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Paul Grüninger

1891 - 1972

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Paul Grüninger (German pronunciation: [paʊ̯l ˈɡʁyːnɪŋɐ] ; 27 October 1891 – 22 February 1972) was a Swiss police commander in St. Gallen. He was recognized as one of the Righteous Among the Nations by the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial foundation in 1971. Following the Austrian Anschluss, Grüninger saved about 3,600 Jewish refugees by backdating their visas and falsifying other documents to indicate that they had entered Switzerland at a time when legal entry of refugees was still possible. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Grüninger is the 12,144th most popular politician (down from 10,543rd in 2019), the 368th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 297th in 2019) and the 59th most popular Swiss Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Paul Grüninger ranks 12,144 out of 19,576. Before him are Ioannis Rallis, Geoffrey III, Count of Anjou, William Christoph, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Giuseppe Volpi, Beatrice of England, and René Goblet. After him are Filippo Turati, Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, Suhail Shaheen, Ashur-resh-ishi II, Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg, and Bahubali.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Paul Grüninger ranks 160. Before him are Henry Tandey, Kurt von der Chevallerie, Richard Tauber, Ágnes Esterházy, Hamo Beknazarian, and Vladislav Vančura. After him are Princess Pilar of Bavaria, E. A. Dupont, Ted Meredith, Victoria Kent, R. Norris Williams, and Ken Huszagh. Among people deceased in 1972, Paul Grüninger ranks 134. Before him are Carlo Agostoni, Solomon Lefschetz, Louis J. Mordell, Raúl Leoni, Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval, and Joseph Cornell. After him are Max Aub, Miriam Hopkins, Ennio Flaiano, František Čáp, Thomas C. Kinkaid, and Rudolf Belling.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Paul Grüninger ranks 368 out of 1,015. Before him are Hans Erni (1909), Cuno Amiet (1868), Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Prince of Venice (1972), Kate Burton (1957), Albert Sechehaye (1870), and Niklaus Manuel Deutsch (1484). After him are Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein (1947), Walter Hauser (1837), Christian Gross (1954), R. Norris Williams (1891), Michele Besso (1873), and Robert Maillart (1872).

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Among POLITICIANS In Switzerland

Among politicians born in Switzerland, Paul Grüninger ranks 59. Before him are Maximilian Ulysses Browne (1705), Samuel Schmid (1947), Henri Druey (1799), Jakob Dubs (1822), Orgetorix (null), and Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Prince of Venice (1972). After him are Walter Hauser (1837), Fritz Platten (1883), Alois Estermann (1954), Adolf Ogi (1942), Marcel Pilet-Golaz (1889), and Albert Meyer (1870).

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