# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gustav-hilger
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:41:02.150Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gustav-hilger"
name: "Gustav Hilger"
slug: "gustav-hilger"
description: "Gustav Arthur Hilger was a German diplomat and expert on the Soviet Union. He was best known for his role in German–Soviet relations during the interwar period as a counselor at the German embassy in Moscow. After World War II, he advised the United States and the West German governments on Soviet issues. Hilger worked under the CIA aliases Stephen H. Holcomb and Arthur T. Latter. Joseph Stalin said of Hilger: \"German heads of state and German ambassadors to Moscow came and went - but Gustav Hilger remained\"."
tagline: "German diplomat"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gustav_Hilger_(1940).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1886-09-10"
deathDate: "1965-07-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.84
  momentum:             1.96635226436551
  historical:           5.691830666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Hilger"
    title: "Gustav Hilger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%81_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B1"
    title: "غوستاف هيلغر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%81_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B1"
    title: "جوستاف هيلجر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Hilger"
    title: "Gustav Hilger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Hilger"
    title: "Gustav Hilger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%93%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2"
    title: "Хильгер, Густав"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216629"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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