# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jurgen-zimmerer
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:40:23.016Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jurgen-zimmerer"
name: "Jürgen Zimmerer"
slug: "jurgen-zimmerer"
description: "Jürgen Zimmerer is a German historian and Africanist. Since 2010 he has been Professor of African History at the University of Hamburg. He is known for his work on colonial history, genocide studies, and the relationship between German colonialism and National Socialism."
tagline: "German historian of modern age"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/J%C3%BCrgen_Zimmerer_Aufnahme_Kevin_Fuchs.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1965-04-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.07
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.023904
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/JuergenZimmerer"
    handle:    "JuergenZimmerer"
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Zimmerer"
    title: "Jürgen Zimmerer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Zimmerer"
    title: "Jürgen Zimmerer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Zimmerer"
    title: "Jürgen Zimmerer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%9F_%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%A8"
    title: "יורגן צימרר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%AE%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Циммерер, Юрген"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1717860"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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