# Rolf Magener

> Rolf Magener was the first German prisoner to escape successfully from India during the Second World War. His daring escape from a camp at Dehradun in 1944 with mountaineer Heinrich Harrer is documented in Magener's memoir, Prisoner's Bluff. After the war he became a successful business executive and chief financial officer for BASF, and held a senior-level position with Mercedes-Benz.

*German businessman (1910-2000)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Executive ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524))
- **Category:** Executives
- **Country:** Germany
- **Born:** 1910-08-03
- **Died:** 2000-05-05
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Rolf Magener was the first German prisoner to escape successfully from India during the Second World War. His daring escape from a camp at Dehradun in 1944 with mountaineer Heinrich Harrer is documented in Magener's memoir, Prisoner's Bluff. After the war he became a successful business executive and chief financial officer for BASF, and held a senior-level position with Mercedes-Benz.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 42.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 14.5 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 2.4 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 72.1 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 15.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 51.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Rolf Magener](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Magener)
- [Rolf Magener](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Magener)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1591650)

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