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Hans von Obstfelder

1886 - 1976

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Hans von Obstfelder (6 September 1886 – 20 December 1976) was a German general (General of the Infantry) in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. In September 1941, during Operation Babarossa, the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, Obstfelder commanded the 29th Army Corps, which was among the first units of the Wehrmacht to reach Kyiv. In October 2021, against the background of official commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the Babi Yar Massacre, Obstfelder's name appeared among the 161 names of the perpetrators of that crime, released by the Babi Year Holocaust Memorial Center. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans von Obstfelder has received more than 71,307 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Hans von Obstfelder is the 909th most popular military personnel (down from 785th in 2019), the 2,261st most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,047th in 2019) and the 179th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hans von Obstfelder ranks 909 out of 1,468. Before him are Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel, Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, Sergey Kamenev, Ecaterina Teodoroiu, Hōjō Ujiyasu, and Harold Bride. After him are Takeo Takagi, Ernest King, Uzi Narkiss, Pavel Rotmistrov, Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel, and Maria Bochkareva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Hans von Obstfelder ranks 95. Before him are Olaf Stapledon, Hiroshi Ōshima, Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia, Ali Sami Yen, Taimur bin Feisal, and Mohammed Ben Aarafa. After him are Mir Osman Ali Khan, Salvatore Maranzano, Helen Parkhurst, Paul Lévy, Yehuda Ashlag, and Marthe Bibesco. Among people deceased in 1976, Hans von Obstfelder ranks 89. Before him are Sal Mineo, Karl Schäfer, Paul Strand, Wilder Penfield, Freddie King, and Mohammed Ben Aarafa. After him are Alexander Lippisch, Josef Sudek, Gottfried von Cramm, Rudolf Kempe, Marcel Broodthaers, and Boris Iofan.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans von Obstfelder ranks 2,261 out of 6,142. Before him are Walter Eucken (1891), Albert II, Duke of Saxony (1250), Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg (1729), Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst (1563), Princess Anna of Saxony (1836), and Prince Ernst August of Hanover (1954). After him are Fritz Müller (1822), Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach (1721), Louis III, Elector Palatine (1378), Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1888), Alexander Lippisch (1894), and William, Prince of Wied (1845).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Hans von Obstfelder ranks 179. Before him are Wolfgang Lotz (1921), Oskar von Hutier (1857), Heinrich Ehrler (1917), Burkhard Christoph von Münnich (1683), Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski (1899), and Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel (1744). After him are Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel (1809), Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin (1684), Max Pauly (1907), George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven (1892), Eugen Ritter von Schobert (1883), and Ulrich Graf (1878).

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