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Karlheinz Deschner

1924 - 2014

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Karl Heinrich Leopold Deschner (23 May 1924 – 8 April 2014) was a German researcher and writer who achieved public attention in Europe for his trenchant and fiercely critical treatment of Christianity in general and the Catholic Church in particular, as expressed in several articles and books, culminating in his 10 volume Christianity's Criminal History (Kriminalgeschichte des Christentums, Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karlheinz Deschner has received more than 68,393 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Karlheinz Deschner is the 2,231st most popular writer (down from 2,099th in 2019), the 2,326th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,135th in 2019) and the 138th most popular German Writer.

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  • 24

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Karlheinz Deschner ranks 2,231 out of 5,755Before him are François Coppée, János Arany, Uhwudong, Ernst von Salomon, Leopoldo Alas, and Germaine Greer. After him are Richard Ford, Janus Pannonius, Inger Christensen, Zeb-un-Nissa, Udo Lindenberg, and Valentin Kataev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Karlheinz Deschner ranks 140Before him are Sabine Weiss, Idries Shah, Alain Bombard, Fess Parker, Raymond Barre, and Kim Song-ae. After him are George Mikan, Yehuda Amichai, Motoo Kimura, Alexander Matrosov, Marcel Broodthaers, and Bayezid Osman. Among people deceased in 2014, Karlheinz Deschner ranks 125Before him are Andrea de Cesaris, Marina Ginestà, Billy Milligan, Manuel Uribe, Kim Song-ae, and Assi Dayan. After him are Marie Dubois, Donatas Banionis, Cristina Deutekom, Magda Olivero, Tadeusz Różewicz, and Julian Rotter.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karlheinz Deschner ranks 2,326 out of 6,142Before him are Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1819), Arnold Ruge (1802), Hinrich Lichtenstein (1780), Marco Reus (1989), Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis (1706), and Ernst von Salomon (1902). After him are Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (1797), Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1636), Udo Lindenberg (1946), Korbinian Brodmann (1868), Gottfried Heinrich Bach (1724), and Karl Brugmann (1849).

Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Karlheinz Deschner ranks 138Before him are Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (1826), Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1579), Judith Kerr (1923), Wilhelm Worringer (1881), Heinz G. Konsalik (1921), and Ernst von Salomon (1902). After him are Udo Lindenberg (1946), Rahel Varnhagen (1771), Elisabeth of Schönau (1129), Johann Karl August Musäus (1735), Wieland Wagner (1917), and Günter Wallraff (1942).