# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/laurence-rees
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:03:45.855Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/laurence-rees"
name: "Laurence Rees"
slug: "laurence-rees"
description: "Laurence Rees is an English historian. He is a BAFTA winning historical documentary filmmaker and a British Book Award winning author of several books about Adolf Hitler, the Nazis and the atrocities committed, especially by them, during the 20th century. He is the former Head of BBC TV History Programmes."
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1957"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump