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This book an EXACT reproduction of the original book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This book an EXACT reproduction of the original book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR?d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Erich Hartmann, Gerda Taro, Hans G. Lehmann, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Roswitha Hecke, Robert Lebeck, Erich Salomon, Horst Faas, Josephine Meckseper, Reiner Merkel, Louis Held, Hans Hildenbrand. Excerpt:"Eisenstaedt" redirects here. For other uses, see Eisenstadt (disambiguation) . Alfred Eisenstaedt Alfred Eisenstaedt (December 6, 1898 August 24, 1995) was a German-Jewish American photographer and photojournalist . He is renowned for his candid photographs , frequently made using a 35mm Leica M3 rangefinder camera . He is best known for his photograph capturing the celebration of V-J Day . Biography Early life Eisenstaedt was born into a Jewish family in Dirschau (Tczew) in West Prussia , Imperial Germany . His family moved to Berlin in 1906. Eisenstaedt served in the German Army 's artillery during World War I , being wounded on April 9, 1918. While working as a belt and button salesman in 1920s Weimar Germany , Eisenstaedt began taking photographs as a freelancer for the Berliner Tageblatt . Professional photographer Eisenstaedt was successful enough to become a full-time photographer in 1929. Four years later he photographed a meeting between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in Italy . Other notable pictures taken by Eisenstaedt in his early career include a waiter ice skating in St. Moritz in 1932 and Joseph Goebbels at the League of Nations in Geneva in 1933. Although initially friendly, Goebbels scowled for the photograph when he learned that Eisenstaedt was Jewish. Because of oppression in Hitler's Nazi Germany , Eisenstaedt emigrated to the United States in 1935, where he lived in Jackson Heights, Queens , New York , for the rest of his life. He worked as a photographer for Life magazine from 1936 to 1972. His photos of news events and celebrities, such as Dagmar , Sophia ... ... Read more