# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/august-jager
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:17:45.720Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/august-jager"
name: "August Jäger"
slug: "august-jager"
description: "August Friedrich Christian Jäger was a German lawyer, judge and government official in Nazi Germany. He was also an SA-Brigadeführer in the Nazi Sturmabteilung (SA). During the early years of the regime, he was a leader in the efforts to unify the German Protestant churches under the Nazi leadership principle. During the Second World War, he was the deputy to the Reichsstatthalter in Reichsgau Wartheland and was involved in the persecution of Polish Catholics. At the end of the war, he was extradited to Poland, placed on trial, found guilty of crimes against humanity and hanged."
tagline: "German judge and jurist (1887-1949)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/J%C3%A4ger_August_c.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1887-08-21"
deathDate: "1949-06-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.676278666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_J%C3%A4ger_(Jurist)"
    title: "August Jäger (Jurist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%82%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%BA%D8%B1"
    title: "أوقست جاغر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B1"
    title: "اوجاست جاجر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_J%C3%A4ger"
    title: "August Jäger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_J%C3%A4ger"
    title: "August Jäger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_J%C3%A4ger_(juriste)"
    title: "August Jäger (juriste)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q762217"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump