Otto Schulz-Kampfhenkel

Otto Schulz-Kampfhenkel
Otto Schulz-Kampfhenkel
Born	27 August 1910; Buckow, Märkisch-Oderland, German Empire
Died	21 August 1989 (aged 78); Hamburg, West Germany
Occupation	Geographer

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

At the age of 23 Schulz-Kampfhenkel made an expedition to Liberia. He described his experiences in the book Der Dschungel Rief... (The Jungle Called...). After finishing his geography studies he became the leader of the German Amazon-Jary-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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Notes[edit]

^ Flachowsky, S., Stoecker, H. Vom Amazonas an die Ostfront. Der Expeditionsreisende und Geograph Otto Schulz-Kampfhenkel (1910-1989). Wien: Böhlau Verlag: 2011, p.51. ISBN 978-3-412-20765-6 (in German) (Franz R. Friedl, also lived in Latin America, composed the music for his film Rätsel der Urwaldhölle in the UFA GmbH studios)
^ 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.

External links[edit]

Otto Schulz-Kampfhenkel at IMDb
Literature by and about Otto Schulz-Kampfhenkel in the German National Library catalogue
Institut für Weltkunde in Bildung und Forschung (WBF) (in German)
Documentation: Herrenmenschen im Regenwald (in German)

[Franz_R._Friedl,_lange_in_Südamerika_gelebt,_komponierte_im_UFA_Tonatelier-1] Flachowsky, S., Stoecker, H. Vom Amazonas an die Ostfront. Der Expeditionsreisende und Geograph Otto Schulz-Kampfhenkel (1910-1989). Wien: Böhlau Verlag: 2011, p.51. ISBN 978-3-412-20765-6 (in German) (Franz R. Friedl, also lived in Latin America, composed the music for his film Rätsel der Urwaldhölle in the UFA GmbH studios)

[Häusler2007-2] 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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