# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-schmalz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:55:32.965Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-schmalz"
name: "Wilhelm Schmalz"
slug: "wilhelm-schmalz"
description: "Wilhelm Schmalz was a German general (Generalleutnant) in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. Schmalz surrendered to American troops in May 1945."
tagline: "German general and Knight's Cross recipient (1901–1983)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wilhelm_Schmalz.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1901-03-01"
deathDate: "1983-03-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.57
  momentum:             0.7458143074581431
  historical:           8.317498666666665
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC_%D0%A8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%86"
    title: "Вільгельм Шмальц"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Schmalz"
    title: "Wilhelm Schmalz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Schmalz"
    title: "Wilhelm Schmalz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Schmalz"
    title: "Wilhelm Schmalz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Schmalz"
    title: "Wilhelm Schmalz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Schmalz"
    title: "Wilhelm Schmalz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Schmalz"
    title: "Wilhelm Schmalz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Schmalz"
    title: "Wilhelm Schmalz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%86%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC"
    title: "Шмальц, Вильгельм"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2564387"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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