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Herbert Backe

1896 - 1947

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Herbert Friedrich Wilhelm Backe (1 May 1896 – 6 April 1947) was a German politician and SS-Obergruppenführer (equivalent to the rank of lieutenant general in Nazi Germany) who served as State Secretary and Reichsminister in the Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture. He was a doctrinaire racial ideologue, a long-time associate of Richard Walther Darré and a personal friend of Reinhard Heydrich. He developed and implemented the Operation Hunger that envisioned death by starvation of tens of millions of Slavic and Jewish "useless eaters" following Operation Barbarossa, the 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union. Operation Hunger was developed during the planning phase of Operation Barbarossa and provided for diverting and redirecting of Ukrainian food stuffs away from central and northern Russia for the benefit of the invading army and the population in Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Herbert Backe is the 3,842nd most popular politician (down from 3,434th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Georgia (down from 26th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Georgian Politician.

Herbert Backe is most famous for his role in the Hunger Plan, which was a plan to starve the Soviet Union of food and other resources.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Herbert Backe ranks 3,842 out of 19,576. Before him are Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Tutush I, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Heungseon Daewongun, Mohammad Shah Qajar, and Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. After him are Alain Poher, Ana Pauker, Eleonora Gonzaga, Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor, and Intef II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Herbert Backe ranks 48. Before him are Italo Balbo, Nobusuke Kishi, Nikolay Semyonov, Paulino Alcántara, Rolf Maximilian Sievert, and David Alfaro Siqueiros. After him are Helen of Greece and Denmark, Tina Modotti, Friedrich Hund, Mamie Eisenhower, Ida Noddack, and David Wechsler. Among people deceased in 1947, Herbert Backe ranks 45. Before him are Josephine Bakhita, Hans Fallada, Pyotr Krasnov, Emma Orczy, Irving Fisher, and Bugsy Siegel. After him are Luigi Russolo, Hjalmar Siilasvuo, Albert Marquet, Reynaldo Hahn, Paul P. Harris, and Manolete.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Herbert Backe ranks 28 out of 406. Before him are Sergo Ordzhonikidze (1886), Keke Geladze (1858), Giya Kancheli (1935), Pharnavaz I of Iberia (-326), Bidzina Ivanishvili (1956), and Bagrat III of Georgia (960). After him are Nakşidil Sultan (1768), Besarion Jughashvili (1850), Ilia Chavchavadze (1837), Nicholas Marr (1864), George III of Georgia (1200), and Mirian III of Iberia (265).

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Among POLITICIANS In Georgia

Among politicians born in Georgia, Herbert Backe ranks 16. Before him are David IV of Georgia (1073), Sergei Witte (1849), Sergo Ordzhonikidze (1886), Pharnavaz I of Iberia (-326), Bidzina Ivanishvili (1956), and Bagrat III of Georgia (960). After him are Nakşidil Sultan (1768), George III of Georgia (1200), Mirian III of Iberia (265), Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia (1866), Heraclius II of Georgia (1720), and Nariman Narimanov (1870).

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