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Heinz Jost

1904 - 1964

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Heinz Jost (9 July 1904 – 12 November 1964) was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era. He was involved in espionage matters as the Sicherheitsdienst (Security Service) or (SD) section chief of office VI (foreign intelligence) of the Reich Security Main Office. Jost was responsible for genocide in eastern Europe as commander of Einsatzgruppe A from March–September 1942. After Germany's defeat, Jost was tried and convicted by a U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heinz Jost has received more than 314,480 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Heinz Jost is the 6,829th most popular politician (up from 6,862nd in 2019), the 1,867th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,921st in 2019) and the 545th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Heinz Jost ranks 6,829 out of 19,576. Before him are Petre Roman, Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia, Publius Mucius Scaevola, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emperor En'yū, and Polina Zhemchuzhina. After him are İsa Çelebi, Ryutaro Hashimoto, Laura Mancini, García Íñiguez of Pamplona, Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza, and Gregoria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Heinz Jost ranks 82. Before him are Yves Congar, Minoru Genda, Ba Jin, Ralph Bunche, Walther Hewel, and Edmond Hamilton. After him are Lyudmila Rudenko, George Stevens, María Zambrano, Yevgenia Ginzburg, Valery Chkalov, and Hans Hartung. Among people deceased in 1964, Heinz Jost ranks 52. Before him are August Sander, Francisco Craveiro Lopes, Mikhail Larionov, Bechara El Khoury, Tatyana Afanasyeva, and Vladko Maček. After him are Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann, Hinrich Lohse, Prince Axel of Denmark, Veit Harlan, Alan Ladd, and Adib Shishakli.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinz Jost ranks 1,867 out of 7,253. Before him are Albert Lortzing (1801), Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm (1723), Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick (1714), Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken (1746), Charlotte Salomon (1917), and Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (1775). After him are Carl Gustav Carus (1789), Friedrich Rückert (1788), Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1826), Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein (1757), Friedrich Albert Lange (1828), and Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1878).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Heinz Jost ranks 545. Before him are Julius Dorpmüller (1869), Charles II, Elector Palatine (1651), Johannes R. Becher (1891), Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse (1906), Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick (1714), and Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken (1746). After him are Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1826), Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein (1757), Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1878), George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1831), Wilhelm Ohnesorge (1872), and Hans-Gert Pöttering (1945).

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