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Armin T. Wegner

1886 - 1978

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Armin Theophil Wegner (October 16, 1886 – May 17, 1978) was a German soldier and medic in World War I, a prolific author, and a human rights activist. Stationed in the Ottoman Empire during World War I, Wegner was a witness to the Armenian genocide and the photographs he took documenting the plight of the Armenians today "comprises the core of witness images of the Genocide.": 258–259  In the years following World War I, Wegner also voiced his opposition, at great risk to his own life, to the antisemitic policies of the Nazi regime. In 1933, he authored an impassioned plea to Adolf Hitler on behalf of German Jews. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Armin T. Wegner has received more than 136,555 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Armin T. Wegner is the 2,325th most popular writer (up from 2,602nd in 2019), the 2,454th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,683rd in 2019) and the 150th most popular German Writer.

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Notable Works

Chanaparh aṛantsʻ tundardzi
Armenian massacres, 1915-1923, Armenians, Refugees
2000
Fünf Finger über dir
Description and travel
1930
Maschinen im Ma rchenland
1932
Maschinen im Märchenland
Description and travel
1932
Jagd durch das tausendjährige land
Description and travel
1932
Die Strasse mit den tausend zielen
1924

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Armin T. Wegner ranks 2,325 out of 7,302. Before him are Sergei Nilus, Nguyễn Du, Xue Tao, Zabel Yesayan, Leah Goldberg, and Emma Jung. After him are Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, Marie Under, Ahron Daum, Richard Aldington, Albert Cossery, and Kingsley Amis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Armin T. Wegner ranks 111. Before him are Gheorghe Tătărescu, Lyuh Woon-hyung, Mir Osman Ali Khan, Salvatore Maranzano, Tarsila do Amaral, and Prince Adalbert of Bavaria. After him are Ferenc Münnich, Wilhelm Marschall, Yehuda Ashlag, Firmin Lambot, André Marty, and Georgios Tsolakoglou. Among people deceased in 1978, Armin T. Wegner ranks 83. Before him are Felicia Montealegre Bernstein, Gaston Julia, Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia, Luigi Allemandi, Gunnar Nilsson, and Pancho Vladigerov. After him are Gabriel Ramanantsoa, Viggo Brun, Raúl Alberto Lastiri, Edmundo Suárez, Leo Genn, and Hans Stuck.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Armin T. Wegner ranks 2,454 out of 7,253. Before him are Theodor Wisch (1907), Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony (1782), Adolf von Henselt (1814), Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1658), Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1886), and Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg (1802). After him are Ferdinand Sauerbruch (1875), Gisela of Burgundy (950), Horst Sindermann (1915), Viktor Meyer (1848), Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1481), and Wilhelm Lehmbruck (1881).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Armin T. Wegner ranks 150. Before him are Udo Lindenberg (1946), August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796), Karlheinz Deschner (1924), Wieland Wagner (1917), Solomon Perel (1925), and Berthold Auerbach (1812). After him are Jakub Bart-Ćišinski (1856), Edith Hamilton (1867), Charlotte Buff (1753), Johann Karl August Musäus (1735), Gottschalk of Orbais (805), and Rolf Hochhuth (1931).

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