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Georg Elser

1903 - 1945

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Johann Georg Elser (German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈɛlzɐ] ; 4 January 1903 – 9 April 1945) was a German carpenter who planned and carried out an elaborate assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler and other high-ranking Nazi leaders on 8 November 1939 at the Bürgerbräukeller in Munich (known as the Bürgerbräukeller Bombing). Elser constructed and placed a bomb near the platform from which Hitler was to deliver a speech. It did not kill Hitler, who left earlier than expected, but it did kill 8 people and injured 62 others. Elser was held as a prisoner for more than five years until he was executed at Dachau concentration camp less than a month before the surrender of Nazi Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georg Elser is the 20th most popular designer (down from 16th in 2019), the 966th most popular biography from Germany (down from 697th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular German Designer.

Georg Elser is most famous for his attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler on November 8, 1939.

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Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Georg Elser ranks 20 out of 104. Before him are László Moholy-Nagy, Valentino, Michael Thonet, René Lalique, Miuccia Prada, and Nina Ricci. After him are Exekias, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Thomas Chippendale, Jony Ive, Battista Farina, and Iris Apfel.

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Among people born in 1903, Georg Elser ranks 55. Before him are Eliot Ness, Giulio Natta, Bruno Bettelheim, Andrei Grechko, Claudio Arrau, and Kenneth Clark. After him are George Davis Snell, Ernest Walton, Alonzo Church, Yisrael Kristal, Raymond Radiguet, and Empress Kōjun. Among people deceased in 1945, Georg Elser ranks 79. Before him are Boris Shaposhnikov, Fumimaro Konoe, Kurt Knispel, Kiril, Prince of Preslav, Edith Frank, and Hans-Georg von Friedeburg. After him are Josef Terboven, Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Harry Daghlian, Franz Ziereis, Plutarco Elías Calles, and Hans Oster.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Georg Elser ranks 966 out of 7,253. Before him are Gerhard von Scharnhorst (1755), Karl Bühler (1879), Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (1823), Sigmund Jähn (1937), Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1792), and Karl Abraham (1877). After him are Hans-Valentin Hube (1890), Prince Augustus William of Prussia (1722), Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (1173), Josef Terboven (1898), Josef Albers (1888), and Julius Schreck (1898).

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Among DESIGNERS In Germany

Among designers born in Germany, Georg Elser ranks 3. Before him are Hugo Boss (1885), and Michael Thonet (1796). After him are Dieter Rams (1932), Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. (1914), Margarete Steiff (1847), Luigi Colani (1928), Otl Aicher (1922), Anton Koberger (1440), Erik Spiekermann (1947), and Philipp Plein (1978).

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