# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-koch
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:32:59.601Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-koch"
name: "Walter Koch"
slug: "walter-koch"
description: "Walter Koch was a commander of the Fallschirmjäger during World War II who died in mysterious circumstances after openly criticising Adolf Hitler. Koch, who was the recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for his actions during the Battle of Fort Eben-Emael in May 1940, had publicly denounced the Führer's infamous Commando Order, which ordered that all captured enemy commandos were to be executed. Shortly afterwards the Oberstleutnant and commander of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 5 died in Berlin from injuries allegedly resulting from a motor vehicle collision."
tagline: "Recipient of the Knight's Cross (1910-1943)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-L04232%2C_Walter_Koch.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1910-09-10"
deathDate: "1943-10-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.24
  momentum:             1.305785123966942
  historical:           7.424624000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%85"
    title: "Вальтер Кох"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AE"
    title: "فالتر كوخ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B4_(%D8%B9%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%89)"
    title: "والتر كوتش (عسكرى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Koch_(paratrooper)"
    title: "Walter Koch (paratrooper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Koch"
    title: "Walter Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%83%E3%83%9B"
    title: "ヴァルター・コッホ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Koch"
    title: "Walter Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Koch"
    title: "Walter Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7965372"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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