# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-schimana
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:44:28.709Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-schimana"
name: "Walter Schimana"
slug: "walter-schimana"
description: "Walter Schimana was an Austrian Nazi and a general in the SS during the Nazi era. He was SS and Police Leader in the occupied Soviet Union in 1942 and Higher SS and Police Leader in occupied Greece from October 1943. Responsible for numerous war crimes and atrocities in the occupied territories, Schimana was arrested by the Allies after the war and died by suicide while awaiting trial."
tagline: "German Waffen-SS general"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WalterSchimana.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1898-03-12"
deathDate: "1948-09-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.66
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.272468
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Вальтер Шимана"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "والتر شيمانا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%A8%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Валтер Шимана"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Schimana"
    title: "Walter Schimana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%AC%CE%BB%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81_%CE%A3%CE%B9%CE%BC%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B1"
    title: "Βάλτερ Σιμάνα"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Schimana"
    title: "Walter Schimana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Schimana"
    title: "Walter Schimana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Schimana"
    title: "Walter Schimana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Schimana"
    title: "Walter Schimana"
    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%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%8A"
    title: "ヴァルター・シーマナ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Schimana"
    title: "Walter Schimana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Schimana"
    title: "Walter Schimana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%2C_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Шимана, Вальтер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Schimana"
    title: "Walter Schimana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113824"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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