# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/friedrich-august-freiherr-von-der-heydte
# Generated: 2026-08-15T23:11:06.199Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/friedrich-august-freiherr-von-der-heydte"
name: "Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte"
slug: "friedrich-august-freiherr-von-der-heydte"
description: "Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte was a German paratroop officer during World War II who later served in the armed forces of West Germany, achieving the rank of General. Following the war, Heydte pursued academic, political and military careers, as a Catholic-conservative professor of political science, a member of the Christian Social Union political party, and as a Bundeswehr reservist. In 1962, Heydte was involved in the Spiegel affair."
tagline: "Nazi paratroop commander (1907-1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H26044%2C_Friedrich_August_v._der_Heydte.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1907-03-30"
deathDate: "1994-07-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump