# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kurt-von-briesen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:36:26.168Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kurt-von-briesen"
name: "Kurt von Briesen"
slug: "kurt-von-briesen"
description: "Kurt von Briesen was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany. He was a recipient of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross. Briesen led the 30th Infantry Division in the invasion of Poland in 1939. On 1 August 1940, Briesen was promoted to the rank of general of the infantry. On 25 November 1940 he was appointed commanding general of the LII Army Corps. Briesen was killed by Soviet aircraft near Isjum on the Seversky Donets River, southeast of Kharkov, on 20 November 1941."
tagline: "German general"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kurt.von.Briesen.(1883-1941).gif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
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  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1886-05-03"
deathDate: "1941-11-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           12.466276
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "كورت فون بريسين"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump