# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-wessel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:43:34.498Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-wessel"
name: "Walter Wessel"
slug: "walter-wessel"
description: "Walter Wessel was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 12th Panzer Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Wessel was responsible for the Ciepielów massacre in Poland. He was killed in an car accident on 20 July 1943 near Morano, Italy."
tagline: "German General and Knight's Cross recipients (1892-1944)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Unser_Heer%2C_Folge_8_(1942)%2C_Generalmajor_Walter_Wessel.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1892-04-21"
deathDate: "1944-07-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.84
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.284558666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Вальтер Вессель"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%84"
    title: "والتر فيسل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB"
    title: "Валтер Весел"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Wessel_(General)"
    title: "Walter Wessel (General)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Wessel"
    title: "Walter Wessel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Wessel"
    title: "Walter Wessel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Wessel"
    title: "Walter Wessel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Wessel"
    title: "Walter Wessel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Wessel"
    title: "Walter Wessel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3565920"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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