# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johann-wenzel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:08:02.436Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johann-wenzel"
name: "Johann Wenzel"
slug: "johann-wenzel"
description: "Johann Wenzel was a German Communist, highly professional GRU agent and radio operator of the espionage group that was later called the Red Orchestra by the Abwehr in Belgium and the Netherlands. His aliases were Professor, Charles, Bergmann, Hans, and Hermann. Wenzel was most notable as the person who exposed the Red Orchestra after his transmissions were discovered by the Funkabwehr, later leading to his capture by the Gestapo on 29–30 June 1942."
tagline: "German blacksmith (1902–1969)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8f/Johann_Wenzel.png"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1902-03-09"
deathDate: "1969-02-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.2
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.551693333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Йоганн Венцель"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "يوهان فينزيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "يوهان فينزيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Wenzel_(Widerstandsk%C3%A4mpfer)"
    title: "Johann Wenzel (Widerstandskämpfer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Wenzel"
    title: "Johann Wenzel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Wenzel"
    title: "Johann Wenzel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%98%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD"
    title: "Венцель, Иоганн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106509"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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