# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/heinrich-gerlach
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:38:38.282Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/heinrich-gerlach"
name: "Heinrich Gerlach"
slug: "heinrich-gerlach"
description: "Heinrich Gerlach was a German soldier in the 14th Panzer Division during the Second World War, who later became a Latin and German teacher. His semi-autobiographical novel, The Forsaken Army, was published in West Germany in 1957. It was rewritten with the help of hypnosis after the original manuscript was seized by the Soviets. In 2012, Carsten Gansel discovered the original manuscript in the State Russian Military Archive. It was then published in Germany in 2016 and its English translation was published in 2017 as Breakout at Stalingrad."
tagline: "German officer and novelist (1908–1991)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1908-08-18"
deathDate: "1991-03-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.97
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.222284
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Heinrich Gerlach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B4_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AE"
    title: "هينريش جيرلاخ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AE"
    title: "هينريخ كيرلاخ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Gerlach_(Autor)"
    title: "Heinrich Gerlach (Autor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Gerlach"
    title: "Heinrich Gerlach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Gerlach"
    title: "Heinrich Gerlach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Gerlach"
    title: "Heinrich Gerlach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Gerlach_(scrittore)"
    title: "Heinrich Gerlach (scrittore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1597327"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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