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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 78,144 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Hans von Obstfelder is the 956th most popular military personnel (down from 909th in 2019), the 2,328th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,259th in 2019) and the 183rd most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hans von Obstfelder ranks 956 out of 2,058. Before him are George Meade, Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., Winrich von Kniprode, Shurahbil ibn Hasana, Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, and Ilmari Juutilainen. After him are Jack Churchill, Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Chris Kyle, Nikolai Berzarin, Marcellin Marbot, and Charles Robert Jenkins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Hans von Obstfelder ranks 100. Before him are Marthe Bibesco, Rudolf Schmidt, Stefania Wilczyńska, Salvador de Madariaga, Ernst Robert Curtius, and Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.. After him are Princess Patricia of Connaught, Helen Parkhurst, Muhamed Mehmedbašić, Ğabdulla Tuqay, Gheorghe Tătărescu, and Lyuh Woon-hyung. Among people deceased in 1976, Hans von Obstfelder ranks 83. Before him are Gilbert Ryle, Géza Anda, Zhang Wentian, Kálmán Kalocsay, Paul Morand, and Mickey Cohen. After him are Henri Eberhardt, Freddie King, Rudolf Kempe, Mikhail Katukov, Mukaghali Makatayev, and Elihan Tore.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans von Obstfelder ranks 2,328 out of 7,253. Before him are Paul Lincke (1866), Louis III, Elector Palatine (1378), Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1763), Walter Brandmüller (1929), Carl Reichenbach (1788), and Hermann Scherchen (1891). After him are Louis X, Duke of Bavaria (1495), Dietmar Hopp (1940), Johann Christoph Denner (1655), Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch (1736), Harro Schulze-Boysen (1909), and Friedrich Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1562).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Hans von Obstfelder ranks 183. Before him are Wilhelm Souchon (1864), Karl Ernst (1904), George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven (1892), Adelbert Schulz (1903), Hermann Breith (1892), and Winrich von Kniprode (1310). After him are Reiner Stahel (1892), Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (1922), Hans Cramer (1896), Fritz Witt (1908), Heinrich Bär (1913), and Eugen Ritter von Schobert (1883).

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