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Richard Glücks

1889 - 1945

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Richard Glücks (German: [ˈʁɪçaʁt ˈɡlʏks] ; 22 April 1889 – 10 May 1945) was a high-ranking German SS functionary during the Nazi era. From November 1939 until the end of World War II, he commanded the Concentration Camps Inspectorate, later integrated into the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office as "Amt D". As a direct subordinate of Heinrich Himmler, he was responsible for the forced labour of the camp inmates and was the supervisor for the medical practices in the camps, ranging from Nazi human experimentation to the implementation of the "Final Solution", in particular the mass murder of inmates with Zyklon B gas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Glücks has received more than 415,111 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Richard Glücks is the 5,750th most popular politician (down from 5,376th in 2019), the 1,584th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,511th in 2019) and the 454th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Richard Glücks ranks 5,750 out of 19,576. Before him are Ernő Gerő, Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Andrei Karlov, Rehavam Ze'evi, and Henry Campbell-Bannerman. After him are Jinpyeong of Silla, Ma Liang, Béla Miklós, Ernesto Cardenal, Antilochus, and Ernst von Weizsäcker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Richard Glücks ranks 57. Before him are Erik Jan Hanussen, Vera Mukhina, Stanislav Kosior, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Beno Gutenberg, and Thomas Midgley Jr.. After him are Eberhard von Mackensen, Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland, Zoltán Tildy, Gunnar Gunnarsson, Pierre Reverdy, and Takeo Kurita. Among people deceased in 1945, Richard Glücks ranks 112. Before him are Charles Spearman, Helmuth James von Moltke, Franz Hössler, Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, Werner Ostendorff, and Lord Alfred Douglas. After him are Wilhelm Rediess, Takijirō Ōnishi, Leonid Pasternak, August Hirt, Robert Brasillach, and Rudolf Lange.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Richard Glücks ranks 1,584 out of 7,253. Before him are Gottfried John (1942), Marianne Weber (1870), Heiner Müller (1929), Gertrude of Hohenberg (1225), Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony (1728), and August Leskien (1840). After him are Stéphane Hessel (1917), Max Immelmann (1890), Ernst von Weizsäcker (1882), Bernard of Saxe-Weimar (1604), Christian Leopold von Buch (1774), and Salvian (405).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Richard Glücks ranks 454. Before him are Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828), Julius Schaub (1898), Johannes Steinhoff (1913), Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia (1200), Bruno Streckenbach (1902), and Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony (1728). After him are Ernst von Weizsäcker (1882), Bernard of Saxe-Weimar (1604), Garibald I of Bavaria (550), Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1800), Princess Josephine of Baden (1813), and Princess Margaret of Prussia (1872).

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