# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erich-walther
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:57:29.616Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erich-walther"
name: "Erich Walther"
slug: "erich-walther"
description: "Friedrich Erich Walther was a German paratroop general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi Germany. Walther commanded the Hermann Göring 2nd Parachute Panzer-Grenadier Division in East Prussia. He was promoted to Generalmajor on 30 January 1945. Walther surrendered to the Red Army on 8 May 1945. He died at NKVD Special Camp 2 on 26 December 1948."
tagline: "Luftwaffe general (1903–1948)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walther%2C_Erich_-_Generalmajor.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1903-08-05"
deathDate: "1948-12-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.331288343558282
  historical:           10.028944
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Walther"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Walther"
    title: "Erich Walther"
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    title: "Erich Walther"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump