MILITARY PERSONNEL

Karl Fritzsch

1903 - 1945

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Karl Fritzsch (10 July 1903 – 2 May 1945) was a German SS official who served as deputy and acting commandant at the Auschwitz concentration camp from 1940 to 1941. Fritzsch is best known as the official responsible for the death of priest Maximilian Kolbe and, according to Rudolf Höss, first suggesting using poisonous gas Zyklon B and experimenting with gas chambers for the purpose of mass murder at Auschwitz. Fritzsch served at a number of Nazi concentration camps until 1944 when he was implicated in a corruption scandal and dismissed from his positions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Fritzsch has received more than 533,918 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Fritzsch is the 1,107th most popular military personnel, the 309th most popular biography from Czechia and the 10th most popular Czech Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Karl Fritzsch ranks 1,107 out of 2,058. Before him are David Petraeus, Nicanor, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, Katō Yoshiaki, Aleksandr Dvornikov, and Quintus Labienus. After him are François Séverin Marceau, Pavel Rotmistrov, Tatya Tope, Thermantia, Charles Mangin, and Georgios Grivas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Karl Fritzsch ranks 136. Before him are Alf Sjöberg, Nikolay Cherkasov, Abba P. Lerner, Ferenc Nagy, Cyril Jackson, and Bertrand de Jouvenel. After him are Rensis Likert, Benjamin Spock, John Wyndham, Guillermo Subiabre, Lina Radke, and Dolores Costello. Among people deceased in 1945, Karl Fritzsch ranks 183. Before him are Günther Lützow, Heinrich Ehrler, Peter Högl, Volin, Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil, and Eric Liddell. After him are Wincenty Witos, Ada Negri, Stamen Grigorov, Petar Bojović, Gustav Cassel, and Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Karl Fritzsch ranks 309 out of 1,200. Before him are Johann Joseph Abert (1832), Conrad II, Duke of Bohemia (1136), Soběslav II, Duke of Bohemia (1128), Toyen (1902), Jiří Kylián (1947), and Prince Ernst of Hohenberg (1904). After him are Artur London (1915), Karel Jaromír Erben (1811), Petr Brandl (1668), Mirek Topolánek (1956), Anna Chromý (1940), and Karel Kosík (1926).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Czechia

Among military personnels born in Czechia, Karl Fritzsch ranks 10. Before him are Kurt Knispel (1921), Prokop the Great (1380), Jan Kubiš (1913), Otto Kittel (1917), Julius von Payer (1841), and Erhard Raus (1889). After him are Ferenc Wesselényi (1605), Moritz von Auffenberg (1852), and Alexander von Krobatin (1849).

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