# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/victor-franke
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:58:57.648Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/victor-franke"
name: "Victor Franke"
slug: "victor-franke"
description: "Erich Victor Carl August Franke was a German military officer and the last commander of the Schutztruppe in German South West Africa.\nFranke was born in Zuckmantel, Austrian Silesia. He was Bezirksamtmann in several German South West Africa locations, especially Ovamboland and Kaokoveld. He was stationed at Outjo from 1899 until 1910. He was involved in several campaigns against native tribes who resisted German colonial rule. In the early phases of the Herero Genocide of 1904, he was dubbed \"Hero of Omaruru\", because of his victory over numerically superior Herero forces at Omaruru. He also had successful campaigns against the Herero at Okahandja and Windhoek."
tagline: "Military officer from Germany (1865–1936)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Victor_Franke.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1865-07-21"
deathDate: "1936-08-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.198019801980198
  historical:           11.825956
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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    title: "Віктор Франке"
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    title: "Victor Franke"
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    title: "Victor Franke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Franke"
    title: "Victor Franke"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Franke"
    title: "Victor Franke"
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    title: "Victor Franke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Victor Franke"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump