# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/helmuth-von-ruckteschell
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:12:58.432Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/helmuth-von-ruckteschell"
name: "Helmuth von Ruckteschell"
slug: "helmuth-von-ruckteschell"
description: "Hellmuth von Ruckteschell was a German naval officer during World War II. He was a prominent and highly successful merchant raider commander for Nazi Germany, serving as the captain of the commerce raiders Widder and Michel. Following the end of the War, as a result of having ordered firing to murder surrendered survivors, Ruckteschell was convicted of war crimes and died in prison."
tagline: "German World War I U-boat commander (1890-1948)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Helmuth_von_Ruckteschell_(Illustrirte_Zeitung%2C_1918).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1890-03-28"
deathDate: "1948-09-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.72
  momentum:             15.15151515151515
  historical:           6.545393333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%82_%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Гельмут фон Руктешелль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "هيلموت فون روكتشيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellmuth_von_Ruckteschell"
    title: "Hellmuth von Ruckteschell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellmuth_von_Ruckteschell"
    title: "Hellmuth von Ruckteschell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellmuth_von_Ruckteschell"
    title: "Hellmuth von Ruckteschell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellmuth_von_Ruckteschell"
    title: "Hellmuth von Ruckteschell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%82_%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Руктешель, Гельмут фон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q103610"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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