Emil August Conrad Hoff (22 July 1893 - 31 August 1979) was a German airshipman and war veteran who ran towards and then inside the Hindenburg's wreck after it caught fire and fell to the ground on May 6th, 1937, rescuing seven people from the wreck. Unfortunately, only two of the people that Emil Hoff saved would not survive their injuries.
Born in Altona-Hamburg, he attended public school from 1900 through 1908. He then took an apprenticeship with a Hamburg grocer. For three years, during which time he worked strictly for room and board, he learned everything there was to know about running a grocery store. The grocer would teach him the various types of coffee and teas, rice, beans, potatoes and so forth, as well as how they were grown and the various ways they could be prepared.