# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joachim-fest
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:55:15.444Z

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name: "Joachim Fest"
slug: "joachim-fest"
description: "Joachim Clemens Fest was a German historian, journalist, critic and editor who was best known for his writings and public commentary on Nazi Germany, including a biography of Adolf Hitler and books about Albert Speer and German resistance to Nazism. He was a leading figure in the debate among German historians about the Nazi era."
tagline: "German historian (1926–2006)"
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birthDate: "1926-12-08"
deathDate: "2006-09-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump