# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alfred-wetzler
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:52:24.721Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alfred-wetzler"
name: "Alfréd Wetzler"
slug: "alfred-wetzler"
description: "Alfréd Israel Wetzler, who wrote under the alias Jozef Lánik, was a Slovak Jewish writer. He is known for escaping from Auschwitz concentration camp and co-writing the Vrba-Wetzler Report, which helped halt the deportation of Jews from Hungary, saving up to 200,000 lives."
tagline: "Slovak Jewish writer, known for escaping from Auschwitz concentration camp and co-writing the Vrba-Wetzler Report (1918-1988)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/13/Alfred_Wetzler.JPG"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1918-05-10"
deathDate: "1988-02-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.35
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.080352
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "阿爾弗雷德·韋茨勒"
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    title: "الفريد ويتزلير"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfr%C3%A9d_Wetzler"
    title: "Alfréd Wetzler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfr%C3%A9d_Wetzler"
    title: "Alfréd Wetzler"
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    title: "אלפרד וצלר"
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    title: "Alfréd Wetzler"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump