# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rudolf-petersen-q110725
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:13:00.278Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rudolf-petersen-q110725"
name: "Rudolf Petersen"
slug: "rudolf-petersen-q110725"
description: "Rudolf Petersen was a German naval officer during World War II. Petersen, in his role as Commodore, was the head of the court of what might have been the last desertion-trial of Nazi Germany. Matrose Fritz Wehrmann, age 26 from Leipzig, Funker Alfred Gail, age 20 from Kassel, and Obergefreiter Martin Schilling, age 22 from Ostfriesland were executed on board Buéa on 10 May 1945 two days after the unconditional surrender of Germany."
tagline: "Recipient of the Knights Cross"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1905-06-15"
deathDate: "1983-01-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.09
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.682254666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Petersen_(Marineoffizier)"
    title: "Rudolf Petersen (Marineoffizier)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%84%D9%81_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "رودلف بيترسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%84%D9%81_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "رودلف بيترسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Рудольф Петерсен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Petersen_(Kapit%C3%A4n_zur_See)"
    title: "Rudolf Petersen (Kapitän zur See)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Petersen"
    title: "Rudolf Petersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110725"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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