# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-hotz
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:28:54.144Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-hotz"
name: "Karl Hotz"
slug: "karl-hotz"
description: "Karl Hotz was a Lt. Colonel in the German military during World War II. With the occupation of France by Nazi Germany in June 1940, Hotz became the military governor of the German military administration in Nantes. He was assassinated in Nantes by French communists on 20 October 1941, one of the first German soldiers killed by the French Resistance. His assassination led to a massive manhunt for his killers and the retaliatory execution of 48 French citizens by the Germans. Relations between the German occupiers and French officials in Nantes had been cooperative until the executions which contributed to worsening relationships between the French and their German occupiers."
tagline: "German engineer and soldier (1877-1941)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Expometro_GM_2472.untilted%2Bcropped%2Bgrey.jpg/330px-Expometro_GM_2472.untilted%2Bcropped%2Bgrey.jpg"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1877-04-29"
deathDate: "1941-10-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.88
  momentum:             2.288998956383455
  historical:           4.83744
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Hotz"
    title: "Karl Hotz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Karl_Hotz"
    title: "Assassination of Karl Hotz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "کارل هوتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Hotz"
    title: "Karl Hotz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Hotz"
    title: "Karl Hotz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3193401"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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