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Theodor Oberländer

1905 - 1998

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Theodor Oberländer (1 May 1905 – 4 May 1998) was an Ostforschung scientist and German Nazi official and politician, who after the Second World War served as Federal Minister for Displaced Persons, Refugees and Victims of War in West Germany from 1953 to 1960, and as a Member of the Bundestag from 1953 to 1961 and from 1963 to 1965. Oberländer earned a doctorate in agriculture in 1929 and a second doctorate in economics in 1930. He spent time in the Soviet Union during the 1920s and early 1930s, including as an employee of DRUSAG (Deutsch-Russische Saatbau AG), a German company involved in developing Soviet agriculture in cooperation with the Soviet government. Subsequently, he became active in Ostforschung, area studies of the Soviet Union, the Baltic states, Poland and other countries of Eastern and Central Europe, advocating elimination of Jews and subjugation of Polish people in Poland, which he characterised in his writings as having "eight million inhabitants too many". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theodor Oberländer is the 11,449th most popular politician (down from 10,658th in 2019), the 3,342nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,151st in 2019) and the 964th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Theodor Oberländer ranks 11,448 out of 19,576. Before him are Wan Waithayakon, Armen Garo, Sébastien Faure, Gisulf II of Friuli, and Katherine Karađorđević. After him are Marco Cornaro, Victor Marijnen, John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin, Félix Éboué, Commius, Jen Psaki, and Alof de Wignacourt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Theodor Oberländer ranks 170. Before him are Michael Tippett, Jan Gies, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Ramiro Ledesma Ramos, Robert Penn Warren, and Ivan Eklind. After him are Erich Neumann, Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Ferenc Farkas, Osvaldo Pugliese, Aldo Fabrizi, and Colin Clark. Among people deceased in 1998, Theodor Oberländer ranks 141. Before him are Leo Penn, Michael Tippett, Jean Leray, Hide, Nguyễn Văn Linh, and Otto Wichterle. After him are Eric Ambler, Qian Zhongshu, Louis Dumont, Joan Brossa, Samuel Eilenberg, and Edwige Feuillère.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Theodor Oberländer ranks 3,344 out of 7,253. Before him are Hermann Lang (1909), Walter Andreas Schwarz (1913), Oskar Fischinger (1900), Otto Ciliax (1891), Albertus Pictor (1440), and Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1839). After him are Janosch (1931), John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin (1513), Ulf Merbold (1941), Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau (1785), Erich Neumann (1905), and Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen (1815).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Theodor Oberländer ranks 963. Before him are Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1529), Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia (1865), Duchess Maria Anna Josepha of Bavaria (1734), Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1813), and Winfried Kretschmann (1948). After him are John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin (1513), Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau (1785), Gustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1633), John Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1677), Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1529), Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg (1479), and Prince Wolfgang of Hesse (1896).

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