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Otto Abetz

1903 - 1958

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Otto Friedrich Abetz (26 March 1903 – 5 May 1958) was a German diplomat, a Nazi official and a convicted war criminal during World War II. Abetz joined the Nazi Party and the SA in the early 1930s later becoming a member of the SS. Abetz played a significant role in strengthening ties between Nazi Germany and Vichy France during World War II. In 1940, after the German occupation of France, he was appointed German ambassador to France. Abetz played a significant role in strengthening ties between Nazi Germany and the collaborationist Vichy government. Abetz played a significant role in facilitating the persecution and deportation of Jews by the Nazi regime from France during the Holocaust. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Otto Abetz has received more than 234,160 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Otto Abetz is the 6,265th most popular politician (up from 6,446th in 2019), the 1,719th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,795th in 2019) and the 499th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Otto Abetz ranks 6,265 out of 19,576. Before him are Per Brahe the Younger, Aq Sunqur al-Hajib, Manuel I of Trebizond, Keizō Obuchi, Muhammad IV of Morocco, and Chen Yi. After him are Branko Mikulić, Tugay Bey, Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria, Boris Skossyreff, Inca Roca, and Patrice Talon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Otto Abetz ranks 89. Before him are Werner Ostendorff, Evelyn Waugh, Prince Nicholas of Romania, Charles W. Morris, Mikhail Kalatozov, and Silvina Ocampo. After him are Lou Gehrig, Aleksei N. Leontiev, Anny Ondra, Walker Evans, Rudolf Serkin, and Watchman Nee. Among people deceased in 1958, Otto Abetz ranks 42. Before him are Henri Farman, 'Abd al-Ilah, Prince Oskar of Prussia, Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, Infanta Eulalia of Spain, and Princess Louise of Orléans. After him are Franz Bardon, Viktor Schauberger, Wilhelm Zaisser, Johannes R. Becher, Florent Schmitt, and Florian Znaniecki.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Otto Abetz ranks 1,719 out of 7,253. Before him are Ernst-Robert Grawitz (1899), Berthold (1180), Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz (1721), William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1487), Egon Bahr (1922), and Charles the Child (847). After him are Wilhelm Schepmann (1894), Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716), Hans Werner Henze (1926), Günther Quandt (1881), Elisabeth of Swabia (1205), and Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia (1332).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Otto Abetz ranks 499. Before him are Joschka Fischer (1948), Gisela of Swabia (990), Christian Thielemann (1959), Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz (1721), Egon Bahr (1922), and Charles the Child (847). After him are Günther Quandt (1881), Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia (1332), Cerdic of Wessex (467), Margaret Sambiria (1230), Princess Hildegard of Bavaria (1825), and Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess of Brabant (1224).

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