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Erich Koch

1896 - 1986

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Erich Koch (German: [ˈɛʁɪç kɔx]; 19 June 1896 – 12 November 1986) was a Gauleiter of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in East Prussia from 1 October 1928 until 1945. Between 1941 and 1945 he was Chief of Civil Administration (Chef der Zivilverwaltung) of Bezirk Bialystok. During this period, he was also the Reichskommissar in Reichskommissariat Ukraine from September 1941 until August 1944 and in Reichskommissariat Ostland from September 1944. After the Second World War, Koch stood trial in Poland and was convicted in 1959 of war crimes and sentenced to death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erich Koch is the 2,766th most popular politician (down from 2,367th in 2019), the 728th most popular biography from Germany (down from 643rd in 2019) and the 204th most popular German Politician.

Erich Koch was the Nazi Gauleiter of East Prussia and Reichskommissar of Ukraine. He was infamous for his brutal policies against Poles and Jews.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Erich Koch ranks 2,766 out of 19,576. Before him are Marie François Sadi Carnot, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, Crispus, Jomo Kenyatta, Houari Boumédiène, and Louis I, Duke of Bourbon. After him are Ali al-Sistani, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Ellac, Sweyn III of Denmark, Suleiman ibn Qutulmish, and Bahram V.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Erich Koch ranks 33. Before him are Eugenio Montale, Leslie Groves, Donald Winnicott, Buenaventura Durruti, Anna Anderson, and Ernst Udet. After him are Sandro Pertini, Léon Theremin, Oswald Mosley, Célestin Freinet, Wallace Carothers, and Anastasio Somoza García. Among people deceased in 1986, Erich Koch ranks 31. Before him are Georges Dumézil, Celâl Bayar, Jaroslav Seifert, Harold Macmillan, Fritz Albert Lipmann, and Chiune Sugihara. After him are Benny Goodman, Stanley Rous, Dmitry Kabalevsky, Samora Machel, Roy Cohn, and L. Ron Hubbard.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Erich Koch ranks 728 out of 7,253. Before him are Werner Sombart (1863), Hermann von Salza (1170), Henry Morgenthau Sr. (1856), Louis Spohr (1784), Moritz Schlick (1882), and Hasso von Manteuffel (1897). After him are Bettina Heinen-Ayech (1937), Rudolf Schenker (1948), Ludwig Stumpfegger (1910), Johann Deisenhofer (1943), Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim (1771), and Manfred Gerlach (1928).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Erich Koch ranks 204. Before him are Richard Baer (1911), Julia Drusilla (16), Otto Strasser (1897), Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (1797), Hermann von Salza (1170), and Henry Morgenthau Sr. (1856). After him are Ludwig Stumpfegger (1910), Manfred Gerlach (1928), Jürgen Stroop (1895), Thomas Bach (1953), John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1658), and Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (1821).

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