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Wilhelm Gustloff

1895 - 1936

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Wilhelm Gustloff (30 January 1895 – 4 February 1936) was a German politician and meteorologist who founded the Swiss branch of the Nazi Party/Foreign Organization (NSDAP/AO) at Davos in 1932. The NSDAP/AO was formed as the wing of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) for German citizens living outside Germany. Gustloff continued to lead the Swiss branch of the NSDAP/AO until 1936, when he was assassinated by David Frankfurter, a Croatian Jew who was outraged by the growth of the Nazi Party. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Gustloff is the 3,982nd most popular politician (up from 4,106th in 2019), the 1,034th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,101st in 2019) and the 298th most popular German Politician.

Wilhelm Gustloff was a German politician who was assassinated by the Nazis in 1933. He was most famous for being assassinated.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wilhelm Gustloff ranks 3,982 out of 19,576. Before him are John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen, Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia, Bindusara, Bill de Blasio, Alfredo Palacio, and Binali Yıldırım. After him are Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Mizizios, Hjalmar Siilasvuo, Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria, Yisrael Kristal, and Oskar Potiorek.

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Among people born in 1895, Wilhelm Gustloff ranks 70. Before him are Lewis Milestone, Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, Edna Purviance, Clara Haskil, Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria, and Pavel Sukhoi. After him are Friedrich Jeckeln, Robert Graves, Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois, Marcel Pagnol, Lin Yutang, and Ferdinand Čatloš. Among people deceased in 1936, Wilhelm Gustloff ranks 45. Before him are Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen, Robert E. Howard, Heinrich Rickert, Karl Pearson, Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Julius Schreck. After him are Max Schreck, Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh, José Sanjurjo, Bertha Pappenheim, Robert Michels, and Duan Qirui.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Gustloff ranks 1,034 out of 7,253. Before him are Anna Magdalena Bach (1701), Leopold I, Margrave of Austria (940), Joseph Karl Stieler (1781), Johann Heinrich von Thünen (1783), Henri Victor Regnault (1810), and John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1604). After him are Beate Klarsfeld (1939), Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria (1831), August Kopff (1882), Boris Becker (1967), Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands (1774), and Johann Christoph Bach (1642).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Wilhelm Gustloff ranks 298. Before him are Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel (1747), Oswald Pohl (1892), Florian Geyer (1490), Joseph Wirth (1879), Leopold I, Margrave of Austria (940), and John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1604). After him are Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria (1831), Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands (1774), Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1831), William II of Württemberg (1848), Gotthard Kettler (1517), and Joseph Berchtold (1897).

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