Hans Ertl (cameraman)

Hans Ertl, born 21 February 1908 in Munich, Germany; died 23 October 2000 in Chiquitania, Bolivia

Hans was a German camera man during the Nazi era, also known as "Hitler's photographer". After the war he resettled in Bolivia and became a farmer. He did some filming in Bolivia but ceased after his film and tractor fell through a wooden bridge. He was the father of Marxist guerrilla Monika Ertl and supposedly a lover of Leni Riefenstahl. Though he would never return to Germany, days before his death he asked his daughter to send him a bag of German soil. Hans died in 2000, he was buried on his farm which is now a museum. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=The Last Days of a Nazi-Era Photographer |url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1843282,00.html
quote= |work=Time magazine |date=September 23, 2008 |accessdate=2008-09-23 ] [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Nazi-era photos surface in Bolivia |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7595908.stm |quote= |work=BBC |date=September 9, 2008 |accessdate=2008-09-23 ]

Works

* 1932 Assistant at Arnold Fancks "S.O.S. Eisberg"
* 1934 Assistant at Arnold Fancks "Der ewige Traum"
* 1936 Main cameraman at Leni Riefenstahls Olympia - "Teil 1: Fest der Völker, Teil 2: Fest der Schönheit"
* 1938 cameraman at Luis Trenkers "Liebesgrüße aus dem Engadin"
* 1939 cameraman at Arnold Fancks "Ein Robinson"
* 1939 Assistant at BDM-Werk Glaube und Schönheit mit dem Film "Glaube und Schönheit"

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