# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/otto-weidinger
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:03:15.966Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/otto-weidinger"
name: "Otto Weidinger"
slug: "otto-weidinger"
description: "Otto Weidinger was a member of the Waffen-SS in Nazi Germany and a regimental commander in the SS Division Das Reich during World War II. In this capacity, he was involved in the Oradour massacre in France in June 1944. He was the author of a revisionist account of the division's history, produced under the auspices of HIAG, a Waffen-SS lobby group in post-war West Germany."
tagline: "Recipient of the Knight's Cross (1914–1990)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1984-101-05A%2C_Otto_Weidinger.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1914-05-27"
deathDate: "1990-01-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.33
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.710052
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%82%D1%82%D0%BE_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Отто Вайдінгер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Weidinger"
    title: "Otto Weidinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Weidinger"
    title: "Otto Weidinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Weidinger"
    title: "Otto Weidinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Weidinger"
    title: "Otto Weidinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Weidinger"
    title: "Otto Weidinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%9E%D1%82%D1%82%D0%BE"
    title: "Вайдингер, Отто"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Weidinger"
    title: "Otto Weidinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72121"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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