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Horst Mahler

1936 - 2025

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Horst Mahler (German: [ˈhɔʁst ˈmaːlɐ]; 23 January 1936 – 27 July 2025) was a German lawyer and political activist. He was a far-left militant and a founding member of the Red Army Faction in 1970 before switching to neo-Nazism in the late 1990s. Between 2000 and 2003, he was a member of the far-right National Democratic Party of Germany. From 2003, he was repeatedly convicted of Volksverhetzung ("incitement of popular hatred") and Holocaust denial, and he served much of a twelve-year prison sentence. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Horst Mahler is the 117th most popular extremist (down from 107th in 2019), the 410th most popular biography from Poland (down from 400th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Polish Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Horst Mahler ranks 117 out of 283. Before him are Henry Lee Lucas, Leonarda Cianciulli, Wadie Haddad, Sirhan Sirhan, Robert Stroud, and Matteo Messina Denaro. After him are Harold Shipman, Richard Ramirez, Anwar al-Awlaki, Jack Unterweger, Saif al-Adel, and Dokka Umarov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Horst Mahler ranks 144. Before him are Masako Nozawa, Frances Shand Kydd, Nino Castelnuovo, Hifikepunye Pohamba, Omar Suleiman, and Roger Whittaker. After him are Dan Inosanto, A. S. Byatt, Harry Bild, Adolfo Nicolás, Klaus Kinkel, and Théo Sarapo. Among people deceased in 2025, Horst Mahler ranks 107. Before him are Fabio Cudicini, Ahmed Faras, Margarita Xhepa, Frits Bolkestein, Jerry Butler, and Priscilla Pointer. After him are Eleonora Giorgi, Harry Bild, John F. MacArthur, Eva Klein, Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Lee Shau-kee.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Horst Mahler ranks 410 out of 1,694. Before him are Max von Gallwitz (1852), Walerian Borowczyk (1923), Pylyp Orlyk (1672), Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria (1457), Jacek Malczewski (1854), and Oskar R. Lange (1904). After him are Wilhelm Brasse (1917), Julie Guicciardi (1782), Michał Kalecki (1899), Franciszek Gajowniczek (1901), Wilhelm Kube (1887), and Hyacinth of Poland (1185).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Poland

Among extremists born in Poland, Horst Mahler ranks 3. Before him are Karl Denke (1860), and Joachim Kroll (1933). After him are Elisabeth Becker (1923).

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