# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rudolf-witzig
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:06:10.578Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rudolf-witzig"
name: "Rudolf Witzig"
slug: "rudolf-witzig"
description: "Rudolf Witzig was a German Fallschirmjäger during World War II and Oberst in the Bundeswehr. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. Witzig fought in the German attack against the Belgian fortress Fort Eben-Emael."
tagline: "German World War II Fallschirmjäger (1916-2001)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1916-08-14"
deathDate: "2001-10-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.25
  momentum:             6.312135426393207
  historical:           9.84986
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84_%D0%92%D1%96%D1%82%D1%86%D1%96%D0%B3"
    title: "Рудольф Вітціг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%BA"
    title: "رودولف فيتسيغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AC"
    title: "رودولف فيتسيج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Witzig"
    title: "Rudolf Witzig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Witzig"
    title: "Rudolf Witzig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Witzig"
    title: "Rudolf Witzig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Witzig"
    title: "Rudolf Witzig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%84%E3%82%A3%E3%83%92"
    title: "ルドルフ・ヴィッツィヒ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Witzig"
    title: "Rudolf Witzig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Witzig"
    title: "Rudolf Witzig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Witzig"
    title: "Rudolf Witzig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72750"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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