# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erna-kelm
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:02:07.727Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erna-kelm"
name: "Erna Kelm"
slug: "erna-kelm"
description: "Erna Kelm was a German woman who became the twenty-third known person to die at the Berlin Wall. Kelm tried to cross the border by swimming across the Havel river, but drowned during the attempt. Kelm was one of only eight women victims, and at the age of 53, was one of the oldest victims of the Berlin Wall."
tagline: "Died at the Berlin wall"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Window_ernakelm.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1908-07-21"
deathDate: "1962-06-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.15
  momentum:             1.621621621621621
  historical:           5.872750666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erna_Kelm"
    title: "Erna Kelm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erna_Kelm"
    title: "Erna Kelm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erna_Kelm"
    title: "Erna Kelm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC"
    title: "Ерна Кельм"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erna_Kelm"
    title: "Erna Kelm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erna_Kelm"
    title: "Erna Kelm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1356069"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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