His comrades nicknamed him "Pee Ontgens" after a character from the book Das Meer (The Sea) by Bernhard Kellermann, which was one of his favorite books.
Sandra Bernhard | Bernhard Severin Ingemann | Bernhard Riemann | Thomas Bernhard | Bernhard Langer | Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach | Lucian Bernhard | Bernhard Lang | Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld | Bernhard Goetz | Gösta Bernhard | Bernhard Tollens | Bernhard Sekles | Bernhard Russi | Bernhard Hoetger | Bernhard Gregory | Adolf Bernhard Marx | Johann Bernhard Basedow | Friedrich Bernhard Ferdinand Michelis | François Étienne de Kellermann | Bernhard von Spanheim | Bernhard von Langenbeck | Bernhard Siegfried Albinus | Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine | Bernhard Kellermann | Bernhard Hirzel | Bernhard Heine | Bernhard Flies | Bernhard Fernow | Bernhard Cullmann |
From left: Ellen Kellermann, Günther Weisenborn, unknown, Bernhard Kellermann, Wolfgang Harich, Anna Seghers, Stephan Hermlin, Wolfgang Langhoff, Michael Tschesno-Hell, Eduard Claudius, M.J. Apletin (Soviet writer) and Heinrich Ehmsen