SOCIAL ACTIVIST

David Frankfurter

1909 - 1982

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David Frankfurter (Hebrew: דוד פרנקפורטר, 9 July 1909 – 19 July 1982) was a Croatian Jew known for assassinating Wilhelm Gustloff, the Swiss branch leader of the Nazi Party, in February 1936 in Davos, Switzerland. He surrendered and confessed, telling the police that "I fired the shots because I am a Jew." Frankfurter was sentenced to 18 years in prison for murder. Shortly after V-E Day, he was granted a parliamentary pardon and released. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Frankfurter has received more than 162,939 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). David Frankfurter is the 287th most popular social activist (down from 259th in 2019), the 140th most popular biography from Croatia and the 2nd most popular Croatian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, David Frankfurter ranks 287 out of 840. Before him are Allan Octavian Hume, Coretta Scott King, Christabel Pankhurst, Mentor of Rhodes, Jesse Jackson, and Cho Man-sik. After him are Policarpa Salavarrieta, Millicent Fawcett, Feodosia Morozova, Bipin Chandra Pal, Maurice Bishop, and Pavel Pestel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, David Frankfurter ranks 127. Before him are Dana Andrews, Lamberto Maggiorani, Stephen Cole Kleene, Juan José Nogués, Jerzy Andrzejewski, and Dean Rusk. After him are Reuven Shiloah, André Pieyre de Mandiargues, Seichō Matsumoto, W. Montgomery Watt, Géza Toldi, and Barry Goldwater. Among people deceased in 1982, David Frankfurter ranks 102. Before him are Bauyrzhan Momyshuly, C. R. Swart, Elio Petri, Anatoly Solonitsyn, Taisen Deshimaru, and Marcel Camus. After him are Abba P. Lerner, Pavel Rotmistrov, Anandamayi Ma, Eduard Tubin, Christian Ferras, and John Cheever.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, David Frankfurter ranks 140 out of 700. Before him are Petar Preradović (1818), George Martinuzzi (1482), Josip Manolić (1920), Quirinus of Sescia (300), Dado Topić (1949), and Zinka Milanov (1906). After him are Vladimir Bakarić (1912), Josip Bozanić (1949), Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria (1888), Demetrius of Pharos (-300), Frano Selak (1929), and Herman of Carinthia (1100).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Croatia

Among social activists born in Croatia, David Frankfurter ranks 2. Before him are Stjepan Filipović (1916).

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