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.
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5 September 1903
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Died |
11 August 1995 (aged 91)
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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