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Hans Fritzsche

1900 - 1953

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August Franz Anton Hans Fritzsche (21 April 1900 – 27 September 1953) was the Ministerialdirektor at the Propagandaministerium (Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda) of Nazi Germany. He was the preeminent German broadcaster of his time, as part of efforts to present a more popular and entertaining side of the Nazi regime, and his voice was recognised by the majority of Germans. Fritzsche was present in the Berlin Führerbunker during the last days of Adolf Hitler. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Fritzsche has received more than 510,412 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Hans Fritzsche is the 1,531st most popular politician (down from 1,318th in 2019), the 424th most popular biography from Germany (down from 372nd in 2019) and the 116th most popular German Politician.

Hans Fritzsche was a Nazi propagandist who was most famous for his radio broadcasts.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hans Fritzsche ranks 1,531 out of 15,577Before him are Raisa Gorbacheva, Theresa May, Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, Childebert I, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and Majorian. After him are Sarah Palin, Shennong, Lala Mustafa Pasha, Stephen V of Hungary, Jebe, and Jiajing Emperor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Hans Fritzsche ranks 22Before him are Adolf Dassler, Jacques Prévert, Dennis Gabor, Charles Francis Richter, Sándor Márai, and Urho Kekkonen. After him are Giorgos Seferis, Hans Adolf Krebs, Kurt Weill, Eyvind Johnson, Jan Oort, and Thomas Wolfe. Among people deceased in 1953, Hans Fritzsche ranks 13Before him are Carol II of Romania, Robert Andrews Millikan, Klement Gottwald, Mary of Teck, Guccio Gucci, and Django Reinhardt. After him are Vladimir Tatlin, Emmerich Kálmán, Francis Picabia, Eugene O'Neill, Ivan Bunin, and Raoul Dufy.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Fritzsche ranks 424 out of 6,142Before him are Caroline of Baden (1776), Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (1758), Hans Krebs (1898), Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1864), Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928), and Wolfram von Eschenbach (1170). After him are Ernst Abbe (1840), Gerhard Richter (1932), Oskar Dirlewanger (1895), Julius Lothar Meyer (1830), Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886), and Johann Georg Faust (1480).

Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Hans Fritzsche ranks 116Before him are Robert Ley (1890), Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1784), Christopher of Bavaria (1416), Carol I of Romania (1839), Louis II, Prince of Monaco (1870), and Christian V of Denmark (1646). After him are Æthelwulf, King of Wessex (795), Victoria of Baden (1862), Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (1750), Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1463), Bernhard von Bülow (1849), and Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1662).