# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erich-diestel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:39:06.131Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erich-diestel"
name: "Erich Diestel"
slug: "erich-diestel"
description: "Erich Diestel was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross."
tagline: "German General and Knight's Cross recipients"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f7/Erich_Diestel.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1892-11-08"
deathDate: "1973-08-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.673038666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Diestel"
    title: "Erich Diestel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "اريتش ديستيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Diestel"
    title: "Erich Diestel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D1%80%D1%96%D1%85_%D0%94%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Еріх Дістель"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Diestel"
    title: "Erich Diestel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Diestel"
    title: "Erich Diestel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3056476"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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