# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walther-von-axthelm
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:42:16.373Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walther-von-axthelm"
name: "Walther von Axthelm"
slug: "walther-von-axthelm"
description: "Walther Moritz Heinrich Wolfgang von Axthelm was a German general in the Luftwaffe during World War II who commanded the I Flak Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Axthelm served with the Ministry of Aviation (Reichsluftfahrtministerium) from 12 January 1942 to the end of March 1945, holding the position of General der Flakwaffe. Axthelm surrendered to American troops in 1945 and was interned until 1947."
tagline: "German general (1893-1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walther_von_Axthelm_(1893-1972).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1893-12-23"
deathDate: "1972-01-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.02
  momentum:             3.965520324767067
  historical:           7.419692
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Вальтер фон Акстельм"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%B1_%DA%A4%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85"
    title: "والثير ڤون اكسثيلم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walther_von_Axthelm"
    title: "Walther von Axthelm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walther_von_Axthelm"
    title: "Walther von Axthelm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walther_von_Axthelm"
    title: "Walther von Axthelm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walther_von_Axthelm"
    title: "Walther von Axthelm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC%2C_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Акстельм, Вальтер фон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walther_von_Axthelm"
    title: "Walther von Axthelm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86642"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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