Otto Schulz-Kampfhenkel

Otto Schulz-Kampfhenkel was a German geographer, explorer, writer and film producer.
At the age of 23 Schulz-Kampfhenkel made an expedition to Liberia. He described his experiences in the book Der Dschungel Rief... . After finishing his geography studies he became the leader of the German Amazon-Jary-Expedition (1935-1937), 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.