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Erich Mühsam

1878 - 1934

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Erich Mühsam (6 April 1878 – 10 July 1934) was a German antimilitarist anarchist essayist, poet and playwright. He emerged at the end of World War I as one of the leading agitators for a federated Bavarian Soviet Republic, for which he served five years in prison. Also a cabaret performer, he achieved international prominence during the years of the Weimar Republic for works which, before Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, condemned Nazism and satirized the future dictator. Mühsam was tortured and murdered in the Oranienburg concentration camp in 1934. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erich Mühsam is the 2,165th most popular writer (up from 2,179th in 2019), the 2,342nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,317th in 2019) and the 141st most popular German Writer.

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Among writers, Erich Mühsam ranks 2,165 out of 7,302. Before him are Amrita Pritam, Sankardev, Luigi Pulci, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Li Shangyin, and Saki. After him are Roger Peyrefitte, Per Wahlöö, Antonine Maillet, Dexippus, Philippe Sollers, and Brian Aldiss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Erich Mühsam ranks 86. Before him are The Great Gama, Nikolaos Andriakopoulos, Carl Sandburg, Tullio Serafin, Grigory Petrovsky, and Paul Hazard. After him are Myer Prinstein, Anton Hansen Tammsaare, C. Rajagopalachari, Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir, Horacio Quiroga, and José Miaja. Among people deceased in 1934, Erich Mühsam ranks 62. Before him are Frederick Delius, Viktor Kaplan, Charles Webster Leadbeater, Thorleif Haug, Kate Sheppard, and Hendrik Petrus Berlage. After him are Edmund Heines, Winsor McCay, Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Ferdinand von Bredow, Fritz Gerlich, and Infante Gonzalo of Spain.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Erich Mühsam ranks 2,343 out of 7,253. Before him are Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff (1803), Ferdinand Christian Baur (1792), Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia (1767), Friedrich Loeffler (1852), Heinrich Eberbach (1895), and Johann Jacob Schweppe (1740). After him are Johannes Schöner (1477), Antonio Rüdiger (1993), Wilhelm Röpke (1899), Anna of Brandenburg (1487), Judith Kerr (1923), and Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Erich Mühsam ranks 141. Before him are Wolfgang Borchert (1921), Waldemar Bonsels (1880), Armin T. Wegner (1886), Lothar-Günther Buchheim (1918), Jordan of Saxony (1190), and Carl Zuckmayer (1896). After him are Judith Kerr (1923), Wilhelm Raabe (1831), Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg (1613), Rahel Varnhagen (1771), Rudolf Rocker (1873), and Karlheinz Deschner (1924).

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