Heinz Kaminski [SEP] place of death
Heinz Kaminski
Heinz Kaminski (born 15 June 1921 in Bochum; died 17 February 2002 in Arnsberg) was a German chemical engineer and space researcher.
On 5 October 1957, Kaminski received signals in Bochum from the Sputnik satellite, the first person outside of the Soviet area of influence to do so. Heinz Kaminski founded and later directed the Bochum Observatory. He also busied himself with environmental research. Although Kaminski was only an amateur astronomer and not a professional, the press constantly treated him as a source of information on
of the "Lokot volost" and the head of the German-controlled local militia. Kaminski became Voskoboinik's deputy. Working with Heinz Guderian the two collaborators organized a militia of 10,000 armed hands with the aim of crushing the Russian partisans. After the death in combat of Voskoboinik on 8 January 1942, Kaminski took over as Mayor and leader of the militia. In 1942 the militia was named Russian Liberation National Army (R.O.N.A.) (rus. Русская Освободительная Народная Армия), which reached a force of tens of thousands.