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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 131,150 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Armin T. Wegner is the 2,610th most popular writer (down from 2,520th in 2019), the 2,686th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,512th in 2019) and the 167th most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Armin T. Wegner ranks 2,610 out of 5,755. Before him are George Mosse, Vítězslav Nezval, Elmore Leonard, Ikki Kita, George Tabori, and Konstantin Mihailović. After him are Bhanubhakta Acharya, Robert Penn Warren, Sylvain Maréchal, Zhou Daguan, Sophron, and Ibn Taghribirdi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Armin T. Wegner ranks 122. Before him are Wilhelm Marschall, Bertha Krupp, Maithili Sharan Gupt, Firmin Lambot, Rash Behari Bose, and Fred Quimby. After him are Takuboku Ishikawa, May Ziade, Kurt Hahn, Ferenc Münnich, Hitoshi Imamura, and José Linhares. Among people deceased in 1978, Armin T. Wegner ranks 94. Before him are Jens Otto Krag, Gabriel Ramanantsoa, Louis Prima, Jean Acker, Gunnar Nilsson, and Lucius D. Clay. After him are Gig Young, Jacques Brugnon, Hans Stuck, Viggo Brun, Diana Budisavljević, and Luigi Allemandi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Armin T. Wegner ranks 2,686 out of 6,142. Before him are John II, Count Palatine of Simmern (1492), Rainer Bonhof (1952), Özlem Türeci (1967), Ricardo Wolf (1887), George Mosse (1918), and Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663). After him are Marianne Sägebrecht (1945), Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1897), John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1666), Maximilian, Margrave of Baden (1933), Karl Koch (1809), and Catherine of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria (1468).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Armin T. Wegner ranks 167. Before him are Heinrich Hoffmann (1809), Ursula Kuczynski (1907), Mina Witkojc (1893), August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796), Martin Walser (1927), and George Mosse (1918). After him are Stefan Heym (1913), Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808), Albert of Aix (1060), Alfred Andersch (1914), Malwida von Meysenbug (1816), and Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (1739).

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