# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martin-gottfried-weiss
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:00:47.563Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/martin-gottfried-weiss"
name: "Martin Gottfried Weiss"
slug: "martin-gottfried-weiss"
description: "Martin Gottfried Weiss, alternatively spelled Weiß, but best known as The Demon of Dachau was the commandant of the Dachau concentration camp in 1945 at the time of his arrest. He also served from April 1940 until September 1942 as the commandant of Neuengamme concentration camp, and later, from November 1943 until May 1944, as the fourth commandant of Majdanek concentration camp. He was executed for war crimes."
tagline: "German SS officer, concentration camp commandant (1905-1946)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Martin_Gottfried_Weiss.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1905-06-03"
deathDate: "1946-05-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.95055733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Martin Gottfried Weiss"
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    title: "Martin Gottfried Weiss"
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    title: "Martin Gottfried Weiß"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump