Otto Schulz-Kampfhenkel

Otto Schulz-Kampfhenkel
Born (1910-08-27)27 August 1910
Died 21 August 1989(1989-08-21) (aged 78)
Occupation Geographer

Otto Schulz-Kampfhenkel (27 August 1910 – 21 August 1989) was a German geographer, explorer, writer and film producer.

Biography

At the age of 23 Schulz-Kampfhenkel made an expedition to Liberia. He described his experiences in the book Das Dschungel Rief... (The Jungle Called...). After finishing his geography studies he became the leader of a Amazon-Jari-Expedition (1935-1937), supported by both Brazilian and German governments and the Nazi party's Foreign Organization (NSDAP/AO). Schulz-Kampfhenkel relates about this expedition in his book Rätsel der Urwaldhölle (Riddle(s) of the jungle hell) and produced an eponymous film, as well.

In 1943 Schulz-Kampfhenkel got promoted to Special Commissioner of geographical questions in the Reichsforschungsrat after he had been lieutenant of Luftwaffe and SS-Untersturmführer.[1]

Notes

  1. Häusler, Hermann (2007). Forschungsstaffel z.b.V.: eine Sondereinheit zur militärgeografischen Beurteilung des Geländes im 2. Weltkrieg. Bundesministerium für Landesverteidigung. p. 22. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
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