Franz Krieger
Franz Krieger (1914–1993) was an Austrian businessman and photographer from Salzburg, Austria whose collection includes 35,000 photographs taken during the rise of Hitler, World War II, and the reconstruction afterwards. Krieger photographed the Salzburg festival, including movie stars like Marlene Dietrich and Hans Albers, and the arrival of Hitler. He later photographed Kristallnacht, book burnings, and the boycott of Jewish businesses, as a freelance photographer and on the staff of Nazi magazines.
Franz Krieger
- Born
- 1914. · Salzburg.
- Died
- 1993. · Salzburg.
- Nationality
- Austria.
- Occupation
- photographer.
- Fields
- photography.
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Franz Krieger (1914–1993) was an Austrian businessman and photographer from Salzburg, Austria whose collection includes 35,000 photographs taken during the rise of Hitler, World War II, and the reconstruction afterwards. Krieger photographed the Salzburg festival, including movie stars like Marlene Dietrich and Hans Albers, and the arrival of Hitler. He later photographed Kristallnacht, book burnings, and the boycott of Jewish businesses, as a freelance photographer and on the staff of Nazi magazines.
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Born at Salzburg in 1914, died in Salzburg in 1993.
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1914
Franz Krieger born at Salzburg.
1993
Franz Krieger died at Salzburg.
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- 1.The first mystery article asking for help in identifying the "unknown" photographer that was published by the New York Times in its online Lens blog on June 21, 2011, was simultaneously published in Germany by Der Spiegel Online, in German, which shows that he was not well known until June 2011 outside of Salzburg itself. Dunlap. David W.,Mysteries of a Nazi Photo Album June 21, 2011, New York Times. Retrieved June 22. 2011. 20 previously unpublished, unknown photos were published here.
- 2.Dunlap. David W.,World War II Mystery Solved in a few hours, June 22, 2011, New York Times. Retrieved June 22. 2011. 16 additional photos from the now identified Krieger collection were published here.
- 3.[Der Salzburger Pressefotograf Franz Krieger (1914–1993); Bildberichterstattung im Schatten von NS-Propaganda und Krieg http://www.salzburger-geschichte.at/LGAK156.pdf] Publisher's brochure; see also more recently Letzter Akt für das Nazi-Artefakt Spiegel online (in German)
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