# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/heinz-drossel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:17:04.513Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/heinz-drossel"
name: "Heinz Drossel"
slug: "heinz-drossel"
description: "Heinz Drossel  was a German lieutenant in World War II who was named one of the Righteous Among the Nations, shared with his parents, for helping Jews escape persecution. He was the son of Paul and Elfriede Drossel, both anti-Nazis, and shared their political philosophy. Drafted in November 1939, Drossel served in the Battle of France before serving on the Eastern Front for the rest of the war. He saved a woman, Marriane Hirschfeld, who became his wife after the war. He also freed Soviet soldiers to avoid execution. He and his parents also save a woman Margot, her parents, Lucie and Jack Hass and Ernst Frontheim, who became Margot's husband after the war."
tagline: "German Righteous Among the Nations (1916–2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gerechte_der_V%C3%B6lker_-_Ehrung_Familie_Dro%C3%9Fel_-_Jad_Vaschem.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1916-09-21"
deathDate: "2008-04-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.93
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.481966666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Drossel"
    title: "Heinz Drossel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2_%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "هينز دروسيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Dro%C3%9Fel"
    title: "Heinz Droßel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henricus_Dro%C3%9Fel"
    title: "Henricus Droßel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Drossel"
    title: "Heinz Drossel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A5_%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%9C"
    title: "היינץ דרוסל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75959"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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