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Horst Fischer

German physician and camp doctor in the Auschwitz III Monowitz concentration camp

1912 - 1966

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His biography is available in 14 different languages on Wikipedia. Horst Fischer is the 616th most popular physician, the 4,859th most popular biography from Germany and the 99th most popular German Physician.

Horst Fischer is most famous for serving as a physician at Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II, where he conducted selections for the gas chambers. A surprising fact is that after the war, he lived under an assumed identity in East Germany and worked as a doctor for years before being arrested in 1965. His legacy lies in his trial and execution, which underscored the ongoing pursuit of justice for Nazi war crimes and contributed to historical accountability for the Holocaust.

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Among Physicians

Among physicians, Horst Fischer ranks 616 out of 726. Before him are Ludwik Rajchman, Gisela Januszewska, Türkan Saylan, John Jeffries, Matilde Hidalgo, and Cecilia Grierson. After him are Concepción Aleixandre, Emil Holub, Richard Friedrich Johannes Pfeiffer, Mustafa Barghouti, Edzard Ernst, and Joshua Pim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Horst Fischer ranks 311. Before him are Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, Phạm Hùng, Simón Lecue, Reta Shaw, Ollie Johnston, and Ruby Payne-Scott. After him are Georgia Coleman, Dagny Carlsson, Juan Antonio Ipiña, Gordon Parks, Matthias Heidemann, and Giuliano Nostini. Among people deceased in 1966, Horst Fischer ranks 178. Before him are Julia Faye, Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Adrianus de Jong, Margery Allingham, Iosif Czako, and Jakub Szynkiewicz. After him are Cordwainer Smith, Steingrímur Steinþórsson, Gösta Åsbrink, René Schick, Hans Christian Branner, and Bernhard Zondek.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Horst Fischer ranks 4,859 out of NaN. Before him are Günther Herrmann (1939), Angela Sommer-Bodenburg (1948), Manfred Kaiser (1929), Martin Noth (1902), Alice Salomon (1872), and Rosemary Murphy (1925). After him are Joseph Weydemeyer (1818), Bärbel Wöckel (1955), Karl Mauch (1837), Paul Warburg (1868), Ilona Slupianek (1956), and Henning von Holtzendorff (1853).

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Among Physicians In Germany

Among physicians born in Germany, Horst Fischer ranks 99. Before him are Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt (1885), Karin Büttner-Janz (1952), Özlem Türeci (1967), Albrecht von Graefe (1828), Oskar Vogt (1870), and Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff (1807). After him are Edzard Ernst (1948), Paul Möhring (1710), Harry Benjamin (1885), Hinrich Romeike (1963), and Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson (1809).

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