Short Portrait: Hans Damm

Hans Damm
Hans Damm

Born 1895 Died 1972

Damm worked as museum assistant in Leipzig (under Fritz Krause). In 1929 he became managing director and treasurer of the newly founded Gesellschaft für Völkerkunde. Damm was disposed from his office by the American administration on April 18th, 1945.

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(text sources: Ingrid Kreide-Damani (2010) Ethnologie im Nationalsozialismus - Julius Lips und die Geschichte der "Völkerkunde". Wiesbaden: Reichert; photo source: http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~ethno/alt/Batches/Damm_Indonesier_und_Suedessevoelker_Teil1.jpg)

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