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Heinz Kessler

1920 - 2017

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Heinz Keßler (26 January 1920 – 2 May 2017) was a German communist politician and military officer in East Germany. His career in the military started when he was conscripted into the Wehrmacht, the armed forces of Nazi Germany, in World War II. Due to his communist convictions, he deserted the Wehrmacht and fought for the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front. Upon his return to East Germany, he entered service in the National People's Army (Nationale Volksarmee) upon its establishment in 1956. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heinz Kessler has received more than 164,693 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Heinz Kessler is the 6,953rd most popular politician (up from 7,075th in 2019), the 398th most popular biography from Poland (up from 403rd in 2019) and the 105th most popular Polish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Heinz Kessler ranks 6,953 out of 19,576Before him are Roland Bonaparte, Wu Peifu, Badi' al-Zaman Mirza, Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, and Sitamun. After him are John Henry, Margrave of Moravia, Milan Martić, Hiranuma Kiichirō, Ahmose-Meritamun, Kirta, and Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Heinz Kessler ranks 111Before him are Jack Warden, Victor Turner, Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy, Väinö Linna, Tonino Guerra, and Meliton Kantaria. After him are Ray Harryhausen, Don Taylor, Paik Sun-yup, Mohammed Dib, Martine Carol, and Zhou Xuan. Among people deceased in 2017, Heinz Kessler ranks 113Before him are Félix Mourinho, Yasuyuki Kuwahara, Roger Ailes, Tobe Hooper, Roger Pingeon, and Peter Abrahams. After him are Tom Petty, Peter Mansfield, Ángel Nieto, Jiro Taniguchi, Azzedine Alaïa, and Brian Aldiss.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Heinz Kessler ranks 398 out of 1,694Before him are Leon Pinsker (1821), Michał Kalecki (1899), Hans Bellmer (1902), Stanisław Koniecpolski (1591), Czesława Kwoka (1943), and Johannes Bugenhagen (1485). After him are Ivan Vyhovsky (1608), Horst Mahler (1936), Adam Stefan Sapieha (1867), Gerhard Klopfer (1905), Johann Adam Hiller (1728), and Florian Znaniecki (1882).

Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Heinz Kessler ranks 105Before him are Leszek II the Black (1241), Hugo Haase (1863), Pylyp Orlyk (1672), Konrad von Jungingen (1355), Barbara Jagiellon (1478), and Stanisław Koniecpolski (1591). After him are Ivan Vyhovsky (1608), Gerhard Klopfer (1905), Mieszko I Tanglefoot (1132), Wilhelm Kube (1887), Ewa Kopacz (1956), and Bezprym (987).