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Raul Hilberg

1926 - 2007

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Raul Hilberg (June 2, 1926 – August 4, 2007) was a Jewish Austrian-born American political scientist and historian. He was widely considered to be the preeminent scholar on the Holocaust. Christopher R. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raul Hilberg has received more than 421,439 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Raul Hilberg is the 2,142nd most popular writer (down from 1,616th in 2019), the 476th most popular biography from Austria (down from 392nd in 2019) and the 34th most popular Austrian Writer.

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  • 55.73

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  • 24

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  • 5.12

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  • 2.61

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Notable Works

Documents of destruction; Germany and Jewry, 1933-1945
History
1971
The destruction of the European Jews
1961
Perpetrators, victims, bystanders
History
The man the New York Times has called "the preeminent scholar of the Holocaust" tells the stories of those who caused, experienced, and witnessed the great human catastrophe.
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Warsaw Diary of Adam Czerniakow
1982
Exécuteurs, victimes, témoins. La catastrophe juive, 1933-1945
1994
The politics of memory
Biography & Autobiography
In these reflections on a courageous scholarly career, Raul Hilberg displays the tough-mindedness and the humanity that have sustained him throughout his study of the Holocaust and have given us nuanced and devastating accounts of Nazi genocide.
1996
The destruction of the European Jews
Case studies, Genocide, Histoire
"Based on the three-volume revised and definitive edition." "The standard text in the field ... [by] the pre-eminent scholar of the Holocaust." David S. Wyman, N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. "Examines the history of persecution against European Jews, discusses the definition of a Jew according to the German regime, and describes the processes through which Jews were eliminated during the Holocaust years."
1961
Perpetrators, victims, bystanders
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Biography, New York Times reviewed
1992
Perspectives on the Holocaust
History and criticism, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) in literature, Ethik
1995
Anatomy of the Holocaust
Holocaust, jewish (1939-1945)
2019
Destruction of the European Jews
Germany, politics and government, 1933-1945, Holocaust, jewish (1939-1945)
1961
The destruction of the European Jews
Politics and government, Case studies, Genocide
1961

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Raul Hilberg ranks 2,142 out of 7,302. Before him are Jean Bolland, Rachel Bluwstein, Sven Nordqvist, Judith Kerr, Lothar-Günther Buchheim, and Minna Canth. After him are János Arany, Antonio Skármeta, Osvaldo Moles, Flannery O'Connor, Oliver Goldsmith, and Ernst von Salomon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Raul Hilberg ranks 143. Before him are Karel Reisz, Jérôme Lejeune, Choi Eun-hee, Ed McBain, Jürgen Moltmann, and Jean-Marie Lustiger. After him are Bhupen Hazarika, Jambyn Batmönkh, Joshua Fishman, Don Rickles, Marie-Claire Alain, and Morton Feldman. Among people deceased in 2007, Raul Hilberg ranks 115. Before him are Julien Gracq, Wally Schirra, Henri Debehogne, Barry Nelson, Jean-Marie Lustiger, and Lothar-Günther Buchheim. After him are Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Ian Stevenson, Tikhon Khrennikov, François-Xavier Ortoli, Aden Adde, and Delbert Mann.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Raul Hilberg ranks 476 out of 1,424. Before him are Archduke Wilhelm Franz of Austria (1827), Franz von Liszt (1851), Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715), Leopold Auenbrugger (1722), Anne of Austria, Margravine of Brandenburg (1280), and Elisabeth of Austria, Duchess of Lorraine (1285). After him are Ignaz Seipel (1876), Archduchess Magdalena of Austria (1532), Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley (1897), Leopold Fitzinger (1802), Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart (1824), and Ferdinand Fellner (1847).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Raul Hilberg ranks 34. Before him are Peter Altenberg (1859), Hermann Bahr (1863), Karl-Maria Kertbeny (1824), Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874), Eva Schloss (1929), and Gitta Sereny (1921). After him are Pauline von Metternich (1836), Johann Nestroy (1801), Marlen Haushofer (1920), Ulrich von Liechtenstein (1200), Ilse Aichinger (1921), and Heimito von Doderer (1896).

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