DIPLOMAT

Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz

1904 - 1973

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Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz (German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfɛʁdinant ˈdʊkvɪts] ; 29 September 1904, Bremen – 16 February 1973) was a German diplomat. During World War II, he served as an attaché for Nazi Germany in occupied Denmark. He tipped off the Danes about the Germans' intended deportation of the Jewish population in 1943 and arranged for their reception in Sweden. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz has received more than 406,884 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz is the 72nd most popular diplomat (down from 66th in 2019), the 4,922nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,524th in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Diplomat.

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz ranks 72 out of 90. Before him are Max Jakobson, J. Christopher Stevens, Roberto Azevêdo, Bajrakitiyabha, Seán Lester, and Richard Armitage. After him are Jacques Diouf, Ri Yong-ho, Vasily Nebenzya, Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo, Wendy Sherman, and Adolph Dubs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz ranks 272. Before him are Jimmy Dorsey, Georges Miez, Jacqueline Logan, Sabin Carr, Zé Luiz, and Ivor Montagu. After him are Rafael Méndez, Puck van Heel, Oliver Macdonald, Sadi Irmak, George Stibitz, and Hans Lewy. Among people deceased in 1973, Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz ranks 221. Before him are Alfred Romer, Cecil Kellaway, Romeo Bertini, Earl Browder, Grigore Moisil, and Dudley Senanayake. After him are Jane Bowles, Oliver Macdonald, Roland Dorgelès, Mikhail Somov, Arthur Freed, and Memphis Minnie.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz ranks 4,922 out of 7,253. Before him are Matthias Reim (1957), Frank Schätzing (1957), Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch (1857), Max Fürbringer (1846), Hermann Oldenberg (1854), and Jamal Musiala (2003). After him are Frank Shorter (1947), Erich Borchmeyer (1905), Tré Cool (1972), Eduard von Martens (1831), Gerhard Lamprecht (1897), and Wolfgang Peters (1929).

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Among DIPLOMATS In Germany

Among diplomats born in Germany, Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz ranks 4. Before him are Martin Luther (1895), Adam von Trott zu Solz (1909), and Paul Schmidt (1899).

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