019) and the 51st most popular German Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Eberhard Jäckel ranks 406 out of 561Before him are Sirarpie Der Nersessian, Marc Fumaroli, Pierre Chaunu, Aleksey Shakhmatov, Friedrich Kittler, and Ivan Charota. After him are Joseph Hergenröther, Dudo of Saint-Quentin, Gerhard Ritter, Neagu Djuvara, Francis Godwin, and Lidiya Ponomarenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Eberhard Jäckel ranks 351Before him are James Shigeta, Ray Barretto, Klausjürgen Wussow, Sebastian Koto Khoarai, Birgitta Trotzig, and Dmytro Pavlychko. After him are Zbigniew Messner, Shozo Sasahara, Keijo Liinamaa, Jane Powell, Carlo Clerici, and Terry Moore. Among people deceased in 2017, Eberhard Jäckel ranks 356Before him are Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, Vladimir Petrov, Redha Malek, András Kovács, Liam Cosgrave, and Michael Ogio. After him are Tony Madigan, Zoltan Sarosy, Clifford Husbands, Osvaldo Fattori, István Szondy, and Selena Rocky Malone.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Eberhard Jäckel ranks 4,522 out of 7,253Before him are Jakob Streitle (1916), Friedrich Kittler (1943), Theodor Hoffmann (1935), Eduard Sievers (1850), Nicolaus Michael Oppel (1782), and Frank Beyer (1932). After him are Charlotte Auerbach (1899), Ludwig Mond (1839), Gustav Lindau (1866), Ottmar Mergenthaler (1854), Jeri Ryan (1968), and Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter (1787).

Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, Eberhard Jäckel ranks 51Before him are Heinrich Zimmer (1890), Gottfried Arnold (1665), Heinrich von Sybel (1817), Peter Gay (1923), Heinrich Gelzer (1847), and Friedrich Kittler (1943). After him are Joseph Hergenröther (1824), Gerhard Ritter (1888), Heinrich Ewald (1803), Nikolaus Pevsner (1902), Martin Noth (1902), and Hermann Oldenberg (1854).