# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-schirdewan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:50:50.523Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-schirdewan"
name: "Karl Schirdewan"
slug: "karl-schirdewan"
description: "Karl Schirdewan was a German anti-fascist activist who after World War II became a high-ranking politician of the SED, later becoming disgraced for his outspoken critique of the party from a communist perspective."
tagline: "German politician (1907-1998)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fotothek_df_roe-neg_0006345_010_Karl_Schirdewan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1907-05-14"
deathDate: "1998-07-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.32
  momentum:             1.809523809523809
  historical:           5.508930666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Schirdewan"
    title: "Karl Schirdewan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "كارل شردوان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Schirdewan"
    title: "Karl Schirdewan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB"
    title: "Ширдеван, Карл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Schirdewan"
    title: "Karl Schirdewan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Schirdewan"
    title: "Karl Schirdewan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1533960"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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