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Horst Schumann

1906 - 1983

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Horst Schumann (1 May 1906 – 5 May 1983) was an SS-Sturmbannführer (major) and medical doctor who conducted sterilization and castration experiments at Auschwitz and was particularly interested in the mass sterilization of Jews by means of X-rays. Hors d'atteinte, a book by Frédéric Couderc, published in France by Les Escales and Pocket, reveals the extent of Schumann's crimes and his life as a refugee in Africa. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Horst Schumann is the 190th most popular physician (up from 250th in 2019), the 1,275th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,792nd in 2019) and the 26th most popular German Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Horst Schumann ranks 190 out of 726. Before him are Adolf Eugen Fick, Ludwig Guttmann, Charles Brenton Huggins, Psusennes II, Thomas Bartholin, and Andrea Cesalpino. After him are Aretaeus of Cappadocia, Carl von Rokitansky, Richard Axel, Werner Haase, Randy Schekman, and Fritz Klein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Horst Schumann ranks 71. Before him are Vera Menchik, André Weil, John Dickson Carr, Markos Vafeiadis, Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, and Anthony Mann. After him are George Wald, Hans Aumeier, Yasuo Haruyama, Douglas McGregor, James E. Webb, and Nelson Goodman. Among people deceased in 1983, Horst Schumann ranks 47. Before him are Rodolfo Gucci, Georges Auric, Prince Charles, Count of Flanders, Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, Alberto Ginastera, and Robert Aldrich. After him are Germaine Tailleferre, Dolores del Río, Georges Bidault, Karen Carpenter, Jack Dempsey, and Kurt Tank.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Horst Schumann ranks 1,275 out of 7,253. Before him are Alfred Weber (1868), Henry the Middle, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1468), Johann van Beethoven (1740), Clemens August Graf von Galen (1878), Christian Wulff (1959), and Gertrude of Merania (1185). After him are Hans Driesch (1867), Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (1484), Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim (1594), Ernst Troeltsch (1865), Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (1627), and Lorenz von Stein (1815).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Germany

Among physicians born in Germany, Horst Schumann ranks 26. Before him are Herta Oberheuser (1911), Albert of Riga (1165), August von Wassermann (1866), Engelbert Kaempfer (1651), Adolf Eugen Fick (1829), and Ludwig Guttmann (1899). After him are Werner Haase (1900), Franciscus Sylvius (1614), Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796), Waldemar Hoven (1903), Carl Ludwig (1816), and Sebastian Kneipp (1821).

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