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Baldur von Schirach

1907 - 1974

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Baldur Benedikt von Schirach (German pronunciation: [ˈbaldʊʁ ˈbeːnedɪkt fɔn ˈʃiːʁax]; 9 May 1907 – 8 August 1974) was a German politician who was the leader of the Hitler Youth from 1931 to 1940. From 1940 to 1945, he was the Gauleiter (district leader) and Reichsstatthalter (Reich governor) of Vienna. A member of the Nazi Party from the age of 18, Schirach was named national youth leader of the party in 1931. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Baldur von Schirach has received more than 1,397,352 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Baldur von Schirach is the 1,148th most popular politician, the 306th most popular biography from Germany (up from 323rd in 2019) and the 86th most popular German Politician.

Baldur von Schirach was the Nazi leader of the Hitler Youth. He was convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to 20 years in prison.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Baldur von Schirach ranks 1,148 out of 19,576. Before him are John III of Portugal, Aristides, James II of England, Dolores Ibárruri, Mindaugas, and Theophilos. After him are Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Getúlio Vargas, Möngke Khan, Xianfeng Emperor, Tvrtko I of Bosnia, and Muawiya II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Baldur von Schirach ranks 14. Before him are Mircea Eliade, J. Hans D. Jensen, Alberto Moravia, Laurence Olivier, Hergé, and Yakov Dzhugashvili. After him are Rachel Carson, Frank Whittle, Junji Nishikawa, Jacques Tati, Lin Biao, and Hideki Yukawa. Among people deceased in 1974, Baldur von Schirach ranks 12. Before him are Amin al-Husseini, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, James Chadwick, Vittorio De Sica, Pär Lagerkvist, and U Thant. After him are Duke Ellington, Virginia Apgar, Imre Lakatos, Julius Evola, Miguel Ángel Asturias, and Rudolf Dassler.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Baldur von Schirach ranks 306 out of 7,253. Before him are Maximilian II of Bavaria (1811), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1955), Hermann Hoth (1885), Michael Wittmann (1914), Moses Mendelssohn (1729), and Sepp Dietrich (1892). After him are Henry the Lion (1129), Christian III of Denmark (1503), Hans von Aachen (1552), Karen Horney (1885), Carl Bosch (1874), and August Ferdinand Möbius (1790).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Baldur von Schirach ranks 86. Before him are Anton Drexler (1884), Frederick V of the Palatinate (1596), Irma Grese (1923), Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1175), Helmut Schmidt (1918), and Maximilian II of Bavaria (1811). After him are Henry the Lion (1129), Christian III of Denmark (1503), Theodor Heuss (1884), Julius Streicher (1885), Georgy Lvov (1861), and Johann Friedrich Struensee (1737).

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