Franz Krieger (photographer)
Franz Krieger (born January 11, 1914 in Salzburg ; died August 3, 1993 there ) was an Austrian businessman and photographer . His photo archive comprises 35,000 photos, particularly from the Nazi era .
Life
Franz Krieger studied at the University of World Trade until 1935 and also worked as a freelance photo reporter from 1932, for example at the Salzburg Festival , where he photographed film stars like Marlene Dietrich and Hans Albers and the arrival of Adolf Hitler . In 1937 he received his trade license as a press photographer and worked in Heinrich Hoffmann's Vienna branch . After the annexation of Austria , he applied for membership in the NSDAP in March 1938 and was accepted into the party in December. In November 1938 he photographed the November pogroms , book burnings and the boycott of Jewish shops .
During the Second World War he was seconded to the Eastern Front as a photographer for the Reichsautozug “Germany” propaganda unit . He got as far as destroyed Minsk , where he photographed prisoners and the Minsk ghetto . His wife and daughter were killed in Allied bombing raids on Salzburg. After the war he took over his father's iron and arms business in Salzburg. He photographed the reconstruction of Salzburg, but did not register a photography business again until 1956.
literature
- Samanta Benito-Sanchez: press photographers between the world wars. A collection of biographies from press photographers who worked in Vienna between 1918 and 1939 (PDF; 626 kB) . Diploma thesis, University of Vienna, Vienna 2009, p. 94
- Peter F. Kramml; Roman Straßl: The Salzburg press photographer Franz Krieger (1914–1993): Photo reporting in the shadow of Nazi propaganda and war . 2nd, revised edition. Salzburg: City Archives and Statistics 2016 (2008) ISBN 978-3-900213-30-5 (not viewed)
Web links
- Works by and about Franz Krieger in the catalog of the German National Library
Single receipts
- ↑ Mark Pitzke: Last Act for the Nazi Artifact , Spiegel online, October 17, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krieger, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salzburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd August 1993 |
| Place of death | Salzburg |