The Resume

(February 12, 1885-October 16, 1946)
Served as a German lieutenant during World War I (1914-1918)
Founded Wistrich, an anti-Semitic organization (1919)
Obergruppenfuehrer of the SA 'Brownshirts'
Publisher of the Nazi newspaper 'Der Sturmer' (1923-1945)
Convicted of crimes against humanity at the Nuremburg Trials (1946)

Why he might be annoying:

He looked like a bald version of Hitler.
His widely-read newspaper helped to inspire increased anti-Semitism among the German people.
He was instrumental in the rise of Adolf Hitler.
He blamed Jews for all of the depression, unemployment, and inflation in Germany.
He claimed that 90% of Germany's prostitutes were Jews.
Many of his works were pornographic, and controversial even in the Nazi Party.
He went to the gallows kicking and screaming like a little girl.
Among his last words were, 'Heil Hitler.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He may have been insane.
He worked as an elementary school teacher prior to World War I.
His newspaper was very popular, with a circulation of over 800,000.
He was stripped of Nazi Party titles after publishing untrue articles about Hermann Goering (1940).
He was hanged on the Jewish holiday of Purim (how ironic).

Credit: Ratman

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Chrome Domes and Cue Balls
• Executed by the State
• German Military
• I am a Nazi
• I am an Anti-Semite
• I Died for My Sins
• I Died in 1946 (Ranked: 61)
• I Have a Toothbrush Moustache (Hitler Moustache)
• I Was Hanged
• Look at Me, I Got My Hands Up
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing Military Garb
• Mustaches
• Nuremberg War Crimes Trial Defendants
• Profiles 13251-13500 (Ranked: 13476)
• Ratman's Profiles [Series 2]
• Served in World War I
• Served in World War II
• Shares Lincoln's Birthday [February 12th] (Ranked: 1885)
• Sixty-Nine
• Teachers
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19461016)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 17 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 76 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 26 Votes: 42.31% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 21 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 23 Votes: 47.83% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 44 Votes: 56.82% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 35 Votes: 51.43% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 74 Votes: 56.76% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 63.16% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 53 Votes: 77.36% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 153 Votes: 67.32% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 130 Votes: 73.85% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 77 Votes: 67.53% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 107 Votes: 71.96% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 168 Votes: 73.81% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 638 Votes: 69.44% Annoying