Otto Harder


Otto Fritz Harder was a Footballer for Eintracht Braunschweig, Hamburger SV, and Victoria Hamburg. He won two German football championships and played 15 times in the German national team. Harder was a former SS officer and had been a warder at the Ahlem concentration camp in Hanover.

Career

Harder spent most of his career with Hamburger SV. His football fame in Germany was comparable with Uwe Seeler's fame. After his football career Harder was an SS-Untersturmführer and was a commander at the Ahlem camp. After World War II Harder was convicted of war crimes by the British military court at the Curio house in Rotherbaum. He was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. After the trial the Hamburger SV excluded him for a short time. In 1951 His Majesty 's Government pardoned Harder. Harder moved to Bendestorf.
Harder died in a hospital in Hamburg after surgery in 1956. The Hamburger SV published an obituary
'He was always a good friend and faithful comrade.'
For the world cup in 1974, the senate of Hamburg published the booklet Hamburg '74. Fußballweltmeisterschaft, which praised among others Josef Posipal, Uwe Seeler and Harder as role models for the young. The sheets mentioning Harder were removed.

International goals

Scores and results table. Germany's goal tally first:
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.5 April 1914Oude Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands
3–1
4–4
Friendly
2.4 November 1923Stadion Hoheluft, Hamburg, Germany
1–0
1–0
Friendly
3.31 August 1924Deutsches Stadion, Berlin, Germany
1–1
1–4
Friendly
4.21 September 1924Üllői út, Budapest, Hungary
1–3
1–4
Friendly
5.14 December 1924Platz des Stuttgarter Sportclub, Stuttgart, Germany
1–1
1–1
Friendly
6.25 October 1925Stadion Rankhof, Basel, Switzerland
1–0
4–0
Friendly
7.25 October 1925Stadion Rankhof, Basel, Switzerland
2–0
4–0
Friendly
8.25 October 1925Stadion Rankhof, Basel, Switzerland
3–0
4–0
Friendly
9.18 April 1926Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany
3–2
4–2
Friendly
10.20 June 1929Stadion im Zerzabelshof, Nuremberg, Germany
1–0
3–3
Friendly
11.20 June 1926Stadion im Zerzabelshof, Nuremberg, Germany
2–2
3–3
Friendly
12.20 June 1926Stadion im Zerzabelshof, Nuremberg, Germany
3–2
3–3
Friendly
13.31 October 1926Oude Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2–1
3–2
Friendly
14.31 October 1926Oude Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands
3–1
3–2
Friendly