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Werner Goldberg

1919 - 2004

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Werner Goldberg (3 October 1919 – 28 September 2004) was a German who served as a Heer soldier of the Wehrmacht during World War II and later, a politician of West Germany post-war. He is best known for a picture of him which appeared in the Berliner Tageblatt, as "The Ideal German Soldier". He was of half Jewish ancestry, or a Mischling in Nazi terminology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Werner Goldberg is the 1,299th most popular military personnel (down from 1,198th in 2024), the 3,244th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,907th in 2019) and the 246th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Werner Goldberg ranks 1,299 out of 2,058. Before him are Issa Pliyev, Marcus Fulvius Nobilior, Walter Krüger, Gildo, Miguel Ricardo de Álava, and Helmut Kunz. After him are Abdul Haris Nasution, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle, John Fastolf, Charles Robert Jenkins, Amir Ali Hajizadeh, and Bardanes Tourkos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Werner Goldberg ranks 151. Before him are Lisa Della Casa, Anne Buydens, Salomon Morel, Robert Stack, Paavo Aaltonen, and Mariano Martín. After him are Igor Gouzenko, Pál Losonczi, Vera Aceva, Julia Robinson, Hyman Minsky, and Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar. Among people deceased in 2004, Werner Goldberg ranks 134. Before him are Lucia Berlin, Big Boss Man, Briek Schotte, Helmut Griem, Piero Piccioni, and Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer. After him are Naomi Shemer, James Quinn, Joe Viterelli, Maxime Rodinson, Ota Šik, and Ivan Hlinka.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Werner Goldberg ranks 3,246 out of 7,253. Before him are Helmut Kunz (1910), Clara Westhoff (1878), Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1687), Paul van Dyk (1971), Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony (1443), and Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1633). After him are Johann Krieger (1651), William, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1593), Edgar Hilsenrath (1926), Gretel Bergmann (1914), Prince Christoph of Hesse (1901), and Josef Ludwig von Armansperg (1787).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Werner Goldberg ranks 246. Before him are Gustav Lombard (1895), Joachim Lemelsen (1888), Max Wünsche (1914), Ernst-Günther Baade (1897), Walter Krüger (1892), and Helmut Kunz (1910). After him are Constantin von Alvensleben (1809), Prince Frederick of Württemberg (1808), Rolf Carls (1885), Otto Ciliax (1891), Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen (1815), and Maximilian Fretter-Pico (1892).

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