POLITICIAN

Josef Kramer

1906 - 1945

Photo of Josef Kramer

Icon of person Josef Kramer

Josef Kramer (10 November 1906 – 13 December 1945) was a Hauptsturmführer in the SS and the Commandant of Auschwitz-Birkenau (from 8 May 1944 to 25 November 1944) and Bergen Belsen (from December 1944 to its liberation on 15 April 1945) concentration camps. Dubbed The Beast of Belsen by camp inmates, he was a German Nazi war criminal, directly responsible for the deaths of thousands of people. He was detained by the British Army after the Second World War, convicted of war crimes, and hanged on the gallows in the prison at Hamelin by British executioner Albert Pierrepoint. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josef Kramer is the 1,903rd most popular politician (down from 1,860th in 2019), the 491st most popular biography from Germany (up from 513th in 2019) and the 140th most popular German Politician.

Josef Kramer was a Nazi SS officer who was in charge of the Auschwitz concentration camp. He is most famous for his role in the Holocaust.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Josef Kramer by language

Loading...

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Josef Kramer ranks 1,903 out of 19,576. Before him are Robert, Count of Clermont, Lucy Webb Hayes, Meñli I Giray, Isabella Clara Eugenia, Sirikit, and Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark. After him are Caroline Bonaparte, Koxinga, Suleyman Shah, Llywelyn the Great, Avitus, and Jahanara Begum.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Josef Kramer ranks 38. Before him are Ilse Koch, Sergei Korolev, Hassan al-Banna, Hermann Fegelein, Léon Degrelle, and Ed Gein. After him are Clyde Tombaugh, Marcelo Caetano, Shin'ichirō Tomonaga, Soichiro Honda, Alexey Stakhanov, and Wassily Leontief. Among people deceased in 1945, Josef Kramer ranks 42. Before him are Hermann Fegelein, Hans Krebs, Stefan Banach, Ernst Busch, Friedrich Fromm, and Roland Freisler. After him are Wied, Prince of Albania, Robert Ley, Hans Geiger, Giovanni Agnelli, Odilo Globočnik, and Karl Hanke.

Others Born in 1906

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1945

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Josef Kramer ranks 491 out of 7,253. Before him are George, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg (1582), Roland Freisler (1893), Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium (1876), Helmuth von Moltke the Younger (1848), Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1673), and Heinrich Hoffmann (1885). After him are Franz Stuck (1863), Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1463), Roman Herzog (1934), Paul Hausser (1880), Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886), and Oliver Kahn (1969).

Others born in Germany

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Josef Kramer ranks 140. Before him are Ananda Mahidol (1925), Friedrich Fromm (1888), Louis the Child (893), Gregor Strasser (1892), Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium (1876), and Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1673). After him are Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1463), Roman Herzog (1934), John William Friso, Prince of Orange (1687), Heinrich Brüning (1885), Johannes Rau (1931), and Wied, Prince of Albania (1876).

German born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous