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Martin Gottfried Weiss

1905 - 1946

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Martin Gottfried Weiss, alternatively spelled Weiß (3 June 1905 – 29 May 1946), was the commandant of the Dachau concentration camp in 1945 at the time of his arrest. He also served from April 1940 until September 1942 as the commandant of Neuengamme concentration camp, and later, from November 1943 until May 1944, as the fourth commandant of Majdanek concentration camp. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Gottfried Weiss has received more than 339,012 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Gottfried Weiss is the 1,010th most popular military personnel (down from 803rd in 2019), the 2,447th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,005th in 2019) and the 190th most popular German Military Personnel.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.45

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  • 1.81

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Over the past year Martin Gottfried Weiss has had the most page views in the with 42,062 views, followed by German (16,337), and Polish (11,812). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Scottish Gaelic (68.46%), Croatian (22.17%), and Ukrainian (18.18%)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Martin Gottfried Weiss ranks 1,010 out of 2,058. Before him are Eugen Ritter von Schobert, Helmut Lent, Ivan Yefimovich Petrov, Carl Brashear, George Rooke, and Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope. After him are Theodor Wisch, Ramón de Cardona, Fritz Klingenberg, George Dewey, Ernst-Günther Baade, and Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Martin Gottfried Weiss ranks 112. Before him are Alexander Rodimtsev, Giacinto Scelsi, Preguinho, Jean Daniélou, Karl Guthe Jansky, and Wanda Wasilewska. After him are Bruno Rossi, Anfilogino Guarisi, Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Victor Kravchenko, Joseph Bonanno, and Harry Harlow. Among people deceased in 1946, Martin Gottfried Weiss ranks 87. Before him are William Joyce, Elisabeth Becker, Paul Lincke, Hermann von Keyserling, Johannes Vares, and Henry Morgenthau Sr.. After him are Konstantin Rodzaevsky, László Bárdossy, Jorge Ubico, Chen Gongbo, Robert Heinrich Wagner, and Madan Mohan Malaviya.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Martin Gottfried Weiss ranks 2,447 out of 7,253. Before him are Albert Günther (1830), Friedrich von Schmidt (1825), Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1528), Prince Albert of Prussia (1837), Rupert I, Elector Palatine (1309), and Johann Michael Bach (1648). After him are Theodor Wisch (1907), Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony (1782), Adolf von Henselt (1814), Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1658), Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1886), and Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg (1802).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Martin Gottfried Weiss ranks 190. Before him are Reiner Stahel (1892), Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (1922), Hans Cramer (1896), Fritz Witt (1908), Heinrich Bär (1913), and Eugen Ritter von Schobert (1883). After him are Theodor Wisch (1907), Fritz Klingenberg (1912), Ernst-Günther Baade (1897), Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski (1899), Ulrich Graf (1878), and Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1737).

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