Rolf Kneller
Rolf Michael Kneller , Hebrew רולף קנלר; (* 1921 in Berlin ; † July 21, 2005 in Jerusalem ) was a German-Israeli photographer , cameraman and director.
Kneller worked for the Ufa film company in the 1930s and fled to Palestine from the National Socialists in 1939 .
After the Second World War he worked as a cameraman during the trial of Adolf Eichmann in 1961 and 1962. In Germany, Kneller provided information about the fate of Jewish emigrants. In 1988 he also showed the photo exhibition “And they had to leave Germany” there. The Jerusalem Goethe-Institut held a retrospective of his work in 2003.
literature
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Klaus Honnef , Frank Weyers: And they… had to leave Germany. Photographers and their pictures 1928–1997 , Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-932584-02-3
Detailed, 528-page catalog book for the exhibition with works by over 170 photographers
Web links
- Rolf Kneller at filmportal.de
- Rolf Kneller in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kneller, Rolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kneller, Rolf Michael (full name); רולף קנלר (Hebrew) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Israeli photographer, cameraman and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 21, 2005 |
| Place of death | Jerusalem |