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Ernst-Günther Schenck

1904 - 1998

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Ernst-Günther Schenck (3 October 1904 – 21 December 1998) was a German medical doctor and member of the SS in Nazi Germany. Because of a chance encounter with Adolf Hitler during the closing days of World War II, his memoirs proved historically valuable. His accounts of this period are prominent in the works of Joachim Fest and James P. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernst-Günther Schenck has received more than 546,487 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Ernst-Günther Schenck is the 209th most popular physician (down from 185th in 2019), the 1,463rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,183rd in 2019) and the 30th most popular German Physician.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.46

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Over the past year Ernst-Günther Schenck has had the most page views in the with 69,950 views, followed by German (34,806), and Japanese (9,989). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Arabic (44.54%), Italian (41.04%), and Spanish (36.98%)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Ernst-Günther Schenck ranks 209 out of 726. Before him are Hasdai ibn Shaprut, Asclepiades of Bithynia, Emil du Bois-Reymond, Li Shizhen, David H. Hubel, and Thomas Willis. After him are Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis, August Oetker, Mungo Park, Adolf Eugen Fick, Fritz Klein, and Soranus of Ephesus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Ernst-Günther Schenck ranks 66. Before him are Henri Cartan, Rudolf Arnheim, Leopold Trepper, Elyesa Bazna, Ralph Bellamy, and Arnold Gehlen. After him are Georges Canguilhem, Viktor Brack, Sergey Biryuzov, Count Basie, Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i, and Isamu Noguchi. Among people deceased in 1998, Ernst-Günther Schenck ranks 52. Before him are Shoichi Nishimura, Kurt Franz, Maria Reiche, Marie-Louise von Franz, James Earl Ray, and Sonny Bono. After him are Cozy Powell, Martin Rodbell, Lloyd Bridges, Kamala Sohonie, Verner Panton, and Gulzarilal Nanda.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernst-Günther Schenck ranks 1,463 out of 7,253. Before him are Arnold Gehlen (1904), Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1676), Princess Feodora of Leiningen (1807), Aenne Burda (1909), Günther Blumentritt (1892), and Siegfried Lenz (1926). After him are Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden (1857), Samuel Scheidt (1587), Matilda of Frisia (1024), Werner Best (1903), Johann Eck (1486), and Amschel Mayer Rothschild (1773).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Germany

Among physicians born in Germany, Ernst-Günther Schenck ranks 30. Before him are Werner Haase (1900), Leonhart Fuchs (1501), Sebastian Kneipp (1821), Ludwig Guttmann (1899), Waldemar Hoven (1903), and Emil du Bois-Reymond (1818). After him are August Oetker (1862), Adolf Eugen Fick (1829), Franciscus Sylvius (1614), Karl Adolph von Basedow (1799), Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796), and Hans Berger (1873).

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