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Josef Terboven

1898 - 1945

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Josef Antonius Heinrich Terboven (23 May 1898 – 8 May 1945) was a German Nazi Party official and politician who was the long-serving Gauleiter of Gau Essen and the Reichskommissar for Norway during the German occupation. Terboven was born in Essen, Germany, and attended Volksschule and Realschule before he volunteered for military service during the First World War. After the war, he studied law and political science at the University of Munich and the University of Freiburg, where he first got involved in politics. Terboven joined the Nazi Party in 1923, participated in the Beer Hall Putsch and eventually rose through the ranks to become the Gauleiter of Essen and the editor of various Nazi newspapers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josef Terboven is the 3,781st most popular politician (up from 4,277th in 2019), the 970th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,153rd in 2019) and the 276th most popular German Politician.

Josef Terboven was the Nazi Gauleiter of Norway during World War II. He is most famous for his role in the deportation of Norwegian Jews to concentration camps.

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Among politicians, Josef Terboven ranks 3,781 out of 19,576. Before him are Ben Carson, Salva Kiir Mayardit, Cao Fang, Prince Augustus William of Prussia, Hystaspes, and Louis I, Duke of Bavaria. After him are Pál Schmitt, Coenus of Macedon, John F. Kelly, Juan Manuel de Rosas, Julius Schreck, and Rauf Denktaş.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Josef Terboven ranks 49. Before him are Ahmad Shah Qajar, Héctor Scarone, Konrad Henlein, Fritz Zwicky, Howard Florey, and Jeanne Hébuterne. After him are Julius Schreck, Therese Neumann, Totò, Joris Ivens, Hanns Eisler, and Inejiro Asanuma. Among people deceased in 1945, Josef Terboven ranks 80. Before him are Fumimaro Konoe, Kurt Knispel, Kiril, Prince of Preslav, Edith Frank, Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, and Georg Elser. After him are Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Harry Daghlian, Franz Ziereis, Plutarco Elías Calles, Hans Oster, and Elisabeth Volkenrath.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Josef Terboven ranks 970 out of 7,253. Before him are Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1792), Karl Abraham (1877), Georg Elser (1903), Hans-Valentin Hube (1890), Prince Augustus William of Prussia (1722), and Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (1173). After him are Josef Albers (1888), Julius Schreck (1898), Gottfried Semper (1803), Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724), Prince Henry of Prussia (1862), and Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1671).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Josef Terboven ranks 276. Before him are Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927), George, King of Saxony (1832), Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal (1857), Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (1823), Prince Augustus William of Prussia (1722), and Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (1173). After him are Julius Schreck (1898), Prince Henry of Prussia (1862), Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1671), Agnes of Merania (1175), Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1671), and Albert V, Duke of Bavaria (1528).

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