Otto Harder
Otto Fritz Harder (Nickname: Tull Harder; 25 November 1892 – 4 March 1956) was a footballer who played for Eintracht Braunschweig, Hamburger SV, and Victoria Hamburg. He won two German football championships and played 15 times in the Germany national team. Harder was a former SS officer and had been a warder at the Ahlem concentration camp in Hanover. Career. Harder was born in Braunschweig. He spent most of his career with Hamburger SV, scoring over 378 goals. His football fame in Germany was comparable with Uwe Seeler's fame. After his football career Harder was an SS-Untersturmführer  (equivalent second lieutenant) and was a commander ("Schutzhaftlagerführer") at the Ahlem camp. After World War II Harder was convicted of war crimes by the British military court at the "Curio house" in Rotherbaum. He was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. After the trial the Hamburger SV excluded him for a short time. In 1951 His Majesty 's Government pardoned Harder. Harder moved to Bendestorf. Harder died in a hospital in Hamburg after surgery in 1956. The Hamburger SV published an obituary For the 1974 FIFA World Cup, the senate of Hamburg published the booklet "Hamburg '74. Fußballweltmeisterschaft", which praised among  others Josef Posipal, Uwe Seeler and Harder as role models for the young. The sheets mentioning Harder were removed. See also. Neuengamme concentration camp