Otto Schulz-Kampfhenkel
Otto Schulz-Kampfhenkel 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... . After finishing his geography studies he became the leader of an Amazon-Jari-Expedition, supported by both Brazilian and German governments and the Nazi party's Foreign Organization. Schulz-Kampfhenkel relates about this expedition in his book Rätsel der Urwaldhölle 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.
