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 151,586 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Bernhard Lichtenberg is the 2,082nd most popular religious figure (down from 1,785th in 2019), the 735th most popular biography from Poland (down from 644th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Polish Religious Figure.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.86

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  • 2.29

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Bernhard Lichtenberg ranks 2,082 out of 3,187. Before him are Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Vilmos Zsigmond, Wincenty Kadłubek, Menas of Constantinople, Bruno Platter, and Pietro Ottoboni. After him are Arsenios Autoreianos, Luigi Carlo Borromeo, Johannes Cocceius, Constantine VI of Constantinople, Theodorus Lector, and Thomas Kingo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Bernhard Lichtenberg ranks 99. Before him are Luigi Carnera, Henrik Sjöberg, Joseph Vendryes, Otto Gessler, Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, and Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe. After him are Vladimir Filatov, Archibald Reiss, Mammad Hasan Hajinski, Felix Hamrin, Laurence Doherty, and J. Stuart Blackton. Among people deceased in 1943, Bernhard Lichtenberg ranks 126. Before him are René de Saussure, Hristo Lukov, Erich Bey, Alojs Andritzki, Yemelyan Yaroslavsky, and W. S. Van Dyke. After him are Curt Haase, Henner Henkel, Rutka Laskier, Harry Baur, Tōson Shimazaki, and Richard Sears.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Bernhard Lichtenberg ranks 735 out of 1,694. Before him are Wilhelm Fliess (1858), Johann Gottfried Piefke (1815), Stanisław Konarski (1700), Kurt Feldt (1897), Wincenty Kadłubek (1150), and Janusz Kusociński (1907). After him are Johann Gottlieb Georgi (1729), Salomėja Nėris (1904), Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907), Willibald Alexis (1798), Gustav Adolf von Götzen (1866), and Basia (1954).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Poland

Among religious figures born in Poland, Bernhard Lichtenberg ranks 34. Before him are Stanisława Leszczyńska (1896), Dorothea of Montau (1347), Stanislaus Hosius (1504), Hypatius Pociej (1541), Józef Glemp (1929), and Wincenty Kadłubek (1150). After him are Zacharias Ursinus (1534), Anna Wierzbicka (1938), Zenon Grocholewski (1939), August Hlond (1881), Sawa (1938), and Johann Dzierzon (1811).

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