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Bolko von Richthofen (1899-09-131983-03-18) was a German archaeologist and the brother of fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, the "Red Baron". He engaged in a bitter dispute about the ethnicity of the Lusatian and Pomeranian cultures with the Polish archaeologist Józef Kostrzewski.

Richthofen was born in Mertschütz (nowadays Mierczyce), Silesia, and fought in World War I. After the war ended, he participated as a Freikorps volunteer during the Silesian Uprisings. In 1964 he received the Bundesverdienstkreuz. He died in Seehausen am Staffelsee, Bavaria.

Further reading

  • Archaeology in Poland. Włodzimierz Rączkowski. "Expansion and reaction: the concept of Polish archaeology in the discourse with German archeologists"
  • Uta Halle: "Die Externsteine sind bis auf weiteres germanisch!" Prähistorische Archäologie im Dritten Reich. Sonderveröffentlichungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen und Historischen Vereins für das Land Lippe Band 68 (Bielefeld 2002). ISBN 389534446X. Buchrezension für H-Soz-u-Kult.
  • Zur Biographie Bolko von Richthofens: Georg Schaufler: Zur Biographie des Verfassers. In: B. von Richthofen, Schlesien und die Schlesier. Eine landes- und stammeskundliche Übersicht. Die Schlesier vor und nach der Vertreibung aus der Heimat Band 1 (Wolfenbüttel 1967), S. 44-47.

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