# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eduard-roschmann
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:23:23.814Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eduard-roschmann"
name: "Eduard Roschmann"
slug: "eduard-roschmann"
description: "Eduard Roschmann was an Austrian Nazi SS-Obersturmführer and commandant of the Riga Ghetto during 1943. He was responsible for numerous murders and other atrocities. As a result of a fictionalized portrayal in the novel The Odessa File by Frederick Forsyth and its subsequent film adaptation, Roschmann came to be known as the \"Butcher of Riga\"."
tagline: "SS officer (1908-1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_Roschmann.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "AT"
category:
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  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
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  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1908-11-25"
deathDate: "1977-08-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.53061224489796
  historical:           17.50495066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
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  country:  229
  category: 63
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump