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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. Peace could be secured only by rolling back "seventy-five years of German history" and restoring Germany to a network of smaller states.As a journalist in West Germany, Haffner's conscious effort "to dramatize, to push differences to the top," precipitated breaks with editors both liberal and conservative. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sebastian Haffner has received more than 212,955 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Sebastian Haffner is the 1,805th most popular writer (down from 1,735th in 2019), the 1,882nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,760th in 2019) and the 116th most popular German Writer.

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  • 23

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  • 5.18

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  • 2.43

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sebastian Haffner ranks 1,805 out of 5,755Before him are Lilya Brik, Alexandre Benois, Didymus Chalcenterus, Abbot Oliba, Brian Aldiss, and Catherine of Bologna. After him are Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Cornell Woolrich, Thomas Merton, Guido Adler, Ludwig Börne, and Valery Bryusov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Sebastian Haffner ranks 99Before him are Pavel Sudoplatov, Johann Trollmann, Hans Martin Sutermeister, Anthony Blunt, Jean Hyppolite, and Harivansh Rai Bachchan. After him are Heinz Brandt, Shiro Teshima, Pedro Arrupe, Arseny Tarkovsky, Ilona Elek, and Avraham Stern. Among people deceased in 1999, Sebastian Haffner ranks 71Before him are Charlotte Perriand, Moondog, Victor Mature, Lajos Tichy, Paul Bowles, and Gertrud Scholtz-Klink. After him are Ilmari Juutilainen, Igor Netto, Brion James, Phaedon Gizikis, Shankar Dayal Sharma, and Leon Štukelj.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Sebastian Haffner ranks 1,882 out of 6,142Before him are Princess Pauline of Württemberg (1810), George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1831), Frederick of Utrecht (780), Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria (1305), Louis II, Grand Duke of Baden (1824), and Henry III, Duke of Bavaria (940). After him are Johann Homann (1664), Jürgen Kohler (1965), Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1633), John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg (1625), William I, Duke of Bavaria (1330), and Toni Kroos (1990).

Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Sebastian Haffner ranks 116Before him are Wolfgang Borchert (1921), Jordan of Saxony (1190), Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871), Theodor Nöldeke (1836), Elvira Madigan (1867), and Margarete Buber-Neumann (1901). After him are Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1633), Ludwig Börne (1786), Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder (1773), Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797), Uri Avnery (1923), and Paul Gerhardt (1607).