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Petr Ginz

1928 - 1944

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Petr Ginz (1 February 1928 – 28 September 1944) was a Czechoslovak boy of partial Jewish background who was deported to the Theresienstadt Ghetto (known as Terezín, in Czech) during the Holocaust. He was murdered at the age of sixteen when he was transferred to Auschwitz concentration camp and gassed to death upon arrival. His diary was published after his death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Petr Ginz is the 1,928th most popular writer (down from 1,867th in 2019), the 250th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 237th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Czech Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Petr Ginz ranks 1,928 out of 7,302. Before him are Adolph Freiherr Knigge, Christian Jacq, Arseny Tarkovsky, Gitta Sereny, John Banville, and Mikhail Zoshchenko. After him are Daṇḍin, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, Nelson Algren, Mary Norton, Chuck Palahniuk, and Alexander Polyhistor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Petr Ginz ranks 151. Before him are Édouard Molinaro, Bo Diddley, Kåre Willoch, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Jo Schlesser, and Ali Kafi. After him are Mihály Lantos, Otto F. Kernberg, Vidal Sassoon, Malcolm Glazer, Walter Tevis, and Nick Holonyak. Among people deceased in 1944, Petr Ginz ranks 114. Before him are Harold Lowe, Takeo Takagi, Rudolf Schmundt, Ulrich von Hassell, Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and Lina Cavalieri. After him are Hellmuth Stieff, Fritz Witt, Józef Beck, Missak Manouchian, Heinz Brandt, and Paul von Hase.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Petr Ginz ranks 250 out of 1,200. Before him are Jan Stráský (1940), Silvia Saint (1976), Vladimír Menšík (1929), Franz Xaver Richter (1709), Erwin Schulhoff (1894), and Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal (1854). After him are Johannes Widmann (1460), Vilém Mathesius (1882), Antonín Mrkos (1918), Soběslav I, Duke of Bohemia (1075), Jan Fischer (1951), and Karel Svoboda (1938).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Petr Ginz ranks 27. Before him are Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830), Ivan Klíma (1931), Otfried Preußler (1923), Egon Kisch (1885), Princess Michael of Kent (1945), and Josef Lada (1887). After him are Vítězslav Nezval (1900), Pavel Kohout (1928), Karel Hynek Mácha (1810), Alois Jirásek (1851), Ernst Weiss (1882), and Józef Czapski (1896).

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