# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emanuel-schlechter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:25:37.627Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/emanuel-schlechter"
name: "Emanuel Schlechter"
slug: "emanuel-schlechter"
description: "Emanuel Schlechter was a Polish-Jewish artist, lyricist, screenwriter, librettist, writer, satirist, translator, composer and director, and occasional actor. He was one of the most influential creators of interwar Polish popular music in the 1930s, whose songs became deeply embedded in Polish language and culture. He was also the author of the famed \"Tango of Death\", according to Simon Weisenthal, the famed Janowska survivor, and who captured Adolf Eichmann"
tagline: "Polish-Jewish artist, lyricist, screenwriter, librettist, writer, satirist, translator, composer and director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emanuel-schlechter.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1904-09-10"
deathDate: "1943-11-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44
  momentum:             0.346820809248555
  historical:           7.494458666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0772136/"
    handle:    "nm0772136"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/75d20a75-3dff-49d1-b03f-a168290035a3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "امانويل ستشليتشتير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0"
    title: "এমানুয়েল শ্লেখটার"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Schlechter"
    title: "Emanuel Schlechter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%84_%D8%B4%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "امانوئل شلختر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Szlechter"
    title: "Emanuel Szlechter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%A8%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%85%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Емануель Шлехтер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Emanuel_Schlechter"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5369137"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1599789"
    title: "Emanuel Schlechter"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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