# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-jost
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:34:40.432Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-jost"
name: "Walter Jost"
slug: "walter-jost"
description: "Walter Jost was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Troops under his command participated in the Ronchidoso massacre in Emilia-Romagna between 28 and 30 November 1944, when 66 civilians were executed."
tagline: "German General and Knight's Cross recipients (1896-1945)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter_jost.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1896-07-25"
deathDate: "1945-04-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.139885333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Вальтер Йост"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "والتر يوست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "والتر جوست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Jost"
    title: "Walter Jost"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Jost"
    title: "Walter Jost"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Jost"
    title: "Walter Jost"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Jost"
    title: "Walter Jost"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Jost"
    title: "Walter Jost"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Jost"
    title: "Walter Jost"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%2C_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Йост, Вальтер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3565792"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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