DIPLOMAT

Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz

1904 - 1973

Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz

Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz (German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfɛʁdinant ˈdʊkvɪts] ; 29 September 1904, Bremen – 16 February 1973) was a German diplomat. During World War II, he served as an attaché for Nazi Germany in occupied Denmark. He tipped off the Danes about the Germans' intended deportation of the Jewish population in 1943 and arranged for their reception in Sweden. Danish resistance groups subsequently rescued 95% of Denmark's Jewish population. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz is the 74th most popular diplomat (down from 72nd in 2019), the 4,987th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,923rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Diplomat.

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz ranks 74 out of 90. Before him are Edward M. House, Seán Lester, Yasushi Akashi, Jacques Diouf, Max Jakobson, and Bajrakitiyabha. After him are Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo, Thomas A. Shannon Jr., Wendy Sherman, Vasily Nebenzya, Adolph Dubs, and Sumner Welles.

Most Popular Diplomats in Wikipedia

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Edward M. House
1858 - 1938
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 68
Seán Lester
1888 - 1959
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 69
Yasushi Akashi
1931 - Present
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 70
Jacques Diouf
1938 - 2019
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 71
Max Jakobson
1923 - 2013
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 72
Bajrakitiyabha
1978 - Present
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 73
Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz
1904 - 1973
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 74
Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo
1940 - Present
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 75
Thomas A. Shannon Jr.
1958 - Present
HPI: 53.37
Rank: 76
Wendy Sherman
1949 - Present
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 77
Vasily Nebenzya
1962 - Present
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 78
Adolph Dubs
1920 - 1979
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 79
Sumner Welles
1892 - 1961
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 80

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz ranks 279. Before him are August Heim, Tommy Douglas, Humberto Elgueta, Giorgio La Pira, Edgar Moon, and Francisco Garza Gutiérrez. After him are Roberto Figueroa, Julio Quintana, Kurt Thomas, Jacqueline Logan, Jeane Dixon, and William Primrose. Among people deceased in 1973, Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz ranks 229. Before him are Constance Talmadge, Memphis Minnie, Ivan Petrovsky, Raymond Schwartz, Betty Field, and Robert Buron. After him are Brigitte Reimann, Hellmuth Kneser, Mikhail Somov, Kurt Thomas, Konstantinos Georgakopoulos, and Arthur Freed.

Others Born in 1904

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August Heim
FENCER
1904 - 1976
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 273
Tommy Douglas
POLITICIAN
1904 - 1986
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 274
Humberto Elgueta
SOCCER PLAYER
1904 - 1976
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 275
Giorgio La Pira
POLITICIAN
1904 - 1977
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 276
Edgar Moon
TENNIS PLAYER
1904 - 1976
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 277
Francisco Garza Gutiérrez
SOCCER PLAYER
1904 - 1965
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 278
Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz
DIPLOMAT
1904 - 1973
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 279
Roberto Figueroa
SOCCER PLAYER
1904 - 1989
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 280
Julio Quintana
SOCCER PLAYER
1904 - 1981
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 281
Kurt Thomas
COMPOSER
1904 - 1973
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 282
Jacqueline Logan
ACTOR
1904 - 1983
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 283
Jeane Dixon
CELEBRITY
1904 - 1997
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 284
William Primrose
MUSICIAN
1904 - 1982
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 285