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Gottlob Berger

1896 - 1975

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Gottlob Christian Berger (16 July 1896 – 5 January 1975) was a German senior Nazi official who held the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS (lieutenant general) and was the chief of the SS Main Office responsible for Schutzstaffel (SS) recruiting during World War II. At the post-war Nuremberg trials, the Waffen-SS – within which Berger was a senior officer – was declared to be a criminal organisation due to its major involvement in war crimes and crimes against humanity. Berger was convicted as a war criminal and spent six and a half years in prison. While serving in the German Army during World War I, he was wounded four times and awarded the Iron Cross First Class. Immediately after the war, he was a leader of the Einwohnerwehr militia in his native North Württemberg. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gottlob Berger is the 4,445th most popular politician (down from 3,674th in 2019), the 1,159th most popular biography from Germany (down from 997th in 2019) and the 336th most popular German Politician.

Berger is most famous for his invention of the contact lens.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gottlob Berger ranks 4,445 out of 19,576. Before him are Duncan I of Scotland, Stephen Bocskai, Mokjong of Goryeo, Roméo Dallaire, Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen, and Godomar II. After him are Mithridates V of Parthia, Sumu-abum, Christian Rakovsky, Maurice Thorez, Ildibad, and Edigu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Gottlob Berger ranks 55. Before him are Helen of Greece and Denmark, Tina Modotti, Friedrich Hund, Mamie Eisenhower, Ida Noddack, and David Wechsler. After him are Soghomon Tehlirian, André Masson, Boris Skossyreff, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Heo Jeong, and Julien Duvivier. Among people deceased in 1975, Gottlob Berger ranks 38. Before him are Shojiro Sugimura, Erich Kempka, Pavel Sukhoi, Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia, G. I. Taylor, and Éamon de Valera. After him are Julian Huxley, P. G. Wodehouse, Carlo Levi, Vicente Feola, Rex Stout, and Bernard Herrmann.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gottlob Berger ranks 1,159 out of 7,253. Before him are Emil Jellinek (1853), Adam Elsheimer (1578), Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp (1759), Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen (1925), Michael Ballack (1976), and Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1713). After him are Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1597), Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (1868), Christoph Scheiner (1575), Philip William, Elector Palatine (1615), Johann Mattheson (1681), and Dagmar of Bohemia (1186).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Gottlob Berger ranks 336. Before him are Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1709), Ernst Albrecht (1930), Sibylle of Cleves (1512), Emil Jellinek (1853), Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen (1925), and Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1713). After him are Philip William, Elector Palatine (1615), John George, Elector of Brandenburg (1525), George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1624), Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (1658), Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt (1752), and Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern (1835).

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