# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hermann-niehoff
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:50:34.771Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hermann-niehoff"
name: "Hermann Niehoff"
slug: "hermann-niehoff"
description: "Hermann Niehoff was a German general during World War II. In 1944, he was a lieutenant general and commander of Heeresgebiet Sudfrankreich facing the US/French invasion of southern France. From 2 March 1945, he was the garrison commander of Fortress Breslau during the Battle of Breslau, which he surrendered to the Soviet 6th Army on 6 May 1945."
tagline: "German general (1897–1980)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/af/Niefoffhermann.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1897-04-03"
deathDate: "1980-11-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.05
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.875492
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9D%D1%96%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%84"
    title: "Герман Нігофф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%87%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "هيرمان نيهوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Niehoff_(General)"
    title: "Hermann Niehoff (General)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Niehoff"
    title: "Hermann Niehoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Niehoff"
    title: "Hermann Niehoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Niehoff"
    title: "Hermann Niehoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Niehoff"
    title: "Hermann Niehoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Niehoff"
    title: "Hermann Niehoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%BE%D1%84%2C_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Нихоф, Герман"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Niehoff"
    title: "Hermann Niehoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Niehoff"
    title: "Hermann Niehoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72275"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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