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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Bernhard Lichtenberg

1875 - 1943

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Bernhard Lichtenberg (German: [ˈbɛʁn.haʁt ˈlɪçtn̩ˌbɛʁk] ; 3 December 1875 – 5 November 1943) was a German Catholic priest who became known for repeatedly speaking out, after the rise of Adolf Hitler and during the Holocaust, against the persecution and deportation of the Jews. After serving a jail sentence, he died in the custody of the Gestapo on his way to Dachau concentration camp. Raul Hilberg wrote: "Thus a solitary figure had made his singular gesture. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernhard Lichtenberg has received more than 137,722 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Bernhard Lichtenberg is the 1,799th most popular religious figure (down from 1,540th in 2019), the 644th most popular biography from Poland (down from 589th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Polish Religious Figure.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.49

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  • 2.18

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Bernhard Lichtenberg ranks 1,799 out of 2,238. Before him are Bhrigu, Ignatius Joseph III Yonan, Chrodegang, Vilmos Zsigmond, Sadegh Khalkhali, and Jacqueline Felice de Almania. After him are Bernard de Montfaucon, Lugalanda, Lorenzo Baldisseri, Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, Constantine, and Squanto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Bernhard Lichtenberg ranks 86. Before him are Arthur Bernardes, Joseph Vendryes, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Paul Löbe, Max Abraham, and Otto Strandman. After him are Gonzalo Queipo de Llano, Erkki Melartin, Paul Neumann, Otto Gessler, Vladimir Filatov, and Laurence Doherty. Among people deceased in 1943, Bernhard Lichtenberg ranks 107. Before him are Shaul Tchernichovsky, Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia, Ruth Belville, Dmitry Ilyich Ulyanov, Yemelyan Yaroslavsky, and Fats Waller. After him are Johann Niemann, Alojs Andritzki, Aliagha Shikhlinski, Tōson Shimazaki, Anathon Aall, and Winnaretta Singer.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Bernhard Lichtenberg ranks 644 out of 1,454. Before him are Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann (1819), Johann Gottfried Piefke (1815), Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring (1755), Peter Berling (1934), Julius von Sachs (1832), and Jan Czochralski (1885). After him are Andrzej Munk (1921), Janosch (1931), Maria Dąbrowska (1889), Ernst Wiechert (1887), Zeev Sternhell (1935), and Joseph Serchuk (1919).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Poland

Among religious figures born in Poland, Bernhard Lichtenberg ranks 29. Before him are Franciszek Macharski (1927), Melchior Grodziecki (1584), Stanisław Ryłko (1945), Michał Sopoćko (1888), Jan Łaski (1499), and Caspar Schwenckfeld (1490). After him are Wincenty Kadłubek (1150), Józef Glemp (1929), Hypatius Pociej (1541), August Hlond (1881), Anna Wierzbicka (1938), and Zenon Grocholewski (1939).

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