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Walter Frentz (; 21 August 1907 – 6 July 2004) was a
Walter Frentz (; 21 August 1907 – 6 July 2004) was a German
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cameraman, film producer and photographer, who was considerably involved in the picture propaganda of Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
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Frentz was born at Heilbronn. During the Nazi regime in Germany, he worked as a cameraman for Leni Riefenstahl
Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl (; 22 August 1902 – 8 September 2003) was a German film director, photographer and actress known for her role in producing Nazi propaganda.
A talented swimmer and an artist, Riefenstahl also became in ...
; from 1939 to 1945, he was closely associated with photographing and filming activities of higher echelons of leaders of Nazi Germany, including German dictator Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Nazi Germany, Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his death in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the le ...
. He was with Hitler in the until 24 April 1945.
He died at Überlingen
Überlingen is a German city on the northern shore of Lake Constance (Bodensee) in Baden-Württemberg near the border with Switzerland. After the city of Friedrichshafen, it is the second largest city in the Bodenseekreis (district), and a centr ...
in 2004.
References
*Hans Georg Hiller von Gaertringen (Hrsg.): ''Das Auge des Dritten Reiches. Hitlers Kameramann und Fotograf Walter Frentz''.Deutscher Kunstverlag
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History
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, München 2006,
*Yves le Maner & André Sellier: ''Bilder aus Dora. Zwangsarbeit im Raketentunnel 1943-1945''. Westkreuz-Verlag, Berlin/Bonn 2001,
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* * 1907 births 2004 deaths Photographers from Baden-Württemberg Film people from Baden-Württemberg Nazi propagandists People from Heilbronn People from the Kingdom of Württemberg Luftwaffe personnel of World War II {{Nazi-stub