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Oswald Pohl

1892 - 1951

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Oswald Ludwig Pohl (German: [ˈɔsvalt ˈpoːl] ; 30 June 1892 – 7 June 1951) was a German high-ranking SS official during the Nazi era. As the head of the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office and the head administrator of the Nazi concentration camps, he was a key figure in the Holocaust. Born in Duisburg, Pohl served in the Imperial German Navy in the Baltic Sea and the Flemish coast during the First World War. After the war he worked with the Freikorps and took part in the Kapp Putsch, after which he joined the Reichsmarine. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oswald Pohl is the 3,927th most popular politician (up from 3,972nd in 2019), the 1,021st most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,068th in 2019) and the 293rd most popular German Politician.

Oswald Pohl was the head of the SS Economic and Administrative Main Office, which managed the concentration camps. Pohl was convicted of war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Oswald Pohl ranks 3,927 out of 19,576. Before him are Gina Haspel, Al-Muqanna, Ali of Hejaz, Phraates IV, Charles G. Dawes, and Pribina. After him are Magnus II of Sweden, Marie Louise Gonzaga, Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia, Marie of Luxembourg, Queen of France, Florian Geyer, and Dayan Khan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Oswald Pohl ranks 55. Before him are V. Gordon Childe, Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, Kang Pan-sok, Margaret Rutherford, Nikolai Kondratiev, and E. H. Carr. After him are Hjalmar Siilasvuo, Edith Södergran, Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, Erich Auerbach, Mikhail Kirponos, and Johannes Frießner. Among people deceased in 1951, Oswald Pohl ranks 25. Before him are Sinclair Lewis, Amélie of Orléans, Harald Bohr, Zaifeng, Prince Chun, Paul Blobel, Ivanoe Bonomi, and Óscar Carmona. After him are William Randolph Hearst, Princess Milica of Montenegro, Charles G. Dawes, Andrei Platonov, and Empress Teimei.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Oswald Pohl ranks 1,021 out of 7,253. Before him are Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (920), Zwentibold (870), Gustav Radbruch (1878), Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1754), Roland Emmerich (1955), and Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel (1747). After him are Florian Geyer (1490), Johann Peter Eckermann (1792), Ernst Kretschmer (1888), Günther Lütjens (1889), Joseph Wirth (1879), and Günther Prien (1908).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Oswald Pohl ranks 293. Before him are Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden (1728), Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France (1174), Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (920), Zwentibold (870), Gustav Radbruch (1878), and Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel (1747). After him are Florian Geyer (1490), Joseph Wirth (1879), Leopold I, Margrave of Austria (940), John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1604), Wilhelm Gustloff (1895), and Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria (1831).

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