# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/oskar-brusewitz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:16:38.787Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/oskar-brusewitz"
name: "Oskar Brüsewitz"
slug: "oskar-brusewitz"
description: "Oskar Brüsewitz was an East German Lutheran pastor who committed public self-immolation on August 18, 1976, to protest the repression of religion in the Communist state of East Germany. He died four days later."
tagline: "German protestant Priest (1929–1976) in the former GDR"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Michaeliskirche_Zeitz.JPG/330px-Michaeliskirche_Zeitz.JPG"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1929-05-30"
deathDate: "1976-08-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.96
  momentum:             2.425149700598802
  historical:           8.186829333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "اوسكار بروسويتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%91%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%8D%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%86"
    title: "Оскар Брузэвіц"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Br%C3%BCsewitz"
    title: "Oskar Brüsewitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Br%C3%BCsewitz"
    title: "Oskar Brüsewitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Br%C3%BCsewitz"
    title: "Oskar Brüsewitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Br%C3%BCsewitz"
    title: "Oskar Brüsewitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Br%C3%BCsewitz"
    title: "Oskar Brüsewitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Br%C3%BCsewitz"
    title: "Oskar Brüsewitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Br%C3%BCsewitz"
    title: "Oskar Brüsewitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q531086"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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