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Theodor Wisch

1907 - 1995

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Theodor Peter Johann Wisch (13 December 1907 – 11 January 1995) was a high-ranking member of the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a commander of the SS Division Leibstandarte (LSSAH) and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. He assumed command of the LSSAH in April 1943. He was seriously wounded in combat on the Western Front by a naval artillery barrage in the Falaise Pocket on 20 August 1944, and replaced as division commander by SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theodor Wisch is the 824th most popular military personnel (up from 1,012th in 2019), the 2,072nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,448th in 2019) and the 146th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Theodor Wisch ranks 824 out of 2,058. Before him are Max von Gallwitz, Artabanes, Meliton Kantaria, Paul Revere, Jawhar, and Rudolf Schmidt. After him are Doc Holliday, Hydarnes II, Chen Youliang, Mikhail Miloradovich, Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow, and Nikolay Voronov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Theodor Wisch ranks 106. Before him are Pedro Arrupe, Frithjof Schuon, Takeo Miki, Johann Trollmann, Álvaro Gestido, and Chūya Nakahara. After him are Cab Calloway, Arseny Tarkovsky, Ernesto Mascheroni, Maurice Couve de Murville, Momčilo Đujić, and Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza. Among people deceased in 1995, Theodor Wisch ranks 88. Before him are Ernest Mandel, Alexander Godunov, Pancho Gonzales, Peter Townsend, Godfrey Brown, and Václav Neumann. After him are Elisha Cook Jr., Franciszek Gajowniczek, Ann Dunham, Arturo Frondizi, James Herriot, and Annie Fischer.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Theodor Wisch ranks 2,073 out of 7,253. Before him are Karl Lachmann (1793), Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder (1773), Rudolf Schmidt (1886), Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1771), Max Koegel (1895), and Wilhelm Ohnesorge (1872). After him are Günter Behnisch (1922), Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1688), Karl Alfred von Zittel (1839), Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg (1318), Bruno Streckenbach (1902), and Friedrich Wieck (1785).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Theodor Wisch ranks 146. Before him are Heinz Hitler (1920), Wilhelm Rediess (1900), Oswald Boelcke (1891), Hermann Priess (1901), Wilhelm Souchon (1864), and Rudolf Schmidt (1886). After him are Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow (1755), Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730), Georg Lindemann (1884), Gerhard Schmidhuber (1894), Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin (1891), and Bruno Loerzer (1891).

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