# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-wei
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:28:25.366Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-wei"
name: "Wilhelm Weiß"
slug: "wilhelm-wei"
description: "Wilhelm Weiss was a German journalist who, in Nazi Germany, was an SA-Obergruppenführer as well as the editor-in-chief of the Nazi Party's official newspaper, the Völkischer Beobachter. Following the end of the Second World War, he was arrested, underwent denazification proceedings and was sentenced to three years in a labour camp."
tagline: "German judge, journalist and Nazi-politician (1892-1950)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-B05926%2C_Pressekonferenz%2C_A._Meyer%2C_A._Rosenberg%2C_W._Weiss.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1892-03-31"
deathDate: "1950-02-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.12
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.094674666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%DB%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "ولہیلم ویس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%87%D9%84%D9%85_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ويلهلم وايس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%87%D9%84%D9%85_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ويلهلم وايس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Wei%C3%9F_(Journalist)"
    title: "Wilhelm Weiß (Journalist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Weiss"
    title: "Wilhelm Weiss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Wei%C3%9F"
    title: "Wilhelm Weiß"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Wei%C3%9F"
    title: "Wilhelm Weiß"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC"
    title: "Вайс, Вильгельм"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - 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%92%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%81"
    title: "Вільгельм Вайсс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q100479"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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