WRITER

Sebastian Haffner

1907 - 1999

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Raimund Pretzel (27 December 1907 – 2 January 1999), better known by his pseudonym Sebastian Haffner, was a German journalist and historian. As an émigré in Britain during World War II, Haffner argued that accommodation was impossible not only with Adolf Hitler but also with the German Reich with which Hitler had gambled. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sebastian Haffner has received more than 231,850 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Sebastian Haffner is the 1,625th most popular writer (up from 1,801st in 2019), the 1,726th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,880th in 2019) and the 109th most popular German Writer.

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  • 230k

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  • 57.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sebastian Haffner ranks 1,625 out of 7,302. Before him are Eupolis, Marquis de Custine, Ibn al-Farid, Jean de Meun, Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, and Adamantios Korais. After him are Gore Vidal, Anonymus, Oribasius, Posidippus, Jurji Zaydan, and Ludwig Börne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Sebastian Haffner ranks 92. Before him are Antonín Puč, Run Run Shaw, Anne Desclos, Franz Jägerstätter, Pavel Sudoplatov, and Maria Branyas. After him are Jean Hyppolite, Avraham Stern, Manfred von Ardenne, Momčilo Đujić, Ernesto Mascheroni, and Harivansh Rai Bachchan. Among people deceased in 1999, Sebastian Haffner ranks 62. Before him are Rafael Alberti, Lajos Tichy, Daniel Nathans, Brion James, Gyula Zsengellér, and Igor Netto. After him are Momčilo Đujić, Dusty Springfield, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Yuri Knorozov, Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, and Betty Robinson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Sebastian Haffner ranks 1,726 out of 7,253. Before 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). After him are Dieter Rams (1932), Jochen Mass (1946), Gustav von Schmoller (1838), Cerdic of Wessex (467), Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria (1905), and Richenza of Northeim (1087).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Sebastian Haffner ranks 109. Before him are Stéphane Hessel (1917), Salvian (405), Eduard Mörike (1804), Adolph Freiherr Knigge (1752), Gustav Landauer (1870), and Uri Avnery (1923). After him are Ludwig Börne (1786), Christian Morgenstern (1871), Martin Walser (1927), Basil Valentine (1394), Hans F. K. Günther (1891), and Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm (1723).

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