Hans Kummerlöwe

Pages removed from the 1939 volume of ''Abhandlungen und Berichte aus den Staatlichen Museen für Tierkunde und Völkerkunde in Dresden'' titled ''Geschichte und Aufgaben des Staatlichen Museums für Tierkunde in Dresden'' Richard Arthur Hans Kummerlöwe (5 September 1903 in Leipzig – 11 August 1995 in Münich), with the spelling changed to Kumerloeve from 1948 was a German ornithologist who served as an SS Officer during the Second World War. He initially worked as a zoological curator at the Dresden Museum but during the Third Reich he held numerous positions including charge of the Vienna museum after the German annexation of Austria in March 1938. He was involved in the "Nazification" of German and Austrian museums, making them tools for explaining theories of race and genetic purity. Provided by Wikipedia
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