hammann

Dr. Hamman (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• swanq said:

  NYT of January 3, 1917 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20710F93F5C1B728... has piece from Berlin indicating that a Dr. Hammann had been "until the turn of the year, the Director of the Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office." A few weeks earlier, NYT of November 8, 1916 select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50617FE395E1373... describes the retirement of a Dr. Hammann, the "veteran director of the German Press Bureau." Note spelling error in transcribed caption. Two "n"s at the end.

• B-59 said:

  "Otto Hammann (23 January 1852 Blankenhain – 18 June 1928 Fürstenberg/Havel) was a German journalist and a German Foreign Office official 1894-1916." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Hammann This photo is printed in The Bemidji daily pioneer., October 02, 1914, Page 2, "DR. HAMMANN - Kaiser's Chief Censor Gives Out All German War News."

• swanq said:

  If this is the guy, he is Otto. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Hammann (in German) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Hammann (much shorter, in English) babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015047696532;view=1u... is a drawing of Otto Hamman in 1922 or so. That is certainly of a much gaunter face. I'm neither convinced this is the German Dr. Otto Hammann, or convinced that it isn't.

• swanq said:

  Well done, B-59 for finding confirmation of his identity

• Kristi (LOC P&P) said:

  swanq and B-59: Thanks for combining your efforts to confirm Hammann's identity. We will correct the spelling and a bit more about him when we update the record.