# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gerhard-bast
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:58:06.685Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gerhard-bast"
name: "Gerhard Bast"
slug: "gerhard-bast"
description: "Gerhard Bast was an Austrian lawyer, a Sturmbannführer in the Gestapo and a leader of a task force of the Einsatzgruppen. After the war, Bast attempted to flee to South America. Shortly before leaving, he decided to visit his family in Austria. Before reaching the Brenner Pass, however, the smuggler transporting Bast abruptly decided to rob and murder him."
tagline: "Austrian jurist (1911–1947)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gerhard_Bast_(1911-1947).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Austria"
  isoCode: "AT"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1911-01-12"
deathDate: "1947-03-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.5
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.089598666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82"
    title: "Герхард Баст"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "جيرهارد باست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Bast"
    title: "Gerhard Bast"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Bast"
    title: "Gerhard Bast"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B3%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%B0%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A4_%D4%B2%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%BF"
    title: "Գերհարդ Բաստ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Bast"
    title: "Gerhard Bast"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Bast"
    title: "Gerhard Bast"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%2C_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Баст, Герхард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Bast"
    title: "Gerhard Bast"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114204"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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