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Joachim Fest

1926 - 2006

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Joachim Clemens Fest (8 December 1926 – 11 September 2006) was a German historian, journalist, critic and editor who was best known for his writings and public commentary on Nazi Germany, including a biography of Adolf Hitler and books about Albert Speer and German resistance to Nazism. He was a leading figure in the debate among German historians about the Nazi era. In recent years his writings have earned both praise and strong criticism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joachim Fest is the 1,424th most popular writer (down from 1,365th in 2019), the 1,514th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,407th in 2019) and the 94th most popular German Writer.

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Among writers, Joachim Fest ranks 1,424 out of 7,302. Before him are Odo of Cluny, Allan Pinkerton, William Styron, José de Acosta, Louise Labé, and Liu Cixin. After him are Sharafkhan Bidlisi, Callinus, Poul Anderson, Philippe Soupault, Sanu Sharma, and Maryse Condé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Joachim Fest ranks 109. Before him are James Stirling, Alan Greenspan, Gus Grissom, Joshua Fishman, Shohei Imamura, and John Berger. After him are Poul Anderson, Roger Corman, Karl Richter, Thorbjörn Fälldin, Patricia Neal, and Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco. Among people deceased in 2006, Joachim Fest ranks 71. Before him are Telê Santana, David Bronstein, Shamil Basayev, Shohei Imamura, Sven Nykvist, and William Styron. After him are Rudolf Vrba, Rajkumar, Lillian Asplund, Paul Marcinkus, W. Montgomery Watt, and Milan Babić.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Joachim Fest ranks 1,514 out of 7,253. Before him are Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen (1671), Ernst von Weizsäcker (1882), Princess Anna of Prussia (1836), John George II, Elector of Saxony (1613), Walter Rauff (1906), and Karl-Otto Apel (1922). After him are Hermann Weingärtner (1864), Rudolf Arnheim (1904), Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1741), Hermine Reuss of Greiz (1887), Carl Stumpf (1848), and Günther Blumentritt (1892).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Joachim Fest ranks 94. Before him are Arnold van Gennep (1873), Jakob Wassermann (1873), Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825), Georg Kaiser (1878), Wilhelm Weitling (1808), and Hartmann Schedel (1440). After him are Ernst Hanfstaengl (1887), Albert of Aix (1060), Paul Rée (1849), Gustav Landauer (1870), August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798), and Siegfried Lenz (1926).

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