# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jurgen-elsasser
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:55:59.943Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jurgen-elsasser"
name: "Jürgen Elsässer"
slug: "jurgen-elsasser"
description: "Jürgen Elsässer is a German journalist, right wing extremist and political activist. Once active in left-wing circles, he later became a prominent figure in Germany's far-right scene. He is the founder of Compact, a magazine classified as extremist by the BfV in 2021 and banned by the BMI in 2024, though the ban was later overturned, with a final decision pending."
tagline: "German right-wing extremist activist and journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/J%C3%BCrgen_Els%C3%A4sser_als_Redner_bei_LEGIDA_am_26._Oktober_2015.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1957-01-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           67.49
  momentum:             4.935372018346689
  historical:           9.962262666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  206
  category: 113
totalFollowers: 13500
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/JurgenElsasser"
    handle:    "JurgenElsasser"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@juergen.elsaesser"
    handle:    "juergen.elsaesser"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3145382/"
    handle:    "nm3145382"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.juergen-elsaesser.de/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKFwF_nhvB1wZBJbG-KUqsg"
    handle:    "@jurgenelsasser6713"
    followers: 13500
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Els%C3%A4sser"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "چورجين الساسير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Els%C3%A4sser"
    title: "Jürgen Elsässer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Els%C3%A4sser"
    title: "Jürgen Elsässer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Els%C3%A4sser"
    title: "Jürgen Elsässer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Els%C3%A4sser"
    title: "Jürgen Elsässer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Els%C3%A4sser"
    title: "Jürgen Elsässer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Els%C3%A4sser"
    title: "Jürgen Elsässer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Els%C3%A4sser"
    title: "Jürgen Elsässer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Els%C3%A4sser"
    title: "Jürgen Elsässer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Els%C3%A4sser"
    title: "Jürgen Elsässer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95243"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4572444"
    title: "Jürgen Elsässer"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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