Heinrich Sahm
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Heinrich Sahm was a German lawyer and politician who served as a leading official in the Free City of Danzig and later as mayor of Berlin during the interwar period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Heinrich Sahm canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2170453 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heinrich Sahm Context triple: [President of the Senate of the Free City of Danzig, officeHolder, Heinrich Sahm]
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A.
Friedrich List
Friedrich List was a 19th-century German economist best known for his advocacy of national economic development and protectionist policies against free trade.
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B.
Friedrich Albert Lange
Friedrich Albert Lange was a 19th-century German philosopher and neo-Kantian thinker best known for his influential work "History of Materialism" and his critical analysis of scientific materialism and epistemology.
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C.
Friedrich Eberhardt
Friedrich Eberhardt was a German military officer who commanded forces during the early stages of World War II, including operations in the 1939 invasion of Poland.
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D.
Friedrich Nicolovius
Friedrich Nicolovius was a German publisher active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for issuing significant philosophical and theological works.
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E.
Heinrich Eberbach
Heinrich Eberbach was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II, noted for his leadership of armored formations on the Eastern Front and in the Normandy campaign.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heinrich Sahm Target entity description: Heinrich Sahm was a German lawyer and politician who served as a leading official in the Free City of Danzig and later as mayor of Berlin during the interwar period.
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A.
Friedrich List
Friedrich List was a 19th-century German economist best known for his advocacy of national economic development and protectionist policies against free trade.
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B.
Friedrich Albert Lange
Friedrich Albert Lange was a 19th-century German philosopher and neo-Kantian thinker best known for his influential work "History of Materialism" and his critical analysis of scientific materialism and epistemology.
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C.
Friedrich Eberhardt
Friedrich Eberhardt was a German military officer who commanded forces during the early stages of World War II, including operations in the 1939 invasion of Poland.
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D.
Friedrich Nicolovius
Friedrich Nicolovius was a German publisher active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for issuing significant philosophical and theological works.
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E.
Heinrich Eberbach
Heinrich Eberbach was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II, noted for his leadership of armored formations on the Eastern Front and in the Normandy campaign.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German politician
ⓘ
human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ |
| appliesToPosition |
Mayor of Berlin
ⓘ
President of the Senate of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pneumonia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
German Empire
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1877-09-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1939-10-03 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Humboldt University of Berlin
ⓘ
University of Greifswald ⓘ University of Tübingen ⓘ |
| endTime |
1930-11-22
ⓘ
1935-04-30 ⓘ |
| familyName | Sahm ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | law ⓘ |
| givenName | Heinrich ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | public administrator ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
German National People's Party
ⓘ
linked to:
German National People’s Party
Nazi Party ⓘ |
| name | Heinrich Sahm ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leading official in the Free City of Danzig
ⓘ
mayor of Berlin in the interwar period ⓘ |
| occupation |
jurist
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| partOf | interwar period German politics ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Anklam
ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to:
Prussia
Province of Pomerania ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Berlin ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Head of State of the Free City of Danzig
ⓘ
Mayor of Berlin ⓘ
linked to:
Governing Mayor of West Berlin
Mayor of Danzig ⓘ Oberbürgermeister of Berlin ⓘ President of the Senate of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ member of the Prussian State Council ⓘ |
| residence |
Berlin
ⓘ
Danzig ⓘ
linked to:
Gdańsk
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
oversaw administration of the Free City of Danzig in the interwar period
ⓘ
served as mayor of Berlin during the Weimar Republic and early Nazi era ⓘ |
| startTime |
1920-02-14
ⓘ
1931-04-07 ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Berlin
ⓘ
Danzig ⓘ
linked to:
Gdańsk
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Heinrich Sahm Description of subject: Heinrich Sahm was a German lawyer and politician who served as a leading official in the Free City of Danzig and later as mayor of Berlin during the interwar period.
Referenced by (7)
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