# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/franz-ziereis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:32:47.737Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/franz-ziereis"
name: "Franz Ziereis"
slug: "franz-ziereis"
description: "Franz Xaver Ziereis was the commandant of the Mauthausen concentration camp from 1939 until the camp was liberated by American forces in 1945."
tagline: "German SS officer, commandant of the Mauthausen concentration camp (1905-1945)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ziereis_cropped.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1905-08-13"
deathDate: "1945-05-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.65
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.42212533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Ziereis"
    title: "Franz Ziereis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2_%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "فرانز زيريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2_%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "فرانز زيريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Ziereis"
    title: "Franz Ziereis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86_%D0%A6%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81"
    title: "Франц Цырайс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86_%D0%A6%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81"
    title: "Франц Цирайс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Ziereis"
    title: "Franz Ziereis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Ziereis"
    title: "Franz Ziereis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Ziereis"
    title: "Franz Ziereis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Ziereis"
    title: "Franz Ziereis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Ziereis"
    title: "Franz Ziereis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Ziereis"
    title: "Franz Ziereis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B3_%D8%AA%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "فرانتس تسیرایس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Ziereis"
    title: "Franz Ziereis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Ziereis"
    title: "Franz Ziereis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Ziereis"
    title: "Franz Ziereis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%A5_%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A1"
    title: "פרנץ ציראייס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Ziereis"
    title: "Franz Ziereis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Ziereis"
    title: "Franz Ziereis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%84%E3%83%BB%E3%83%84%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9"
    title: "フランツ・ツィライス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%84%EB%9E%80%EC%B8%A0_%EC%B9%98%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "프란츠 치라이스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Ziereis"
    title: "Franz Ziereis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Ziereis"
    title: "Franz Ziereis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Ziereis"
    title: "Franz Ziereis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86"
    title: "Цирайс, Франц"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57889"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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