Hansheinrich Kummerow
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Hansheinrich Kummerow | |
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 Hansheinrich Kummerow on vacation with Ingeborg | |
| Born | 27 February 1903 |
| Died | 4 February 1944 (aged 40) |
| Education | Humboldt University,Technical University |
| Spouse | Ingeborg Kummerow (from 1936) |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Engineering |
| Employer | Loewe-Radio-AG |
Hansheinrich Kummerow (also: Hans-Heinrich Kummerow, 27 February 1903 in Magdeburg; 4 February 1944 in Halle) was a scientist and technician, doctor of engineering and resistance fighter against Nazism.[1]
Kummerow was born in Magdeburg.[2] His father was Heinrich Kummerow, a Privy Councillor and professor and department head at the Provincial School Board. His mother was Adele Kummerow, née Lejeune. After attending school in Magdeburg and Posen, he graduated from the Steglitz Gymnasium in Berlin in 1921. From the summer semester of 1921, he first studied music for three semesters. In 16 October 1922, he matriculated at the Faculty of Philosophy at the Humboldt University in Berlin and studied mathematics for one semester, but then switched to the Technical University in Charlottenburg in 1923 to completed his studies in chemistry. He finally graduated as an engineer in 1927.[1]
Career
He was employed as a lecture assistant at the Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry at the Technical University, where he received his doctorate in engineering on 13 July 1929 with a dissertation entitled "The Thermal Decomposition of Nitrogen Oxide" under Max Vollmer. Karl Andreas Hofmann was an additional examiner.
Initially, Kummerow worked as chief engineer at the Gasglühlicht-Auer-Gesellschaft until 27 October 1932, when he moved position to the development office of the Loewe-Radio-AG company in Berlin.[2]