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Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein (; ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics.
Albert Einstein (; ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics.
Albert Göring
Albert Günther Göring was a German businessman, notable for helping Jews and dissidents survive in Germany in World War II. His older brother, Hermann Göring, was the head of the German Air Forc...
Albert Günther Göring was a German businessman, notable for helping Jews and dissidents survive in Germany in World War II. His older brother, Hermann Göring, was the head of the German Air Forc...
Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer OM was a German and then French theologian, organist, philosopher, physician, and medical missionary.
Albert Schweitzer OM was a German and then French theologian, organist, philosopher, physician, and medical missionary.
Armin T. Wegner
Armin Theophil Wegner (October 16, 1886 – May 17, 1978) was a German soldier and medic in World War I, a prolific author and a seminal figure in German Expressionism, a human rights activi...
Armin Theophil Wegner (October 16, 1886 – May 17, 1978) was a German soldier and medic in World War I, a prolific author and a seminal figure in German Expressionism, a human rights activi...
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (February 4, 1906 – April 9, 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi, and founding member of the Confessing Church.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (February 4, 1906 – April 9, 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi, and founding member of the Confessing Church.
Ernst Boris Chain
Sir Ernst Boris Chain was a German-born British biochemist, and a 1945 co-recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his work on penicillin.
Sir Ernst Boris Chain was a German-born British biochemist, and a 1945 co-recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his work on penicillin.
Frederick Mayer
Frederick Mayer (11 August 1921, Frankfurt, Germany - 26 June 2006, Vienna, Austria) was an educational scientist and philosopher of the University of Redlands, California and one of the leading...
Frederick Mayer (11 August 1921, Frankfurt, Germany - 26 June 2006, Vienna, Austria) was an educational scientist and philosopher of the University of Redlands, California and one of the leading...
Heinz Heydrich
Heinz Siegfried Heydrich (born 29 September 1905 in Halle an der Saale, died 19 November 1944, East Prussia, aged 39) was the son of Richard Bruno Heydrich and the younger brother of SS General ...
Heinz Siegfried Heydrich (born 29 September 1905 in Halle an der Saale, died 19 November 1944, East Prussia, aged 39) was the son of Richard Bruno Heydrich and the younger brother of SS General ...
Hildegard Burjan
Hildegard Burjan, born Hildegard Freund was the founder of a Catholic religious congregation for women and an Austrian politician.
Hildegard Burjan, born Hildegard Freund was the founder of a Catholic religious congregation for women and an Austrian politician.
Inaara Aga Khan
Begum Inaara Aga Khan, also known as Princess Inaara Aga Khan, was the second wife of the Aga Khan IV, the 49th Imam of the Nizari branch of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims.
Begum Inaara Aga Khan, also known as Princess Inaara Aga Khan, was the second wife of the Aga Khan IV, the 49th Imam of the Nizari branch of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims.
John Rabe
John Rabe was a German businessman who is best known for his efforts to stop the atrocities of the Japanese army during the Nanking Occupation and his work to protect and help the Chinese civili...
John Rabe was a German businessman who is best known for his efforts to stop the atrocities of the Japanese army during the Nanking Occupation and his work to protect and help the Chinese civili...
John Rabe House
The John Rabe House, located at Xiaofenqiao No. 1 in Nanjing, was where John Rabe, former Siemens China Representative and Chairman of the International Committee for the Nanking Safety Zone, re...
The John Rabe House, located at Xiaofenqiao No. 1 in Nanjing, was where John Rabe, former Siemens China Representative and Chairman of the International Committee for the Nanking Safety Zone, re...
Leica Freedom Train
The Leica Freedom Train was a rescue effort in which hundreds of Jews were smuggled out of Nazi Germany before the Holocaust by Ernst Leitz of the Leica camera company, and his daughter Elsie Ku...
The Leica Freedom Train was a rescue effort in which hundreds of Jews were smuggled out of Nazi Germany before the Holocaust by Ernst Leitz of the Leica camera company, and his daughter Elsie Ku...
Rupert Neudeck
Rupert Neudeck (born May 14, 1939 in the Danzig, Free City of Danzig, today Gdańsk, Poland) is a German journalist and humanitarian.
Rupert Neudeck (born May 14, 1939 in the Danzig, Free City of Danzig, today Gdańsk, Poland) is a German journalist and humanitarian.
Ruth Pfau
Dr. Ruth Katherina Martha Pfau (born 1929) is a German-Pakistani nun and a member of the Society of Daughters of the Heart of Mary who has devoted the last 50 years of life to fighting leprosy i...
Dr. Ruth Katherina Martha Pfau (born 1929) is a German-Pakistani nun and a member of the Society of Daughters of the Heart of Mary who has devoted the last 50 years of life to fighting leprosy i...