# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/josef-burckel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:25:02.305Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/josef-burckel"
name: "Josef Bürckel"
slug: "josef-burckel"
description: "Joseph Bürckel was a German Nazi politician and a member of the German parliament. He was an early member of the Nazi Party and was influential in the rise of the National Socialist movement. He played a central role in the German acquisition of the Saarland and Austria. He held the posts of  Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter in both Gau Westmark and Reichsgau Vienna. He also held the rank of Obergruppenführer in both the SA and the SS."
tagline: "German Nazi politician, Gauleiter of Vienna (1895–1944)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Josef_B%C3%BCrckel.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1895-03-30"
deathDate: "1944-09-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.359048
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "约瑟夫·比克尔"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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