# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernst-klee
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:40:55.884Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ernst-klee"
name: "Ernst Klee"
slug: "ernst-klee"
description: "Ernst Klee was a German journalist and author. As a writer on Germany's history, he was best known for his exposure and documentation of medical crimes in Nazi Germany, much of which was concerned with the Action T4 or involuntary euthanasia program. He is the author of \"The Good Old Days\": The Holocaust Through the Eyes of the Perpetrators and Bystanders first published in English translation in 1991."
tagline: "German writer (1942-2013)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9c/Ernst_Klee%2C_Willi_Dressen%2C_Volker_Riess_-_The_Good_Old_Days_%28cover%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1942-03-15"
deathDate: "2013-05-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump