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Philipp Bouhler

1899 - 1945

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Philipp Bouhler (11 September 1899 – 19 May 1945) was a German senior Nazi Party functionary who was both a Reichsleiter (National Leader) and Chief of the Chancellery of the Führer of the NSDAP. He was also the SS official responsible for the Aktion T4 euthanasia program that killed more than 250,000 disabled adults and children in Nazi Germany, as well as co-initiator of Aktion 14f13, also called Sonderbehandlung ('special treatment'), that killed 15,000–20,000 concentration camp prisoners. Bouhler was arrested on 10 May 1945 by American troops. He committed suicide on 19 May 1945, while in the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philipp Bouhler has received more than 610,858 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Philipp Bouhler is the 5,093rd most popular politician (down from 4,334th in 2019), the 1,385th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,197th in 2019) and the 398th most popular German Politician.

Philipp Bouhler was a Nazi official who was most famous for being the head of the Nazi euthanasia program, which killed disabled people and others who were considered "unworthy of life."

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Philipp Bouhler ranks 5,093 out of 19,576. Before him are Albert III, Duke of Bavaria, Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Moza bint Nasser, Markos Vafeiadis, Birger, King of Sweden, and Fruela II of Asturias. After him are Kim Chaek, Emperor Guangzong of Song, Peter II, Duke of Bourbon, Attalus, Inukai Tsuyoshi, and Utu-hengal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Philipp Bouhler ranks 62. Before him are Andrei Platonov, Alma Reville, Fritz Bayerlein, Brassaï, Ludwig Guttmann, and Nadezhda Mandelstam. After him are Georges Bidault, Louis Chiron, Burt Munro, Princess Margaretha of Sweden, Aksel Sandemose, and Yaakov Dori. Among people deceased in 1945, Philipp Bouhler ranks 97. Before him are Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger, Hans Kammler, Josef Čapek, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, and Bernhard Rust. After him are Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Kiril, Prince of Preslav, Anton Dostler, Walter Krüger, Else Lasker-Schüler, and Fritz Klein.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Philipp Bouhler ranks 1,385 out of 7,253. Before him are Otto Kumm (1909), Isidor Straus (1845), Fritz Bauer (1903), Albert III, Duke of Bavaria (1401), Waldemar Hoven (1903), and Georg Stumme (1886). After him are Diane Kruger (1976), Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1694), Annemarie Schimmel (1922), Fabian von Schlabrendorff (1907), Anne Wiazemsky (1947), and Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1697).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Philipp Bouhler ranks 398. Before him are Bernhardus Varenius (1622), Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria (1447), Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen (1257), William I, Elector of Hesse (1743), Isidor Straus (1845), and Albert III, Duke of Bavaria (1401). After him are Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1697), Christian I, Elector of Saxony (1560), Lothar de Maizière (1940), Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1741), Henry III, Margrave of Meissen (1218), and Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1724).

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