Günther Niethammer
Günther Theodor Niethammer (28 September 1908 Waldheim – 14 January 1974, Kottenforst) was a German ornithologist who served during the Second World War with the Nazi Waffen-SS at various places including the Auschwitz concentration camp where he conducted studies on birds. Life and work Niethammer was born in Waldheim, the eighth son of Konrad Niethammer, a paper manufacturer (owner of Kübler & Niethammer paper mills) and politician. After studying zoology at Tübingen in 1927 he moved to Leipzig in 1929 and then worked on the anatomy of the avian crop under J. Meisenheimer. Through Hans Kummerlöwe, also in Leipzig, he met Erwin Stresemann who gave him the task of compiling the ''Handbuch der Deutschen Vogelkunde''. The publication of the first volume led to a position as a curator at the Museum Koenig in Bonn from 1937 and he continued to work on the remaining two volumes, the last published in 1942. In 1937, Niethammer joined the Nazi party (Number 5613683) and in earl ...
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Niethammer - PMO Dzial III SS Neg Nr-1907
Niethammer is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Barbara Niethammer (born 1967), German mathematician * Friedrich Immanuel Niethammer (1766–1848), German theologian * Günther Niethammer Günther Theodor Niethammer (28 September 1908 Waldheim – 14 January 1974, Kottenforst) was a German ornithologist who served during the Second World War with the Nazi Waffen-SS at various places including the Auschwitz concentration camp where ...