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Franz Ziereis

1905 - 1945

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Franz Xaver Ziereis (13 August 1905 – 24 May 1945) was the commandant of the Mauthausen concentration camp from 1939 until the camp was liberated by the American forces in 1945. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Ziereis has received more than 445,650 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Franz Ziereis is the 3,576th most popular politician (down from 2,740th in 2019), the 975th most popular biography from Germany (down from 747th in 2019) and the 279th most popular German Politician.

Franz Ziereis was the commandant of the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp. He was executed for war crimes in 1946.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Franz Ziereis ranks 3,576 out of 19,576. Before him are António Costa, Cleopatra Eurydice of Macedon, Conrad II of Italy, Hisham I of Córdoba, Verres, and Nicu Ceaușescu. After him are Vladimir Voronin, Jacob Le Maire, Ferdinand IV of Castile, Emperor Antoku, Przemysł II, and Tewfik Pasha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Franz Ziereis ranks 38. Before him are Marian Rejewski, Max Schmeling, Otto Preminger, Dhyan Chand, Nikolai Tikhonov, and Enrique Ballestrero. After him are George H. Hitchings, Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, Pierre Gemayel, Fred Trump, Severo Ochoa, and Takashi Shimura. Among people deceased in 1945, Franz Ziereis ranks 78. Before him are Konrad Henlein, Eduard Bloch, Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, Yun Chi-ho, Edith Frank, and Margot Frank. After him are René Lalique, Wied, Prince of Albania, Mitsuru Ushijima, Hans Oster, John Ambrose Fleming, and Plutarco Elías Calles.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Franz Ziereis ranks 975 out of 7,253. Before him are Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724), Conrad II of Italy (1074), Wilhelm Kempff (1895), Johann Joachim Becher (1635), Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795), and Alfred Weber (1868). After him are Joseph Karl Stieler (1781), Christoph Martin Wieland (1733), Hardy Krüger (1928), Albert of Riga (1165), Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf (1757), and Albert I, Duke of Bavaria (1336).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Franz Ziereis ranks 279. Before him are Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (1173), Erhard Heiden (1901), Paul Blobel (1894), Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1557), Albert III, Duke of Saxony (1443), and Conrad II of Italy (1074). After him are Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf (1757), Albert I, Duke of Bavaria (1336), Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1671), Wied, Prince of Albania (1876), Anna Leopoldovna (1718), and Maria of Yugoslavia (1900).

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