# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rudi-arnstadt
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:28:52.353Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rudi-arnstadt"
name: "Rudi Arnstadt"
slug: "rudi-arnstadt"
description: "Rudi Arnstadt was an East German border guard who died in an incident with West German border guards at the Inner German border on 14 August 1962. Arnstadt, a captain of the Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic, was shot and killed by Bundesgrenzschutz officer Hans Plüschke near Wiesenfeld during a shootout that occurred under unknown circumstances. Arnstadt's death caused an escalation of Cold War tensions."
tagline: "German border guard (1926–1962)"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1926-09-03"
deathDate: "1962-08-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.17
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.626388
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%AA"
    title: "رودى ارنستادت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudi_Arnstadt"
    title: "Rudi Arnstadt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudi_Arnstadt"
    title: "Rudi Arnstadt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudi_Arnstadt"
    title: "Rudi Arnstadt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%82%2C_%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B8"
    title: "Арнштадт, Руди"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107665"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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