# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gunther-niethammer
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:40:57.570Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gunther-niethammer"
name: "Günther Niethammer"
slug: "gunther-niethammer"
description: "Günther Theodor Niethammer was a German ornithologist who served during the Second World War with the Nazi Waffen-SS at various places including the Auschwitz concentration camp where he conducted studies on birds. He was the author of a three-volume work on the birds of Germany, Handbuch der Deutschen Vogelkunde."
tagline: "German ornithologist and Nazi SS officer (1908–1974)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Niethammer_-_PMO_Dzial_III_SS_neg_nr-1907.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1908-09-28"
deathDate: "1974-01-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.14
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.143917333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Нитхаммер, Гюнтер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جونتر نيتهامر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnther_Niethammer"
    title: "Günther Niethammer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnther_Niethammer"
    title: "Günther Niethammer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnther_Niethammer"
    title: "Günther Niethammer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnther_Niethammer"
    title: "Günther Niethammer"
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  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%AA%D7%A8_%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%98%D7%94%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A8"
    title: "גונתר ניטהאמר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113836"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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